THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

An enlightened study on the different aspects

of Christ’s blood as revealed in the

Scriptures.

by David Alsobrook

NEW LEAF PRESS, INC.

HARRISON, ARKANSAS 72601

This book has been printed in India in the Telugu

language by the Christian Free Tract Center.

First printing September 1977

Second printing February 1978

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-072843

International Standard Book Number: 0-89221-034-6

Copyright © 1977 by New Leaf Press. All rights

reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No

part of this book may be used pr reproduced in any

manner whatsoever without written permission of the

publisher except in the case of brief quotations in

articles and reviews. For information write: New Leaf

Press, Inc., Harrison, Arkansas 72601.

Contents

Dedication. .............................................................7

Preface. ...................................................................9

1 The Blood Covering. ........................................11

2 Why God Accepted Abel and Rejected Cain 27

3 Lamb Requirements. ........................................45

4 The Protection of the Blood. ............................51

5 Justification by the Blood. ...............................77

6 Sanctification by the Blood. .............................91

7 The Costly Sacrifice. .......................................107

8 Restoration by the Blood. ..............................115

9 The Open Fountain. .......................................123

10 Where is the New Testament?. ...................133

11 Where Did Jesus Bear Our Sin?. .................149

12 That Rock Was Christ. .................................163

13 A Comparison and Study. ...........................177

Dedication

LOVINGLY DEDICATED

to my wife, Dianne,

who has helped her husband

obey God

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Preface

Every serious Christian has studied with

sincere desire to understand the teachings of

God’s Word. A basic topic all encounter is the

blood truth that runs from Genesis to

Revelation. We have attempted in this book

to show why the blood is so very important

and necessary in the total plan for man’s

redemption. All who hunger for God will find

rich nuggets of blood truths and will better

realize the provisions Jesus Christ has

supplied for each and all.

It will be necessary to keep your Bible

alongside as you read this volume. A

thorough reading and understanding of the

truths brought forth in each chapter will

enrich your spiritual life and deepen your

appreciation of Christ for all He has done in

our behalf.

May the Lord bless this book in the

reading as He did in the writing. Please read

the contents with an open mind and heart.

There may be some things brought forth that

you have not heard before. There is much

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more in the blood of Christ than just the

forgiveness of sins.

—David Alsobrook

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Chapter One

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The Scripture hints that prior to the Fall

in the Garden of Eden both Adam and Eve

were clothed with the divine presence in such

a form as the Shekinah glory, so that while

they were naked in the sense that no

material cloth was on their bodies they were

covered with a spiritual presence that hid

their nakedness from their eyes. “And they

were both naked, the man and his wife,

and were not ashamed” (Gen. 2:25). When

they partook of the forbidden fruit sin

entered the world and the conscious presence

of God immediately departed. “And the eyes

of them both were opened (uncovered

from the presence of God), and they

knew (or could see) that they were

naked ...” (Gen. 3:7).

Notice that Adam and Eve were used to a

covering. Due to the habitual fellowship

pattern that God had previously established

with our first parents they knew that “in the

cool of the day” He would come walking in

the garden that He might fellowship with

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them and they with Him. Up to that day the

glory of His presence abode upon their

countenances and they would behold Him.

Now uncovered, they were ashamed to be in

His presence so they “sewed fig leaves

together, and made themselves aprons”

(Gen. 3:7). They knew from past experience

they could only approach God covered.1 Those

aprons were man’s first attempt to make

himself acceptable to God by his own efforts.

The fig leaves just did not compare with the

previous glory. “All our righteousnesses

are as filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). They knew

God would not be fooled by their

manufactured coverings. So when the Lord

came walking to them they hid themselves

from His presence (glory) among the trees.

Hide and Seek

Whenever the glory and conscious

1 God has never condoned nakedness. The Gadarene demoniac

wore no clothes prior to his deliverance. As soon as the

Master delivered him, however, he was quick to dress

himself. Sitting at Jesus’ feet the city dwellers found him

“clothed and in his right mind” (see Luke 8:27, 35).

Eternally the saints will be “clothed with white robes”

(Rev. 7:9).

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presence of God flows in meetings, and people

leave feeling uncomfortable in God’s presence

it is due to the fact they are not right with

God, and there is something in their lives

they are trying to hide. If something in you

hides from light it is surely darkness.

Notice God’s question, “And the LORD

God called unto Adam, and said unto

him, Where art thou?” God’s voice echoed

through the garden, “Adam, where are you?”

When man hides, God seeks. Adam knew he

was caught, “And he said, I heard thy

voice in the garden, and I WAS AFRAID,

BECAUSE I WAS NAKED; and I hid

myself.”

Adam was afraid because he was naked,

he was naked because he had sinned. Before

the holiness of God he was openly exposed

with no covering. Fear entered the world with

sin.

Substitution Death

Adam knew death was his punishment.

When God took man and put him in the

garden He had warned him, “Of every tree

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of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But

of the tree of the knowledge of good and

evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the

day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely

die” (Gen. 2:16-17). Up to this dark day

Adam had never seen death, for death came

by sin. Never had he observed death in any

fashion. He only knew by revelation what

death could mean. Spiritually he and Eve

died as soon as they ate of the tree of

knowledge. Now they stood before God a

short time later awaiting physical death.

Instead, God placed a curse upon man and

departed. A short time later He brought to

our human parents coats of skins still warm

and wet with blood. Adam and Eve had never

seen blood before. Innocent animals had been

put to death by God. Mysteriously, somehow,

the Lord removed the animal bodies and

provided a covering for man. When Adam and

Eve were clothed with these coats they were

reckoned dead in the animals. Let’s examine

very closely this short verse of Scripture

containing profound truth. “Unto Adam

also and to his wife did the LORD God

make coats of skins, and clothed them”

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(Gen. 3:21).

There is a rule of interpretation in Bible

study known as the law of the first mention.

This principle teaches that whenever a topic

first appears in Scripture there are certain

basic truths laid down that are never revoked

and govern throughout the whole of the Bible.

Although the word “blood” is not used we

know this is what the verse is all about.

There are six apparent laws or principles laid

out in this one short sentence.

God Requires Shedding of Blood

for Sin

The Lord made coats of skins from

animal(s). In so doing its blood was shed and

poured out on the ground. Shedding of blood

was necessary to provide remission of

transgression. “... without shedding of

blood is no remission (forgiveness)”

(Heb. 9:22).

Sinner Must Be Covered by the

Blood

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Not only was the substitute slain but its

blood was applied to Adam and to his wife

when God clothed them with its skins. It is

not enough that blood is shed; it must also be

accepted. Each individual must receive God’s

provision for himself. Jesus’ blood has been

shed for the whole world (see 1 John 2:1-2)

but His sacrifice must be accepted by a

person before the blood atones (covers) for his

sin. No one will go to hell because his sin has

not been taken care of, but because he

refused to accept the atonement. After the

blood has been shed it must be applied. This

covering of blood is stated forthright in

Leviticus 17:11: “For the life of the flesh is

in the blood: and I have given it to you

upon the altar to make an atonement for

your souls: for it is the blood that

maketh an atonement for the soul.”

Atonement is the Hebrew word Kaphar which

means to cover and make reconciliation. “It

is the blood that makes an atonement”

would mean then that only the blood makes a

covering (which God accepts). Bloodless

coverings are unacceptable to God. It is the

blood that makes a covering for the sinner.

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A person’s natural life is maintained by

the blood that flows in his veins. Hence, “For

the life of the flesh (natural life) is in the

blood . . . ” When blood pours unstopped

from a person’s body he will soon die. Each

deserves that his blood be poured out due to

sin, but the perfect God/Man (Jesus Christ) so

lived that He never sinned (see Hebrews

4:15) and was not worthy of death (see Luke

23:22). Yet when Jesus laid down His life for

the sheep—for no man took it from Him—He

did so by pouring out His blood for “the

life ... is in the blood” (see John 10:11,18).

He laid down His life for the sheep; gave His

blood for us or to us. He no longer has any of

His blood in His glorified body. We have it!

When His crucified body was resurrected it

became glorified flesh and bone (but no

blood). While it is true that “flesh and blood

cannot inherit the kingdom of God,” (1

Cor. 15:50) flesh and bone can for Jesus said

following His resurrection to a room of

terrified disciples, “Behold my hands and

my feet, that it is I myself: handle me,

and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and

bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:39).

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When Thomas put his finger in the print of

the nails and thrust his hands into Christ’s

side there is no mention that Thomas had

blood on his hands for there was none.2

The believer is covered with the blood of

Christ. Our body’s life is maintained by our

natural blood. Our spirit’s life is maintained

by Christ’s blood. “The life is in the blood.”

Jesus’ blood was sprinkled upon the mercy

seat in heaven almost two millennia ago and

is still efficacious for the believer.

God Provided the Sacrifice

Here in this first example of blood

sacrifice the transgressors did not provide

their own lamb but God made the provision

and did not require Adam and Eve to bring a

sacrifice animal. Why did God do this in the

garden when later throughout the Old

2 Notice also in John 20:25, 27 that the glorified Christ does

not have nail-scarred hands, as though they healed, but nail-

pierced hands. Jesus instructed Thomas to thrust his hand

into His side. His wounds are forever there. Forever Jesus

will bear in His body the marks of our redemption and we

shall gaze upon Him even as Thomas and the other disciples

did (See also Zechariah 13:6).

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Testament (with one exception) each man

had to bring his own sacrifice?

The answer can be seen in the fact that

thousands of years later God provided the

perfect sacrifice referred to as “the lamb of

God” and that through His lamb was

provided the “robe of righteousness and

garment of salvation” for each of us. The

coats of skins He provided for the first man

and woman are types of the salvation

provided us in Jesus Christ.

The one other place in all the Old

Testament where God provided the sacrifice

and did not require the sacrificer to bring it

to the place of sacrifice is in Genesis the

twenty-second chapter. Without going into all

the detail of Abraham’s journey to Moriah to

offer Isaac upon the altar let us quickly notice

some key points. Please read Genesis 22:1-14

and follow along in your Bible as you study

these points. Our comments will help the

reader understand the substitution principle.

V. 2—God really would not have accepted

Isaac as a sacrifice since an age-old

requirement is that the sacrifice be without

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sin, pictured in animal sacrifices as “without

spot and blemish.” Isaac was a sinner. God

was testing Abraham’s faith and obedience (v.

1).

V. 4—During the three days of travel to

the place of sacrifice Abraham came to a

place of faith in God that even if Isaac, the

child of promise, was slain God would raise

him from the dead.

By faith Abraham, when he was

tried, offered up Isaac; and he that

had received the promises offered up

his only begotten son, of whom it was

said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be

called: accounting that God was able

to raise him up, even from the dead;

from whence also he received him in

a figure. (Heb. 11:17-19)

V. 5—Abraham tells his young men to

wait while he and Isaac go to the place of

worship and demonstrates his faith that

Isaac will be raised when he infers both will

return again to the waiting men.

V. 7—Shows that children knew much

about blood sacrifice as Isaac listed the items

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used such as the fire and the wood but asks

his father about the lamb needed to offer a

burnt offering. The parents trained their

children about blood sacrifice by example and

instruction and passed information down to

the generations in this manner until the law

was given.

V. 8—A statement which reveals the

nature of Jesus’ sacrifice: “God will provide

himself a lamb.” Abraham did not end up

actually slaying Isaac, his only begotten son

through Sarah, but God did actually lay upon

His Son the iniquity of us all.

V. 10—The ultimate test of Abraham’s

obedience. The knife would have gone into

Isaac’s chest had not the angel of the Lord

called unto Abraham from heaven.

V. 13—A ram caught in a thicket was the

first fulfillment of the promise, “God will

provide Himself a lamb.” Jesus, the Lamb

of God (from the Father’s bosom) ultimately,

perfectly, and absolutely fulfilled the promise.

Ram (mature lamb) was offered IN THE

STEAD of Isaac. Substitution principle once

again enacted and revealed.

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V. 14—Abraham’s revelation of Jehovah’s

redemption is explained in one of the seven

redemptive names of God given in the Old

Testament. “JEHOVAH-JIREH” which

means the Lord will see (to it); or, as it is

commonly taken to mean, God supplies.

God Covers the Sinner With the

Blood

Notice in our text (Genesis 3:21) the

phrase “and clothed them” which could

also be read “and (He) clothed them.” God

not only provided the sacrifice and made the

coverings of skins, but also clothed Adam and

Eve with them. They did not clothe

themselves. When it comes to the robe of

righteousness and the garment of salvation

we do not put it on, God puts it on us. He

clothes us with righteousness.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

my soul shall be joyful in my God; for

He hath clothed me with the garments

of salvation, He hath covered me with

the robe of righteousness ... (Isa.

61:10).

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Paul expressed it in this manner, “It is

God that justifieth” (Rom. 8:33). We cannot

do it ourselves, as sinners we repent and

believe, but God regenerates us on the basis

of the blood of Christ.

Innocent Dies for the Guilty

The animal(s) the Lord slew in the stead

of Adam and Eve had never done wrong or

committed evil. They were innocent and yet

they died. If this seems unfair think how

“much more” unfair it seems that “Christ

died for the ungodly” (Rom. 5:6). He was

more than innocent, He was perfectly

righteous. Righteousness is innocence proven.

He was “in all points tempted” and “yet

without sin” (Heb. 4:15). The prince of the

world (Satan) had not one legal claim on Him

(John 14:30). Throughout the Old Testament

the guilt of the transgressor is passed from

himself to his sacrifice, and the innocence (or

righteousness as with Jesus) is transferred by

imputation to the transgressor.

Jesus foretold His offering of Himself in

our place. “Even as the Son of man came

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not to be ministered unto, but to

minister, and to give his life a ransom

for many” (Matt. 20:28). He gave Himself a

ransom for, or instead of many.

God Brought Judgment Upon the

Sacrifice

In the first example we see the Lord

evidently slew the sacrifice Himself.

Throughout the rest of the Old Testament the

sinner or the priest did the slaying. The first

mention principle points us once again to the

New Testament where Jesus experiences

judgment in our behalf. Eight hundred years

before Christ, Isaiah sees the crucifixion in

progress and prophetically states in past

tense, “... the LORD hath laid on him the

iniquity of us all ... Yet it pleased the

LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to

grief: when Thou shalt make his soul an

offering for sin ...” (Isa. 53:6, 10).

Paul, through the revelation given him

acknowledges, “For he hath made him (the

Father has made the Son) to be (to be

can be omitted) sin for us, who knew no

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sin; that we might be made the

righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor.

5:21). Jesus bore our sins in His body (1 Peter

2:24) and abolished the enmity in His flesh

(Ephesians 2:15). Jesus experienced the

wrath of God for us (see Habakkuk 1:13;

Matthew 27:46) only upon the cross—at

death His suffering was complete—and now

we experience “peace with God” through our

Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:1).

Adam and Eve’s dealings with blood

sacrifices were not finished in the Garden of

Eden. They evidently offered blood sacrifices

after they were driven out, and down through

the years taught their children to offer

sacrifice when they became sin conscious, as

we shall see in the next chapter.

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Chapter Two

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Why God Accepted Abel and

Rejected Cain

The blood theology has been rejected by

many people in our time. Such intellectually-

guided ministers label this message “the

butcher shop gospel” and mock those who

claim their sins have been “washed in the

blood of the Lamb.”

Greatly renown seminaries train young

preachers that the blood message is “socially

unattractive and unsuitable” for the thinking

class of America. “Why would an all-wise God

desire to see blood?” The same serpent who

influenced Cain speaks to people the same

way today with the same ideas.

My heart sank when a reportedly good

minister stated, “The blood of Jesus is not

important, just His death was, if He had been

strangled to death it would have sufficed.” We

were quick to point out that the ancient

Israelites were forbidden to offer that which

was strangled as were the early Christians

forbidden to partake of strangled meats. We

could not accept Christ as our sacrifice nor

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could we partake of Him had He been

strangled. This one example shows how

Satan is seeking to take away from the

importance of Christ’s blood today. He de-

emphasizes its importance then destroys the

blood concept in the thinking of even

conservative/evangelical churches. Many

have removed the songs about the blood from

their hymnals. In the liberal translations

haima is rendered “death” rather than

“blood” again and again.

We now go to the Bible for the first

example of such demonized thinking. We do

not have to go far from the first blood

covering in the third chapter of Genesis. In

Genesis chapter four we see man’s first

attempt to approach God and find His favor

the bloodless way. This man’s attempt to find

acceptance by God and access to Him without

blood ended in failure. How pitiably sad it is

today that those who follow Cain’s pattern

will end with Cain’s punishment— isolation

from God. Let’s turn our attention to the

Scriptures for a verse study of Genesis 4:1-7.

Conceived Once—Bore Twice

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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and

she conceived, and bare Cain, and

said, I have gotten a man from the

Lord. (Perhaps Eve thought her first-

born son would be the seed that

would bruise the serpent’s head [cf.

Gen. 3:15]). And again she bare his

brother Abel.

Notice the words “knew” and “conceived”

appear once while the word “bare” (bore)

appears twice. Throughout the Bible it is the

usual procedure to record each conception

with each birth. When a mother has given

birth to two infants and conceived only once

her children are twins. “... she bare Cain ...

and again she bare his brother Abel.”

She bare and again she bare. It would seem

to the serious student of the Scriptures that

there exists a strong possibility Cain and

Abel were twin brothers. Have you ever

noticed the age difference implied in the

family Bible pictures of Cain and Abel? Cain

is full grown and bearded, while Abel is

smooth-faced and much smaller. There is no

substantiation for this in all the Word of God.

The truth is these boys were men before

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they ever brought an offering to the Lord.

“And Abel was a keeper of sheep

(shepherd), but Cain was a tiller of the

ground (farmer). And in process of time

it came to pass . . . ” Abel and Cain were

both occupied in a livelihood, grown up, and

fully responsible. They were not irresponsible

youths. A surface reading coupled with

tradition often leads to a misconception about

their age. The Bible skips maybe 20 or more

years between the first and second sentence

in verse two. Cain and Abel did not sacrifice

until they were on their own. As children

they were covered by their parents’ offerings

of blood. “... else were your children

unclean; but now are they holy” (1 Cor.

7:14). Even as early in the Scriptures as

Genesis 4 we see the Bible teaches the age of

accountability. Later, as young adults, each

had to bring his own sacrifice. Cain had to

bring his for himself and Abel likewise (cf.

Phil. 2:12). The phrase “in process of time”

further shows the time lapse involved.

Hearing God’s Word

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Adam and Eve had learned from the

coverings God had clothed them with in the

garden to use the shed blood of an animal

substitute whenever their conscience

convicted them of sin. They passed this on to

their sons by example and instruction. As

they laid the lamb upon the rock they would

say, “Children, this is the way to remove the

punishment of your evildoings.” In later life

Cain well knew he was rejecting God’s

method of approach when he offered fruit.

These boys had grown into men watching

their parents offer unto God animal sacrifices

of blood. They had heard their words of

instruction concerning blood. One or two

Scriptures bring out this point: “By faith

Abel offered unto God a more excellent

sacrifice than Cain, by which he

obtained witness that he was righteous”

(Heb. 11:4).

“So then faith cometh by hearing,

and hearing by the word of God” (Rom.

10:17).

If Abel offered his sacrifice to God by

faith, where did he get it? How does faith

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come? “BY HEARING!” Hearing what? “THE

WORD OF GOD!” But how did Abel hear the

Word of God?

Before we answer this question let’s

notice that Eve told the serpent what “God

hath said” in Genesis 3:2-3 (although she

misquoted it some) and yet when God said (in

chapter 2:16-17) the very words she referred

to, she was not yet created! Notice, “And the

LORD God commanded the man, saying,

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest

freely eat: But of the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt

not eat of it: for in the day thou eatest

thereof thou shalt surely die.” Only Adam

was present when God spoke these words.

Eve was not created until later (verse 22).

This would answer the question, “How did

Abel (as well as Cain) hear God’s Word when

they had no Bible, etc.?” From their father,

Adam, of course. Just as Adam had

previously taught the woman God’s

commandment he (and perhaps Eve also)

trained their children in the way they should

go according to the instructions God had

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given them in the garden. This is a biblical

concept.

Offering the Curse

Modern scholars erroneously teach that

both Abel and Cain were ignorant of how to

approach God. They insist that Abel offered a

lamb only because he was a shepherd and

Cain offered fruit because he was a farmer.

Such was not the case. Cain knew he was

rejecting God’s only method of approach. Cain

disbelieved the word of God he had been

taught by his parents. Cain’s bloodless

sacrifice was not due to ignorance; it was a

willful rejection of the divine revelation. No

doubt his parents had told all their children

(evidently Cain and Abel had unmentioned

sisters) the full story of their sin in the

garden and the resultant curse God had

placed on the serpent, the woman, the man,

and the ground. “Cursed is the ground for

thy sake ... thorns also and thistles shall

it bring forth ...” (Gen. 3:17-18). This fact

clearly reveals the rebellious attitude Cain

held toward God for he offered what God had

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cursed, in an attempt to receive blessing! He

would have been better to not have offered

anything than to bring the curse as an

offering. He openly flaunted God’s method

and mocked His Word. The wonder is not that

God sent no fire upon Cain’s sacrifice. The

marvel is that God sent no fire upon Cain!

Even in this early period of time we see God’s

matchless mercy. He even offered Cain a

second chance. “If thou doest well (come

God’s way), shalt thou not be accepted?”

God beseeched Cain following his offering of

grain (see v. 7). Cain still had opportunity to

repent of his rebellion and offer to God the

sacrifice of righteousness. God would have

respected (accepted) an offering of blood from

Cain as readily as He did from Abel “for

there is no respect of persons with God”

(Rom. 2:11).

The Fire Falls

It is difficult to write this in a completely

orderly fashion since the exposition demands

we get ahead of the order of events in an

endeavor to bring forth each truth. Going

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back to Genesis 4 let’s take up with verse 3:

And in process of time it came to

pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of

the ground an offering unto the

LORD. And Abel, he also brought of

the firstlings of his flock and of the

fat thereof. And the LORD had

respect unto Abel and to his offering:

But unto Cain and his offering he had

not respect .... (vs. 3-5)

The question posed by these verses is, “In

what way did God respect an offering, and

how was it that both sacrificers knew which

sacrifice God accepted and which offering He

refused?” In answering this question we point

out that very obviously there was an OPEN

DEMONSTRATION that was clearly

SUPERNATURAL from God. This witness, or

testimony of acceptance, (see Hebrews 11:4)

was openly manifest or VISIBLE to human

sight. There was no possibility of mistaking

which offering God respected.

In no less than a dozen places the Old

Testament states that God showed His

acceptance of an offered sacrifice by sending

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fire from heaven consuming it. Here are only

a few examples:

And there came a fire out from

before the LORD, and consumed upon

the altar the burnt offering and the

fat: which when all the people saw,

they shouted, and fell on their faces.

(Lev. 9:24)

Then the fire of the LORD fell,

and consumed the burnt sacrifice ….

(1 Kings 18:38)

Now when Solomon had made an

end of praying, the fire came down

from heaven, and consumed the burnt

offering and the sacrifices; and the

glory of the LORD filled the house. (2

Chron. 7:1)

It is our studied conviction that, “... God

testifying of his (Abel’s) gifts ….” (Heb.

11:4) refers to a fire witness that

involuntarily from human effort descended

rapidly out of the sky upon the slain firstling

of Abel’s flock. This fire typifies one aspect of

the Holy Spirit who falls in answer to the

blood of Christ. Upon Cain’s beautiful

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bouquet of luscious fruit there was not even

so much as a spark from above. A work of the

flesh will never bring the blessing a sacrifice

in the Spirit brings.

Another important observation from the

particular passage points to the truth that a

person is either accepted or rejected on the

basis of his sacrifice. It was because God

accepted Abel’s sacrifice that He accepted

Abel. Likewise, Cain was rejected because his

sacrifice was rejected. Do not be misled into

thinking Abel was automatically righteous

prior to the sacrifice. “... he obtained

witness that he was righteous,” because

he came offering God’s way. Had he been

sinless he would have needed no sacrifice.

Abel was just as much a sinner as Cain. Abel

was a man. The Word declares, “All (men)

have sinned, and come short of the glory

of God” (Rom. 3:23). One is accepted by God

today only because the Sacrifice Himself is

accepted.

Bloodless Religions Are Evil

Cain hated the blood because he was of

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the devil. “Not as Cain, who was of that

wicked one, and slew his brother. And

wherefore slew he him? Because his own

works were evil, and his brother’s

righteous” (1 John 3:12). The Apostle John

tells us whose influence Cain was under

when he offered his fruit. Cain’s bloodless

sacrifice was due to satanic deception. When

his offering was refused (God does not

condone Satan’s methods) and his brother’s

accepted, jealousy to the point of rage came

over Cain. “And Cain was very wroth, and

his countenance fell” (Gen. 4:5). A spirit of

anger entered into Cain’s emotions and a few

days later a spirit of murder came in. Hatred

always opens the door to murder if left

unchecked.

“Whosoever hateth his

brother is a murderer,” (1 John 3:15) the

Apostle informs us only three verses after

mentioning Cain’s evil works. Cain’s hatred

of Abel led to a premeditated plot to destroy

his brother (cf. John 10:10). God saw it in

Cain and tried to bring him to repentance.

And the LORD said unto Cain,

Why art thou wroth? and why is thy

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countenance fallen? If thou doest

well, shalt thou not be accepted? and

if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the

door. And unto thee shall be his

desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

(Gen. 4:6-7)

The Cain Spirit

It is hinted that Cain’s attack upon Abel

occurred sometime after the offering of

sacrifice. “And Cain talked with Abel his

brother: and it came to pass, when they

were in the field, that Cain rose up

against Abel his brother, and slew him”

(v. 8). Isn’t it interesting that the first anger

and murder occurred on the basis of religion?

In the body of Christ today the Cain spirit is

moving forth in ever-widening circles.

Brother rises up against brother and through

words kills the reputation of one Jesus loves.

Malicious gossip, slander, backbiting are a

few of the tools this spirit uses to accomplish

its destructive task. Are you envious when

another is moved to a higher position? Do you

attack another’s character without justifiable

grounds?

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Perhaps Satan moved into Cain’s thought

life weeks before this time when he realized

that were he to offer a blood sacrifice he

would have to obtain the lamb from his

brother’s flock. Or, maybe, as a boy watching

the bleeding sacrifices die as his parents

offered sacrifice to God a seducing spirit

would reason with his carnal mind saying,

“How unattractive!” When it came his time to

go before God something whispered to him,

“This beautiful bouquet would please God

more.” How true it is that blood sacrifice is

ugly! It is not a beautiful picture at all. “The

wages of sin is death,” and was never

meant to occur in God’s beautiful creation. If

the devil ever tempts you to reject the blood

of the cross on the idea that it is ugly remind

yourself ... SO IS SIN. Man’s refusal to the

blood all through the ages is due to his

refusal to acknowledge his sinfulness.

Without blood sacrifice, however, there is no

remission of sin (see Hebrews 9:22).

A Fugitive and a Vagabond

Banishment from society and isolation

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from the deity was the punishment God

placed on Cain. How true, yet sad, it is that

all who reject God’s provision in Jesus Christ

are already banished from fellowship with

the saints, and unless they repent will

ultimately be isolated from God. In Genesis 4

verse 9 we see a type of the conscience, “And

the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel

thy brother? And he said, I know not:

Am I my brother’s keeper?” Cain lied to

God. “And he said, What hast thou done?

the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth

unto me from the ground” (v. 10). Science

has proven that shed blood cries from the

ground. A machine has been developed which

records the sound of dying blood. Abel’s blood

cried unto the Lord from the ground. Jesus’

blood cried unto the Father from the foot of

the cross. The writer of Hebrews gives a

parallel distinction between the cry of Jesus’

blood and that of Abel’s.

And to Jesus the mediator of the

new covenant, and to the blood of

sprinkling, that SPEAKETH BETTER

THINGS than that of Abel. (Heb.

12:24)

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The New International Version says,

“speaks a better word.” The better things

or better word Christ’s blood speaks is a word

of mercy, whereas Abel’s blood cried out for

vengeance. Judgment fell on Cain for the

blood of his brother, but justification comes to

us today when we accept the blood of the

Lamb of God. Due to our transgressions Jesus

was smitten. His blood is sprinkled upon the

mercy seat in heaven at this hour. Whenever

we approach God and claim Jesus’ work as

our basis of access “we have boldness to

enter into the holiest” (Heb. 10:19).

The judgment which fell upon the first

murderer was a rejection of his future toil

upon the earth, and banishment as a

wanderer upon the earth.

And now art thou cursed from the

earth, which hath opened her mouth

to receive thy brother’s blood from

thy hand; when thou tillest the

ground, it shall not henceforth yield

unto thee her strength; a fugitive and

a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

And Cain said unto the LORD, My

punishment is greater than I can

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bear. (Gen. 4:11-13)

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Lamb Requirements

Our precious Saviour is referred to as A

LAMB some 33 times in the New Testament.

It is amazing for at that same age He became

the perfect lamb sacrifice for the world. Old

Testament sacrifice laws and prophecies

concerning the Messiah point to Him as a

lamb almost countless times. The Law laid

down certain basic requirements concerning

blood sacrifice. Moses’ use of the lamb for

sacrifice offerings pictures the nature and

character of Christ.

The Lamb Must Be Perfect

The Passover Lamb which marked the

beginning of the exodus of Israel from Egypt

could not have a blemish on its coat. “Your

lamb shall be without blemish, a male of

the first year ...” (Exod. 12:5). Later in

Leviticus 22:20 a law of sacrifices read, “But

whatsoever hath a blemish that shall ye

not offer: for it shall not be acceptable

for you.” In His instructions about the feast

of the firstfruits the Lord says through

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Moses, “And ye shall offer that day when

ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without

blemish of the first year for a burnt

offering unto the LORD” (Lev. 23:12). This

offering typifies the resurrection of our Lord.

“But now is Christ risen from the dead,

and become the firstfruits of them that

slept.... But every man in his own order:

Christ the firstfruits; afterward they

that are Christ’s at his coming” (1 Cor.

15:20, 23).

Jesus fulfilled these requirements given

in the law. He was a male, a man of the first

year, in the prime of life and perfect spirit,

soul, and body. Peter tells us we are not

redeemed with corruptible things, “But with

the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb

without blemish and without spot” (1

Pet. 1:19).

Jesus was without blemish physically. He

was a perfect man. Because He never sinned

He was not worthy of death and its

forerunner, sickness. His acquaintance with

sickness and pain all took place within the

last few hours of His natural life. During the

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33 years He walked among men He was the

perfect specimen of health. The body of the

last Adam was just as sovereignly created by

God in the womb of Mary as was the body of

the first Adam formed by God from the clay.

There was no sin in His flesh until He laid it

down at the cross, neither any sickness until

the whipping post. The first Adam had a

natural body prior to the Fall that was sinless

and sickless until he disobeyed God. Sickness

entered into the first Adam’s flesh only after

sin.

Jesus was “without spot” spiritually. He

“was in all points tempted like as we are,

yet without sin” (Heb. 4:15). He “knew no

sin” by transgression (2 Cor. 5:21). He was

“holy, harmless, (and) undefiled” (Heb.

7:26). Satan tried every trick on Jesus that he

ever tries on anyone. Today we have no

excuse if we do not overcome as Jesus

overcame for He has provided all the

necessary equipment. Jesus was the perfect

lamb.

Lamb Was to Be a Sin Offering

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Throughout the Word we see the lamb

offered instead of the sinner. Abel’s lamb

atoned for Abel’s sin. Isaac’s lamb atoned for

Isaac. The Law made provision for bringing

“a lamb for a sin offering” (Lev. 4:32). The

Lamb of God is “the propitiation for our

sins” (1 John 2:2).

Lamb Was to Be Slain

The law of cleansing lepers specifically

instructed, “And the priest shall take one

he lamb, and offer him for a trespass

offering ... And he shall slay the lamb ...”

(Lev. 14:12-13). Isaiah prophesied concerning

Christ saying, “... He was cut off out of the

land of the living ...” (Isa. 53:8). John heard

“the voice of many angels ... saying with

loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was

slain to receive power, and riches, and

wisdom, and strength, and honour, and

glory, and blessing” (Rev. 5:11-12).

A Lamb for the World

In the Old Testament we see a lamb for a

man in many examples: Genesis 4:4; 22:13;

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Leviticus 14:11-14 and many others. The

Passover pictures a lamb for a house (family).

“Speak ye unto all the congregation of

Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this

month they shall take to them every

man a lamb, ... for an house” (Exod. 12:3).

The Day of Atonement demonstrated the

offering of a lamb for a nation: see Leviticus

16:29-34; 23:26-32; Hebrews 9:7, 25. Each of

these point to Jesus.

It is not until the New Testament,

however, that we see a lamb for the world.

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming

unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of

God, which taketh away the sin of the

world" (John 1:29). Do you see the circle ever

widening? It begins with a lamb for a man,

spreads to a lamb for a house, increases to a

lamb for a nation (Israel), and ultimately

finishes in A LAMB FOR THE WORLD.

Jesus is the ultimate Lamb. His sacrifice is

greater than that of calves and sheep. So

perfectly perfect and completely complete is

His offering of Himself that He could say of

His work, “It is finished” (John 19:30). No

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further need for any more blood sacrifices.

His sacrifice accomplished the will of the

Father in removing sin from the very

conscience of the worshipper (see Hebrews

9:13-14).

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The tenth and final plague brought

against the Egyptians which resulted in

Israel’s deliverance from the Pharaoh’s rule

was the Passover, or the death of the

firstborn. Jehovah promised, “And all the

firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die,

from the firstborn of Pharaoh that

sitteth upon his throne, even unto the

firstborn of the maidservant that is

behind the mill; and all the firstborn of

beasts” (Exod. 11:5).

Even up to the dreadful ninth plague of

locusts Pharaoh had repeatedly hardened his

heart and refused to release the children of

Israel. Each plague had grown worse and

worse for the Egyptians. The death of the

firstborn would be so great that God

promised, “... there shall be a great cry

throughout all the land of Egypt, such as

there was none like it, nor shall be like it

any more” (Exod. 11:6). The sorrow of this

plague upon Pharaoh would cause the

stubborn monarch to not only, “let you go,

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he shall surely thrust you out hence

altogether” (Exod. 11:1).

God provided a way of escape from the

plague for all who would believe the

commandment and do according to His

instructions. Note the relevance from the

passage in Exodus 12 for us today.

Exodus 12:3—“Speak ye unto all the

congregation of Israel, saying, In the

tenth day of this month they shall take

to them every man a lamb, according to

the house of their fathers, a lamb for an

house.” It was each father’s duty to provide a

lamb for his family’s protection.

Exodus 12:4—“And if the household be

too little for the lamb, let him and his

neighbor next unto his house take it

according to the number of the souls;

every man according to his eating shall

make your count for the lamb.” Sharing

the lamb with his neighbor pictures the

believer sharing the Lamb of God with his

friends. After Christ told the Samaritan

woman the secrets of her life she went into

the city and said to the men, “Come, see a

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man, which told me all things that ever I

did: is not this the Christ?” (John 4:29).

The early Christians “(broke) bread from

house to house ... Praising God ... And

the Lord added to the church daily such

as should be saved” (Acts 2:46-47).

Exodus 12:5—“Your lamb shall be

without blemish, a male of the first year:

ye shall take it out from the sheep, or

from the goats.” (Chapter 3, “Lamb

Requirements” shows how Jesus perfectly fits

this type.)

Exodus 12:6—“And ye shall keep it up

until the fourteenth day of the same

month: and the whole assembly of the

congregation of Israel shall kill it in the

evening.” The last half of the time that

Jesus was dying on the cross the first three

Gospels all declare that a supernaturally

created darkness hung over the land. “And it

was about the sixth hour (noon), and

there was a darkness over all the earth

until the ninth hour (3 p.m.). And the

sun was darkened ...” (Luke 23:44-45; Matt.

27:45; Mark 15:33). Because God’s Word

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states “the sun was darkened” we can

draw from this implication that darkness

surrounded the whole earth those three

hours.

Exodus 12:7—“And they shall take of

the blood, and strike it on the two side

posts and on the upper door post of the

houses, wherein they shall eat it.” Notice,

God did not mention the threshold of the door

at all. Do not regard the blood of Christ as an

unholy thing fit only to trample underfoot.

Consider the following verse:

He that despised Moses’ law died

without mercy under two or three

witnesses: Of how much sorer

punishment, suppose ye, shall he be

thought worthy, who hath trodden

under foot the Son of God, and hath

counted the blood of the covenant,

wherewith he was sanctified, an

unholy thing, and hath done despite

unto the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:28-

29)

What does the above verse teach us?

FIRST: Those who reject the blood of the

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new covenant will suffer a “much sorer

punishment” than those who despised

Moses’ law. The penalty for rejecting the law

under the old covenant was “death without

mercy” (see Numbers 15:30-31; Deuteronomy

17:2-6). The penalty for treading Jesus

underfoot, counting the blood unholy, and

despising the Holy Spirit is much sorer than

physical death—it is an eternal death (see

Revelation 21:8, 27).

SECOND: Just as the law despisers

suffered death without mercy in the old

covenant, there will be no mercy for those

who die despising Jesus’ sacrifice. “For we

know him that hath said, Vengeance

belongeth unto me, I will recompense,

saith the Lord. And again, The Lord

shall judge his people. It is a fearful

thing to fall into the hands of the living

God” (Heb. 10:30-31; see also 9:27; 12:35).

THIRD: This judgment will come on those

who in time past “were sanctified.” Notice,

this mocker will be thought worthy of eternal

punishment because he now counts the blood

wherewith in time past he was sanctified an

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unholy, disgraceful thing. This would indicate

that sanctified people can apostatize to a

place of final rejection by God. At one time

they did accept Christ’s blood as their

atonement, otherwise they could not have

been sanctified by it. Later, through satanic

influence, they completely disregarded (as

common and unclean) Jesus’ blood. When a

person absolutely rejects Jesus’ sacrifice,

there remains no other sacrifice for sin (see

Hebrews 10:26), and he will have to suffer

punishment of such rejection.

A willful apostate, however, is different

from a common backslider. The apostate

rejects the truth that Christ’s blood can save.

As long as the backslider retains his faith in

the atonement of Christ he can be renewed in

repentance.

Exodus 12:8—“And they shall eat the

flesh in that night, roast with fire, and

unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs

they shall eat it.”

Exodus 12:9—“Eat not of it raw, nor

sodden at all with water, but roast with

fire; his head with his legs, and with the

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purtenance thereof.” Eating the flesh of

the Passover lamb symbolizes eating the flesh

(partaking of) Christ. Note John 6:52-58:

The Jews therefore strove among

themselves, saying, How can this man

give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus

said unto them, Verily, verily, (truly,

truly) I say unto you, Except ye eat

the flesh of the Son of man, and drink

his blood, ye have no life in you.

Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh

my blood dwelleth in me, and I in

him. As the living Father hath sent

me, and I live by the Father: so he

that eateth me, even he shall live by

me. This is the bread which came

down from heaven: not as your

fathers did eat manna, and are dead:

he that eateth of this bread shall live

for ever.

Jesus was not a cannibal. There was no

way the Jews who heard Him could take this

statement to mean that. They knew from the

Law that eating was figuratively used of

partaking. In Proverbs 9:17 and Hosea 10:13

eating is spoken figuratively as partaking of

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evil. In the New Testament eating is used as

one way of symbolically partaking of spiritual

food. Paul says, “And did all eat the same

spiritual meat” (1 Cor. 10:3). James speaks

figuratively that cankered gold and silver

shall “eat your flesh” (James 5:3). Christ

spoke prophetically, “For the zeal of thine

house hath eaten me up ...” (Ps. 69:9). In

John’s vision he ate a book—“And I took the

little book out of the angel’s hand, and

ate it up ...” (Rev. 10:10).

Neither did Jesus mean that they must

literally drink His blood. The Jews once again

should have understood He meant they were

to spiritually partake of His blood. They had

no excuse to be offended at His words. This

figure of speech was common at the time.

None of Jesus’ followers took this statement

literally for none of them (the women and

John) at the foot of the cross drank His blood.

This would have been an abomination in the

sight of God for He has laid down a rule He

has never revoked.

Moreover ye shall eat no manner

of blood ... whatsoever soul it be that

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eateth any manner of blood, even that

soul shall be cut off from his people.

(Lev. 7:26-27)

A clue to properly understanding what

Jesus meant is seen in verse 51 of John 6: “I

am the living bread ... if any man eat of

this bread, he shall live forever: and the

bread that I will give is my flesh, which

I will give for the life of the world. ”

Believing what He did upon the tree, then,

would be partaking or eating of His flesh. In

the act of giving His flesh for the life of the

world He has provided His flesh and His

blood for the believer to freely partake of.

Christ instituted the “Lord’s Supper” (see 1

Corinthians 11:20) that the church might

partake of the elements of bread and wine

(juice of the grape) and spiritually eat His

flesh and drink His blood. Notice how Paul

likens the communion to Israel’s eating of the

sacrifices:

The cup of blessing which we

bless, is it not the communion of the

blood of Christ? The bread which we

break, is it not the communion of the

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body of Christ? For we being many

are one bread, and one body: for we

(the church) are all partakers of that

one bread (Christ). Behold Israel after

the flesh: are not they which eat of

the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

(1 Cor. 10:16-18)

The communion (fellowship, sharing) of the

blood and body are represented in the wine and

bread. In John 6:51 Christ said, “... the

bread ... is my flesh ...” Therefore eating His

flesh is eating the bread which we bless in the

Lord’s Supper. Drinking His blood is drinking the

juice in the cup which we bless. When a believer

understands the Lord’s Supper and partakes of

the elements in faith there is a spiritual

fellowship with the Lord and with fellow members

of Christ’s body. The blood of Christ and the flesh

that bore stripes for our healing enters into the

believer by the Spirit and is manifest in his

mortal body. There is healing in the communion.

Matthew’s account of the Lord’s Supper instituted

at the last supper Christ ate with His disciples

prior to the crucifixion is the most endearing to

me of the four accounts in the New Testament.

(See Matthew 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-25; Luke

22:14-20; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29.):

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And as they were eating, Jesus

took bread, and blessed it, and brake

it, and gave it to the disciples, and

said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he

took the cup, and gave thanks, and

gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of

it; For this is my blood of the new

testament, which is shed for many for

the remission of sins. (Matt. 26:26-30)

“As they were eating” points out the fact

that the communion flowed naturally into being.

It was not a starchy meeting, but a friendly and

informal, communing in the love of God. “Jesus

took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it...” He took, He blessed, He brake,

and He gave. These four steps follow in

progressive order in the lives of each of His

disciples. He takes us into His arms when He

saves us. He blesses us with the Holy Spirit. He

breaks us at the cross. He gives us to others in

ministry. We must experience the breaking of our

self-life, however, before He can give us to His

body as a ministry gift. We enjoy so much His

taking and blessing of our lives.

Concerning the broken bread He said,

“Take ...” He gives but we must take what

He gives. The broken bread represents the

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scourged and marred body offered for our

healing (see Isaiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24). “...

eat; this is my body.” The bread eaten in

faith ministers His flesh to us. He gave

thanks for the cup saying, “Drink you all of

it (everyone of you drink it); For this is

my blood ...” Do you follow His pattern of

giving thanks for the cup by giving thanks to

Him for His blood? Do you thank God for the

blood of Christ? Notice in this text the two

verbs indicating what each believer must do:

eat and drink. The child of God must eat

Christ’s flesh and drink His blood.

The children of Israel were instructed to

eat the flesh of that first Passover lamb. They

would begin their exodus (departure) that

night and they needed the strength that lamb

afforded. They were supernaturally

strengthened and healed as they ate the

roasted lamb. Behind closed doors, sprinkled

with the blood, hundreds of thousands of

Israelites partook of the flesh of the same

lambs whose blood covered the respective

homes in the land of Goshen. Under the

covering of blood they hurriedly ate the flesh.

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Among these thousands throughout Goshen

were hundreds of sick and diseased persons,

yet a few hours later, “... there was not one

feeble (weak, sick) person among their

tribes” (Ps. 105:37).3 The greatest mass

miracle service that ever occurred took place

behind closed doors as the children of Israel

ate the lamb’s flesh. The strength they

received from that one meal was so great that

they traveled “by day and night” for

several days without exhaustion (see Exodus

13:21). When we partake by faith of Jesus’

flesh the same thing occurs today, “For even

Christ our Passover (lamb) is sacrificed

3 Psalms 105:37 indicates that there was not one feeble (sick

or weak) person among the tribes of Israel who made the

exodus, yet there was a law given regarding lepers. Many of

those who came out of Egypt strong and healthy got sick

during the waters of Marah only a few days later (see

Exodus 15:23-26), but then God established His healing

covenant with Israel (Exodus 15:26) which taught if one did

not walk in obedience he could be afflicted. Miriam made the

exodus from Egypt and danced on the Red Sea shore (Exodus

15:20- 21) and was not weak or diseased at that time, yet

later in life criticized Moses and was struck with leprosy

(Numbers 12:1-15). Just because everyone was healthy in

Egypt (Goshen) does not mean they would always stay well.

They could become ill through rebellion, murmuring,

unbelief, or disobedience, etc., and is comparable with John

5:14.

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for us” (1 Cor. 5:7).

They were to eat the lamb “roast(ed)

with fire ...” Fire pictures God’s acceptance

of Christ as in the Old Testament where fire

showed God’s acceptance of the sacrifice.

They were told not to eat it raw (later all

uncooked meats were forbidden); God was

showing them the break the Israelites must

make with all the ways of Egypt. In offering

sacrifices to their idols the Egyptians often

ate raw meat. The Passover lamb was not to

be “sodden (boiled) at all with water”

since water is a type of life and the Perfect

Lamb tasted death.

Unleavened Bread

They were to eat the flesh with

unleavened bread. We are to partake of the

Lamb with purity, sincerity, and truth. It is

most important to see in the Word what

leaven represents. Leaven typifies iniquity,

false doctrine, hypocrisy, and uncleanness.

First: Leaven bread was never to be

offered in a blood sacrifice. “Thou shalt not

offer the blood of my sacrifice with

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leavened bread ...” (Exod. 23:18).

Second: No burnt offering was to be made

with leaven. “No meat offering, which ye

shall bring unto the LORD, shall be

made with leaven: for ye shall burn no

leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of

the LORD made by fire” (Lev. 2:11). When

Israel was hot with adultery the Lord likened

it to leavened bread baked in an oven. “They

are all adulterers, as an oven heated by

the baker, who ceaseth from raising

after he hath kneaded the dough, until it

be leavened” (DOS. 7:4). Leaven typifies

lust.

Third: Jesus pictured the corruption of

the kingdom in this age to the fermentation

of leaven. “Another parable spake he unto

them; The kingdom of heaven is like

unto leaven, which a woman took, and

hid in three measures of meal, till the

whole was leavened” (Matt. 13:33; see also

Luke 13:21). He was showing by this parable

that the church age would be filled with false

doctrine and impurity that would pollute the

truth and ministry of the kingdom. As false

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doctrine began to enter the church toward the

end of the first century A.D. it grew and

multiplied until at this hour we can easily

observe “the whole (is) leavened.” Paul

warned the church at Galatia that the

hindering persuasion of false doctrine they

were accepting was not from God. He

reminded the early Christians, “A little

leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (Gal.

5:9).

On this same line Jesus warned His

disciples, “Take heed and beware of the

leaven of the Pharisees and of the

Sadducees” (Matt. 16:6). The disciples,

whose hearts were hardened, misunderstood

Christ. They reasoned among themselves, “...

It is because we have taken no bread” (v.

7). Jesus told them, “I spake it not to you

concerning bread ...” (v. 11). “Then

understood they how that He bade them

not beware of the leaven of bread, but of

the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the

Sadducees”

(v. 12). Leaven speaks

figuratively of false doctrine which we are to

“beware of” (see also Mark 8:14-21).

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Our Lord’s fourth truth illustrated by leaven

concerns hypocrisy.

In the mean time, when there

were gathered together an

innumerable multitude of people,

insomuch that they trode one upon

another, he began to say unto his

disciples first of all, Beware ye of the

leaven of the Pharisees, which is

hypocrisy. For there is nothing

covered, that shall not be revealed;

neither hid, that shall not be known”

(Luke 12:1-2).

Religious play-acting is also symbolized by leaven.

Churches today are filled with such leaven in

their so-called “worship services” during which

they follow a printed program rather than the

moving of the Holy Spirit.

Fifth, the church of Corinth was infected with

uncleanness that even the heathen had no name

for. A man living with his father’s wife! Rather

than mourning over this sad condition and

seeking to rectify it, the Corinthians were puffed

up (see 1 Corinthians 5:1-5). As Paul ministers

the necessary church discipline he rebukes them

saying,

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Your glorying is not good. Know

ye not that a little leaven leaveneth

the whole lump? Purge out therefore

the old leaven, that ye may be a new

lump, as ye are unleavened. For even

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for

us: Therefore let us keep the feast,

not with old leaven, neither with the

leaven of malice and wickedness; but

with the unleavened bread of

sincerity and truth. (vs. 6-8).

“... the leaven of malice and wickedness,” sad

to say, is prevalent within the ranks of the church

in this final hour. If we do not obey the command

“to purge out ... the old leaven” we will not be

“a new lump” the Master will honor. Leaven

represents evil and sin. Observe that Israel could

not eat the lamb without unleavened bread.

Neither can the believer partake of Christ while

holding to false doctrine, hypocrisy, and sin. We

must purge ourselves from these that we might

feast at His table. “Let every one that nameth

the name of Christ depart from iniquity” (2

Tim. 2:19).

Exodus 12:10—“And ye shall let nothing of

it remain until the morning; and that which

remaineth of it until the morning ye shall

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burn with fire.” This teaches us that there is a

limited time that the Christian may experience

God and when it is over (“when the morning

dawns” ) it is over! “... after this the judgment”

(Heb. 9:27).

Exodus 12:11—“And thus shall ye eat it;

with your loins girded, your shoes on your

feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye

shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S

passover.” The first part of this verse

corresponds with the believer’s “whole armour

of God” by which our loins are to be girt, our

feet are to be shod, etc. (see Ephesians 6:10-

18). The admonition to “eat it in haste”

pictures for us to get all of God while we can.

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be

found, call ye upon him while he is near”

(Isa. 55:6). “For he will finish the work,

and cut it short in righteousness:

because a short work will the Lord make

upon the earth” (Rom. 9:28). Be ready to

leave!

Pass as a Guard

Exodus 12:12—“For I will pass through

the land of Egypt this night, and will

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smite all the firstborn, both man and

beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I

will execute judgment: I am the LORD.”

It appears from this verse that the Lord does

the actual smiting upon the firstborn.

Looking in verse 23 however, we see there are

two different beings that will pass through

the land. One who PROTECTS; the other who

DESTROYS. “For the LORD will pass

through to smite the Egyptians; and

when he seeth the blood upon the lintel,

and on the two side posts, the LORD will

pass (as a guard) over the door, and will

not suffer (permit, allow) the destroyer

to come in unto your houses to smite

you.” Notice the Lord guards over the blood-

sprinkled door and does not permit the

destroyer to come in the house to smite the

oldest child. Here we see that two persons

swept through the land that memorial night.

The Lord is the protector. Who is referred to

as “the destroyer?” Jesus gives us the answer

in John 10:10. “The thief cometh not, but

for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I

am come that they might have life, and

that they might have it more

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abundantly. ”* Satan (the thief) comes to

destroy. The devil is the destroyer.

The Blood Token

Exodus 12:13-22—“And the blood shall

be to you for a token upon the houses

where ye are: and when I see the blood, I

will pass over you, and the plague shall

not be upon you to destroy you, when I

smite the land of Egypt.... And ye shall

take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the

* Satan was not working in the interest of Israel when he

destroyed the firstborn of man and beast on the Passover

night. Satan hates all mankind and wanted to destroy the

firstborn of Israel as well as Egypt, but was prevented in

doing so because the angel of the Lord stood as a guard over

the blood-sprinkled doorways. Had a Hebrew family not

applied the blood to the door of their home their oldest son

would have been destroyed. If it would seem contradictory

that the Lord would use Satan in the accomplishment of His

purposes remember that “The Lord hath made all things

for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil”

(Prov. 16:4). When Saul rebelled against God, “... an evil

spirit from the Lord troubled him” (1 Sam. 16:14). God

permitted an evil spirit to trouble Saul because “rebellion

is as the sin of witchcraft” (1 Sam. 15:23). God withdrew

His protective hand, and the evil spirit came in. Even in the

New Testament church, in dealing with a need for church

discipline, the fornicator was turned “over to Satan for the

destruction of the flesh” (1 Cor. 5:5).

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blood that is in the basin, and strike the

lintel and the two side posts with the

blood that is in the basin; and none of

you shall go out of the door of his house

until the morning.” If an Israelite followed

the instructions to cover his doorway with the

blood at the top and the sides the Lord passed

as a protector. And the plague the destroyer

brought with him was not upon the Israelite

house. It is interesting to note that the

Egyptians were not even instructed

concerning the blood covering. Pharaoh, their

ruler, typifies the god of this world who has

no propitiation and therefore despises those

who do. Today Satan and the fallen angels

have no covering in Jesus’ blood. “For verily

he took not on him the nature of angels;

but he took on him the seed of Abraham”

(Heb. 2:16). The word token means evidence,

sign. The blood was a sign on the houses; an

evidence of divine protection. The devil could

not touch that which was covered by the

blood. The blood sheltered the firstborn from

certain death. Without the blood, death was

inevitable. Covered by the blood, protection

was guaranteed.

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There was one condition the blood-covered

must meet. They were not permitted to go out

of their homes! “... none of you shall go out

at the door of his house until the

morning.” Although we have perfect present

protection from the enemy at this time we can

forfeit our claim to divine covering if we do not

“abide in him; that when he shall appear, we

may have confidence, and not be ashamed

before him at his coming” (1 John 2:28). Many

would like to think they are immune to satanic

attack due to their “hedge.” The Bible warns and

informs, “... whoso breaketh an hedge, a

serpent shall bite him” (Eccl. 10:8). We do have

a protective hedge and covering in Jesus’ blood

which Satan cannot trespass. If we do not “walk

in the light as He is in the light” the “blood of

Jesus Christ His Son” does not “cleanse us

from all sin” (see 1 John 1:7). Our present

protection can be removed by walking in any

darkness at all. This reveals why holiness is a

must (see Hebrews 12:14). Many years later the

spies instructed Rahab to “bind this line of

scarlet thread in the window” as the true

token she had requested of them. The “scarlet

line” was the sign of redemption to the invading

Hebrew army a few days later and they spared

Rahab and all who were in her house from

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destruction (see Joshua 2, 6). The Israelites knew

that scarlet was symbolic for blood (see Leviticus

14:4). Just as they had been spared in the land of

Egypt by blood covering they were to “save alive”

any who abode in the house of the harlot who had

trusted by faith in the scarlet thread (see Hebrews

11:31). The “blood line” concept is based upon this

passage in Joshua chapter two. The Israelites

were blood conscious and passed this blood

consciousness on to a heathen prostitute in

Jericho. Today the blood of Christ is for all who

come to God. All are saved from certain

destruction by the blood of Jesus.

Accepting the Blood by Faith

During the time that the head of each

household was applying the blood to the

doorway of his home, the firstborn of the

family was inside the house and remained

there until morning. He was on the inside;

the blood was applied to the outside door

frame. He was not allowed to stick his head

outside even once. This meant he could not

see the blood that covered him. Neither can

we see by natural sight the blood that covers

us. The firstborn had to accept by faith that

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he was covered by the blood. We must accept

by faith what our Father has done for us. I

can imagine the oldest son asking, “Dad, are

you sure you applied the blood just as Moses

said to?” When an affirmative reply came the

son had to rely only on the integrity of his

father’s word. So must we. The firstborn

could not see the blood nor feel the blood but

he was covered just the same. “For we walk

by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7).

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Justification by the Blood

“Much more then, being now justified

by his blood, we shall be saved from

wrath through him” (Rom. 5:9). We are

justified (just-as-if-I’d-never sinned) upon the

basis of the blood of Christ. Justification by

the blood is a new covenant truth and reality

for us today who accept Jesus. The New

Testament and the grace of God is substance,

whereas the Old Testament and the law of

God is a shadow. “For the law having a

shadow (outline) of good things to come

(the new covenant) . . . ” (Heb. 10:1).

“Which are a shadow of things to come;

but the body is of Christ” (Col. 2:17). This

new and living way that Jesus has

consecrated for us can be seen typically in the

law. The law foreshadows and gives insight

into the work that Christ has accomplished

for us.

Leviticus 14:1-7 is only one sentence and

yet completely pictures the death and

resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ:

And the LORD spake unto Moses,

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saying, (2) This shall be the law of the

leper in the day of his cleansing: He

shall be brought unto the priest: (3)

And the priest shall go forth out of

the camp; and the priest shall look,

and, behold, if the plague of leprosy

be healed in the leper; (4) Then shall

the priest command to take for him

that is to be cleansed two birds alive

and clean, and cedar wood, and

scarlet, and hyssop: (5) And the priest

shall command that one of the birds

be killed in an earthen vessel over

running water: (6) As for the living

bird, he shall take it, and the cedar

wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop,

and shall dip them and the living bird

in the blood of the bird that was

killed over the running water: (7) And

he shall sprinkle upon him that is to

be cleansed from the leprosy seven

times, and shall pronounce him clean,

and shall let the living bird loose into

the open field.

When God puts seven verses in one

sentence He is showing us there is one main

thought in it. Many principles can be seen

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from this one section of Scripture but one

primary truth comes from it.

In order to understand the spiritual

truths contained in this passage it is

important to first explain the natural

procedure of what happened here. “Howbeit

that was not first which is spiritual, but

that which is natural; and afterward

that which is spiritual” (1 Cor. 15:46).

First we will study the natural order of

events and then proceed to discover the

spiritual truth.

A leper was a man who was unclean, and

due to his leprosy was put outside of

fellowship with God’s people—outside the

camp. Wherever Israel was journeying in the

wilderness they camped and outside the main

camp the excluded leper abode in a separate

tent. Even though he was an Israelite the

leprosy made him unclean.

God provided a cleansing for the leper.

After the plague was healed the leper had to

be ceremonially cleansed before coming back

into the camp. The priest went outside the

camp into an open field near a running

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stream. With him he brought two living birds

that were clean according to the law. He also

brought a piece of cedar wood, a small scarlet

cloth, and a hyssop branch. In addition to

these items he carried an earthen vessel, or a

clay pot as we say today. The head of one bird

was pulled off inside this earthen vessel as it

was held over the running water (stream).

Then the living bird, the wood, the cloth, and

the branch were dipped in the blood of the

dead bird. After this the priest sprinkled

blood with the hyssop branch seven times on

the leper. The man was pronounced “Clean”

and, finally, the living bird was released to fly

into the air still wet and dripping with the

former bird’s blood.

Consider for a moment the great

obedience that is exhibited in the Old

Testament sacrifices. To the natural minds of

the priests, how foolish and without meaning

these and other events seemed. There was no

logical reasoning or explanation for all these

details. Yet without hesitation, the priests

obeyed year after year the exact directions

given them. They did not have the revelation

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of what they were doing as we have it today.

Throughout the Word of God we see many

instances where God instructed a person, or a

people, to do certain things which to the

natural mind seemed senseless. (Imagine

how Peter felt when the Lord told him to get

the tax money from opening a fish’s mouth!)

Do not dismiss the details of this or any

sacrifice as mere ritualism as the liberals

have. Jesus said, “Man shall ... live by ...

every word that proceedeth out of the

mouth of God” (Matt. 4:4). Prophetically

Christ speaks, “... in the volume of the

book it is written of me” (Ps. 40:7). Jesus

is on every page of the Bible. Let’s notice the

spiritual truths of this beautiful passage in

Leviticus.

“This shall be the law of the leper in

the day of his cleansing ...” It only takes a

day for a leper to be cleansed. Leprosy is a

type of sin. We all were sinners. It only took a

day to be cleansed from our sin in the blood of

Christ! (see Zechariah 3:9). The priest “goes

out of the camp” which shows us that our

Great High Priest in making atonement for

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us, “suffered without (outside) the gate”

(Heb. 13:12). Jesus went outside of the gates

of the city of Jerusalem in order to cleanse us.

Next we come to the two birds which also

symbolize Christ. He is both the priest and

the birds in this passage. Why two living

birds? One could be killed to symbolize the

crucified Christ. The other left alive is to

picture the resurrected Christ. One alone

could not be killed and resurrected. That is

the reason God commanded to take two birds.

The second bird was only released after this

first bird had been slain. The second bird was

released in the blood of the first bird. The

resurrected Christ sprinkled His own blood

on the mercy seat before the Father in

heaven following His resurrection.

Notice the two characteristics of the birds.

Alive and clean. Alive: Pilate testified, “...

nothing worthy of death is done unto

Him” (Luke 23:15). Jesus was alive and

worthy of life. He had never sinned and was

not worthy of sin’s punishment: death. Death

was totally contradictory to the nature of

Jesus Christ. He was life (see John 14:6).

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Clean: “... who knew no sin” (2 Cor: 5:21).

He was separate from sin, holy and

blameless. Because He was clean He had the

right to remain alive.

The cedar wood symbolizes the cross.

Cross in the New Testament is the word

stauros which means straight pole, stake, or

post set upright. This is important because it

brings forth the idea of hanging on a tree.*

Cedar wood is common in the near east. We

cannot say for sure but perhaps it was on

cedar wood that our Lord was nailed.

Anyway, the cedar wood was dipped in the

blood of the dead bird and the cross was

drenched with the blood of Christ.

The scarlet was a red cloth. Scarlet

pictures blood. Cloth pictures covering. “... it

is the blood that maketh an atonement

* Tree is translated timber and is not the same Greek word as

cross. It is used in 1 Peter 2:24; Acts 5:30; and Galatians

3:13. Jesus used this very word on the way to Golgotha in

Luke 23:31. See also Deuteronomy 21:22-23. The idea we are

bringing forth is that Jesus was crucified on a timber pole

such as the trunk of a tree and not on a conventional-looking

cross which was in fact conceived by religious tradition. The

cross our Saviour hung on looked enough like a tree as to be

rendered such at least four times in Scripture.

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(covering) for the soul” (Lev. 17:11). This

scarlet cloth was red, wet with blood. Hyssop

is a branch that is not very strong. It cannot

support a heavy weight but was suitable for

sprinkling blood. “And ye shall take a

bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood

that is in the basin, and strike the lintel

and the two side posts with the blood

that is in the basin ...” (Exod. 12:22). It was

with the hyssop that the blood was

transferred from the basin to the door post.

The blood was applied with hyssop. Hyssop

was also used to sprinkle water. “And a

clean person shall take hyssop, and dip

it in water, and sprinkle it upon the

tent ...” (Num. 19:18). Notice that a person

first had to be clean before he could sprinkle

water. By the sprinkling of blood a person is

made clean and fit to sprinkle water. What

does this water represent? “Christ also

loved the church, and gave himself for it;

that he might sanctify and cleanse it

with the washing of water by the

word ...” (Eph. 5:25-26). After we have been

made clean by Christ’s blood we are in a

position to be further set apart to the Father

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by the Word. Jesus prayed, “Sanctify them

through thy truth: thy word is truth”

(John 17:17). Through Ezekiel God promised,

“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon

you, and you shall be clean: from all

your filthiness, and from your idols, will

I cleanse you” (Ezek. 36:25). Hyssop

represents faith. It is by faith that the blood

is obtained and maintained. It is by faith that

we apply the Word of God to our lives.

As “kings and priests” and as the

“royal priesthood” the believer is able to

sprinkle Jesus’ blood (see Revelation 1:5-6; 1

Peter 2:9). As the head of his home a father

can apply the blood to his family, just as the

father applied the blood to his doorposts in

Exodus chapter twelve. Then the head of the

household can sprinkle water over his family

or teach them the Word of God. Jesus

demonstrated this principle when He

cleansed His disciples by His spoken word.

“Now ye are clean through the word

which I have spoken unto you” (John

15:3). David prayed, “Purge me with

hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me,

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and I shall be whiter than snow” (Ps.

51:7).

The earthen vessel pictures the body of

humiliation that the Word (Jesus) walked in.

The bird was killed IN the earthen vessel.

Jesus died in His body. Jesus gave the life of

His flesh for the world. His body was created

by a supernatural act of God in the womb of

the virgin. However, it was a natural body

like yours and mine. Earthen pictures clay.

This speaks of a natural body made of the

dust of the ground. He became actual flesh.

“We have this treasure in earthen

vessels ...” (2 Cor. 4:7). Jesus Christ is in us.

Although His body was natural it was perfect

without sin or disease. Jesus lived in perfect

health. As the Word was entering earth’s

atmosphere He spoke back to the Father

gazing upon the womb He would shortly

enter, “Wherefore when he cometh into

the world, he saith, Sacrifice and

offering (the blood of bulls and goats)

Thou wouldest not (desired no more),

but a body hast Thou prepared me (to

offer the perfect sacrifice with)” (Heb.

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10:5). “... we are sanctified through the

BODY of Jesus Christ once for all” (Heb.

10:10). As the Holy Spirit formed that embryo

in the womb of Mary the Word entered into

it.

Earthen also means frail. In our present

bodies there is no way we can experience the

fullness of God’s presence. We need a

glorified body for that!

Now we come to the running water which

was a flowing stream out in the open field.

The earthen vessel was held over the running

water while the first bird was killed. What

does this tell us?

How much more shall the blood of

Christ, who through the eternal

Spirit offered himself without spot to

God, purge your conscience from

dead works to serve the living God?

(Heb. 9:14).

Running water is the shadow. “The

eternal Spirit” is the substance. Running

corresponds to eternal; Water is often a type

of the Holy Spirit. Water is used as a symbol

of the Holy Spirit more than anything else in

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the Scriptures. Just as the blood of the bird

was shed over running water, the blood of

Christ was offered through the eternal Spirit.

As the blood was shed on the cross, the Holy

Spirit offered up the work of Christ before the

Father. Three days later the Holy Spirit (see

Romans 1:4) raised up or quickened the body

and Jesus presented Himself to the Father

that day (see John 20:17). The conscience is

the voice of the human spirit. Our conscience

is purged by the blood of Christ and the

demands of righteousness are satisfied. The

spirit is made alive to serve and worship the

living God.

The reason the priest sprinkled the leper

seven times is that seven is the Bible number

for perfection or completeness. Seven is used

over and over to show this. When we are

initially cleansed by the blood all our sins are

washed away and we are made completely

clean. The Father agrees with the sacrifice of

Christ and we are pronounced clean at the

very throne of God. The legal demands of sin

are met and in the judicial mind of God a

change in regard to us occurs. He pronounces

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us clean, clothes us with righteousness, and

gives us eternal life. All of this occurs in the

throne room.

Here on earth the Spirit bears witness to

our spirit that we are a child of God. We have

passed from death to life. Justification is

pronounced from the throne before

regeneration occurs in the human spirit. This

is how one is accepted in “the beloved” —our

Lord Jesus Christ. We are admitted into

fellowship with God and His people and are

no longer excluded from “the camp.”

The living bird, dipped in the blood of the

dead bird, is released into the open field. The

bird takes wings and flies off into the sky.

The resurrected Christ dipped Himself in the

blood of His sacrifice and presented His blood

to the Father, and “obtained eternal

redemption for us” (Heb. 9:12).

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6

Sanctification by the Blood

Our next study on the blood of Christ

brings us to verse 14 of Leviticus fourteen.

We saw in verses 1-7 cleansing for the leper.

No longer is he referred to as a leper after

verse seven, for he has been pronounced

clean. Yet only seven days after this

pronouncement he returns to the priest for a

further cleansing once more through the

sprinkling of blood.

No longer are we sinners, yet further

cleansing is needed. This pictures the truth

that a believer is justified and pronounced

clean at conversion. Desiring to be made

perfect he returns to his Great High Priest

for a deeper cleansing. The seven days

lapsing between the first and second

cleansing pictures the desire for perfection in

the heart of one whose desire is to be perfect

even as His Father in heaven is perfect (see

Matthew 5:48). Seven is the number of

perfection.

In verse eight the leper is allowed to leave

his tent and come into the camp. No longer is

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he excluded as a leper from fellow Israelites.

We are brought into “fellowship with one

another” after we are justified (see 1 John

1:7). Another benefit of justification is

represented by the washing of water in verse

nine. “... he shall wash his clothes, also he

shall wash his flesh in water ...” After our

(verse seven) experience of justification we

are permitted, even commanded, to employ

“the washing of water by the word” (Eph.

5:26). On the eighth day after the leper has

been pronounced clean from leprosy he is

permitted to go to the priest at the door of the

tabernacle (verse eleven). There he offers

sacrifice to the Lord. Two he lambs and one

ewe lamb without blemish are sacrificed as a

sin, trespass, and burnt offering. A log of oil

is waved before the Lord for a wave offering.

This brings us to the focal point of this

chapter’s study:

And the priest shall take some of

the blood of the trespass offering, and

the priest shall put it upon the tip of

the right ear of him that is to be

cleansed, and upon the thumb of his

right hand, and upon the great toe of

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his right foot. (Lev. 14:14).

Why was the blood in each case put upon

the right side of the man to be cleansed? The

right side throughout the Word is the side of

divine favor. Examples: The sheep will go on

His right, the goats on His left. Jesus is

seated at the right hand of God. Jesus

stretched forth His right hand and laid it

upon John’s shoulder, etc. You are never on

the wrong side when you deal with the blood.

It’s right!

Remember that the law is a shadow and

the new covenant is the substance. The ear,

hand, and foot in the law symbolize the

believer’s thought life, ministry, and

fellowship. Jesus was our substitute in these

areas of our life.

The Passover Lamb’s body was opened as

a fountain for sin (see Zechariah 13:1) in five

principle areas. In the order they occurred,

the blood flowed from His back, His head, His

hands, His feet, and His side. The blood

flowed from His back for our healing and

from His side for our infilling of the Holy

Spirit. The three places in between were

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opened for our sanctification in the same

corresponding realms of life. As the Roman

soldiers forcibly platted the crown of thorns

the blood flowed from His head to sanctify

our minds. The blood of the trespass offering

was put on the tip of the right ear of him that

was to be cleansed symbolizing the blood of

Christ sanctifying all that enters our thought

life. The blood was put on the thumb of the

former leper’s right hand symbolizing the

blood of Christ sanctifying our works in the

kingdom of God. Jesus’ hands were nailed for

this purpose. The blood was put upon the

Israelite’s great toe that the precious blood

might be upon our walk with the Father.

Jesus’ feet were nailed that ours might walk.

Unrestricted fellowship is enjoyed with the

Father through the blood of the Son.

Do not let the term “sanctification” scare

you. The verb “sanctify” means to set apart

and to make clean. Sanctification is the

process of being separated and made clean

unto God. A primary purpose of Jesus’

suffering for us was to accomplish this

cleansing aspect in the lives of His people.

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“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might

sanctify the people with his own blood,

suffered without (outside) the gate”

(Heb. 13:12). Jesus is the sanctifier, the

people are the object of His sanctifying grace,

the blood is the means of cleansing, or the

sanctifying agent.

The Thought Life

The first area of cleansing for the former

leper is the ear. We need the blood on what

we hear. How well David knew the

distracting voice of the enemy! “I am

restless in my complaint and am surely

distracted, because of the voice of the

enemy ….” (Ps. 55:2-3 NASB). Many are

distracted from spiritual devotion due to

satanic interference. Others find their minds

assaulted by an obsession of demonized

thoughts. The blood of Christ provides the

legal basis for victory in the believer’s

thought life.

As our great substitute, the Man who

never had an evil thought (although He did

have thoughts of evil) transferred His pure

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mind to us by His blood.* “We have the

mind of Christ,” and freedom from slavery

to sin in our thoughts (1 Cor. 2:16). Our ear is

set apart to God picturing that the disciple

can hear His Master’s voice. Our Substitute

took all our wicked imaginations when He

was offered as sin to God. He never had

mental wickedness yet He took ours and gave

us mental purity in its place.

For thirty-three years Jesus walked in a

natural body and was subject to all the

temptations we are.

Satan attempted to flash vile pictures

across His thought processes. Not once did

Jesus entertain and give place to a thought

from the evil one. On the other hand, the

* Our Lord Jesus Christ never had an evil thought. He was

“undefiled” (Hebrews 7:26) and He said, “Evil thoughts ...

defile the man” (see Mark 7:20-23). Had He had one evil

thought He would have been defiled. This is not to say He

had no thought of or from (the) evil (one). The difference is

that an evil thought “comes from within” while a thought of

evil comes from an outside source (the tempter). A thought of

evil turns into an evil thought if the will of the mind accepts

what has come from without. Jesus’ will always delighted in

doing the will of God thus the thoughts of the evil one were

repelled. Jesus was tempted in His thoughts but never

yielded in His mind.

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sinner harbored evil imaginations and toyed

with vile thoughts from an early age. Jesus

was never polluted in His mind and by the

wonder of substitutions provides a holy mind

for all who believe. He puts the blood on our

mind in the same manner that the priest put

the blood on the tip of the right ear. Our mind

is separated unto God and made a holy

receptacle of God’s Word. When our thoughts

are fixed on Him we have perfect peace on the

basis of His blood.

You can silence the voice of the accuser by

testifying openly the merits of Jesus’ blood.

“And they overcame him (the accuser)

by the blood of the Lamb, and by the

word of their testimony (vocal

agreement); and they loved not their

lives unto the death (their wills were

fully fixed on the Father’s will)” (Rev.

12:11).

All the divine revelation, enlightenment,

and illumination the Christian receives

comes from the Holy Spirit through the Word

on the basis and legal ground of the blood. As

a priest in the kingdom of God you are

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privileged to sprinkle with His blood. The

phrase “plead the blood of Jesus” is not

actually in the Bible but the principle is

taught in many places where different

individuals sprinkled the blood upon people

or even places (Leviticus 14:25; Hebrews

9:21).

All the Christian’s material possessions

are under the protection of the blood. The

firstborn of the beasts did not die if the owner

sprinkled the blood upon the door of his home

(see Exodus 12).

The blood of Jesus is a weapon of our

warfare, but we must use it daily to enjoy the

benefits derived therefrom.

The Believer’s Works

Next, the blood was applied to the thumb

of the right hand. What does the hand picture

in the Word of God? Consider the following

Scriptures:

And Jesus said unto him, No man,

having put his hand to the plough,

and looking back, is fit for (the

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ministry of) the kingdom of God.

(Luke 9:62).

And these signs shall follow them

that believe; In my name ... they shall

lay Hands on the sick, and they shall

recover. (Mark 16:17-18).

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to

do, do it with thy might.... (Eccl. 9:10).

And let the beauty of the LORD

our God be upon us: and establish

Thou the works of our hands upon us;

yea, the work of our hands establish

thou it. (Ps. 90:17).

In these passages hands can be compared

to works. Our works in the church are the

same as our particular ministries in the body

of Christ. Sowing and reaping are both

operations effected by the hand in actual

farming. Sowing the Word and reaping the

harvest is the mission of the believer (cf.

Psalm 126:6). Our ministry is effective with

the blood sprinkled upon it, and ineffectual

apart from the blood. Unconfessed sin allows

Satan to bind our hands so that our ministry

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is not functioning properly.

Consider your works prior to salvation.

Your hands framed wickedness and worked

deceit. Consider Jesus’ hands. For 33 years

He did nothing wrong at all; His works were

all holy. The first thirty years His hands were

employed in the art of carpentry. He made

beautiful objects from raw materials. He built

tables, chairs, and other needful articles. He

never stole or destroyed another’s property.

After the wilderness experience He returned

to Galilee in the power of the Spirit laying

hands on the sick, breaking and multiplying

bread and fish, raising fallen people, and

doing good. His hands did not deserve the

nails, but by the blood that flowed from His

hands He has cleansed ours from their former

filth and set them apart for the work of God.

Every good work and deed performed by

the Christian is acceptable to God as a

pleasing sacrifice only because of the blood of

Christ. When we lay our hands on the sick,

the devil flees. The author committed many

acts of sin by which Satan employed his

hands for the advancement of darkness.

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These very hands are today used by God. It is

all by the sanctifying grace afforded by Jesus

and His blood. “Blessed be the LORD my

strength, which teacheth my hands to

war, and my fingers to fight” (Ps. 144:1).

When the enemy begins to interfere with

your works and ministry overcome his

binding attacks by confessing the merits of

the blood against him (see James 4:7). As a

member of the royal priesthood you can

sprinkle the blood on your ministry.

Our Walk With God

The third place the blood was applied to

him that was to be cleansed was upon the

great (big) toe of his right foot. This

corresponds to the area of fellowship with

God. Notice the connection between walking

and fellowship: “But if we walk in the

light, as he is in the light, we have

fellowship one with another, and the

blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth

(and keeps on cleansing) us from all sin”

(1 John 1:7). If we walk with God we have

fellowship. The blood of Jesus Christ provides

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a basis for continual fellowship by continual

cleansing. God is of purer eyes than to behold

evil and cannot look with favor on iniquity

(see Habakkuk 1:13).

Although we were initially cleansed at

salvation further cleansing is needed as the

years go by because God cannot fellowship

with us when sin is present in our lives. All of

us at sometime miss the mark and must

confess our sin that the blood may be applied.

Without confession of sin there is no

application of the blood (see 1 John 1:9).

God’s ideal for us is “that ye sin not” (1

John 2:1-2), but has made adequate provision

for uncleanness in the Christian’s life in the

meritorious sacrifice of Christ.

The most enjoyable aspect of the new life

is fellowship with God. Our feet may stay in

step with God when set apart by the blood

that we may get to know the Father

intimately.

The Oil on the Blood

This study would not be complete without

verse 17 of Leviticus 14. Immediately after

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verse 14 the topic turns from blood to oil:

And the priest shall take some of

the log of oil, and pour it into the

palm of his own left hand: And the

priest shall dip his right finger in the

oil that is in his left hand, and shall

sprinkle of the oil with his finger

seven times before the LORD: And of

the rest of the oil that is in his hand

shall the priest put upon the tip of the

right ear of him that is to be cleansed,

and upon the thumb of his right

hand, and upon the great toe of his

right foot, upon the blood of the

trespass offering. (Lev. 14:15-17).

It goes without saying that oil is usually a

type of the Holy Spirit. All students of the

Word agree at this point. The oil was

sprinkled seven times before the Lord,

showing that the Spirit proceeds to us from

the Father. Jesus verbalized this truth in

John 15:26, “But when the Comforter is

come, whom I will send unto you from

the Father, even the Spirit of truth,

which proceedeth from the Father, he

shall testify of me.”

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The rest of the oil in the priest’s hand was

put in the same spot on the man that the

blood had been put only a few moments

previously. The Lord instructed, “... put the

oil ... upon the blood ....” Put the oil on the

blood. Where the blood was not, the oil was

not. The priest anointed the Israelite with oil

only after he was touched by blood. It is true

today that the Lord anoints us with the fresh

oil of the Holy Spirit only after we are

covered by the blood of Christ. If we honor

the blood, God will honor us with the Holy

Spirit working in our behalf. The thought life

is inspired as the oil is put on the ear. Our

ministry is empowered afresh as the Holy

Spirit quickens. Our fellowship with God is

enriched as the Comforter communicates

between the Father and His children. We

hear God’s voice, work the works of God, and

walk with the Father as the Spirit enables.

Charles Wesley had this revelation of the oil

after the blood when he sang, “The Spirit

answers to the blood.” When there is a lack of

the anointing examine yourself in regard to

the blood. The blood is the legal basis of

authority; the Holy Spirit does the actual

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empowering.

The Full Anointing

After the Israelite was anointed in the

three specific areas the oil was poured all

over his head and coursed down his

garments. “And the remnant of the oil

that is in the priest’s hand he shall pour

upon the head of him that is to be

cleansed: and the priest shall make an

atonement for him before the LORD”

(Lev. 14:18). This represents the fullness of

the Spirit upon the believer. All he does is

anointed with the Holy Spirit. How beautiful

to walk in this measure of the overall

anointing!

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The Costly Sacrifice

The concept of making a sacrifice in the

minds of most believers today is to give up

something of value, or endure something of

hardness. This concept formed in our

thinking due to the biblical procedure of

sacrificing to God. When Araunah freely

offered King David the threshingfloor and the

oxen to sacrifice unto the Lord, David replied,

“Nay: but I will surely buy it of thee at a

price: neither will I offer burnt offerings

unto the LORD my God of that which

cost me nothing” (2 Sam. 24:24). A sacrifice

which cost the sacrificer nothing was not a

sacrifice. Ancient Israel searched out the best

of the flocks and would pay the owner a

suitable price. Then he would bring the

animal unto the priest to offer unto the Lord.

The most costly sacrifice in the Old

Testament was Solomon’s personal offering.

Never before had Israel seen a greater

sacrifice in terms of material cost. We are

told this in 1 Kings 8:62-64:

And the king, and all Israel with

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him, offered sacrifice before the

LORD. And Solomon offered a

sacrifice of peace offering, which he

offered unto the LORD, two and

twenty thousand oxen, and an

hundred and twenty thousand sheep.

So the king and all the children of

Israel dedicated the house of the

LORD. The same day did the king

hallow the middle of the court that

was before the house of the LORD: for

there he offered burnt offerings, and

meat offerings, and the fat of the

peace offerings: because the brasen

altar that was before the LORD was

too little to receive the burnt

offerings, and meat offerings, and the

fat of the peace offerings.

It is hard to imagine the actual cost of

such a huge sacrifice. In that time their

measure of material values were much

different from ours. By our standard of

measurement it would probably cost more

than $10 million to buy these animals on the

open market. By their material standards

this was worth even much more than it would

be to us today.

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The blood of these sacrifices would

measure into the millions of gallons. The

blood from one oxen would overflow the

average bathtub. Twenty-two thousand oxen

were offered. One hundred and twenty

thousand sheep would make a sea of white in

a huge field. It staggers the imagination to

think how great and large this offering

actually was. It was so large, in fact, that the

large brazen altar was “too little to

receive” the offerings. The middle of the

court (the entire area where the altar was)

became the place of sacrifice. We are not told

how many priests were busy at work, or how

long it took to offer these sacrifices. One thing

is for certain: it took hours and hours!

Most of the Israelites had never seen as

much livestock in their lifetime. Each of God’s

ancient people were doing well to sacrifice an

occasional lamb. This sacrifice was never

equaled in Israel’s history. The modernists of

today would regard this sacrifice as one huge

waste. Even the moderates would question,

“Would not one animal provide the necessary

blood requirement?” For the law contained no

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commandment to offer such an army of flocks

and herds.

While meditating on this passage the

Holy Spirit gave the author an insight into

this unusual event. Solomon was sacrificing

by a revelation! He foresaw the inestimable

cost of the perfect Lamb required by God.

Jesus is God’s Lamb. The Father searched

out the best of heaven for second-best would

not do. Only the Anointed One in His bosom

would qualify for the title, “The Lamb of

God.” Such was not an ordinary lamb, nor an

ordinary man. The Word sent from heaven

became flesh and dwelt among us and we

beheld His glory! (see John 1:14). Solomon’s

costly sacrifice was but a mite in comparison

with the sacrifice sent from God. In keeping

with the aforesaid principle that a sacrifice is

not a sacrifice unless it costs the sacrificer

something, God’s Lamb cost Him much.

If Jehovah’s anger was provoked toward

Israel in the way they treated Moses

insomuch that He threatened to wipe them

out and make of Moses a great nation, then

how much more was the heart of God moved

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when Jesus came unto His own and they

received Him not! As the people mocked

Christ they were mocking God, “He that

hateth me hateth my Father also” (John

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Forasmuch as ye know that ye

were not redeemed with corruptible

things, as silver and gold, from your

vain conversation received by

tradition from your fathers; but with

the precious blood of Christ, as of a

lamb without blemish and without

spot. (1 Pet. 1:18-19).

The blood of Christ is precious. He is

endeared to us by His blood and we to Him by

the same. One meaning of the word

“precious” is dear, as is often said, “They are

precious people,” etc. More accurately,

precious means costly, valuable, honored or

esteemed, and beloved. The precious blood

therefore means the costly blood, valuable

blood, honored blood, and beloved blood.

In 1 Peter 1:18 Peter tells us we are not

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redeemed with corruptible things, and in

verse 19 he tells us we are redeemed by the

blood of Christ. If we are not redeemed with

corruptible things and we ARE redeemed by

the blood, then the blood is incorruptible. In

verse 18 the apostle informs that we are not

redeemed with silver and gold. These two

metals are among the most rare, valuable,

and costly metals throughout the world. They

are precious metals as compared with

common metals like iron and lead. The blood

of Christ is just as rare, valuable, and

precious compared to common blood as are

silver and gold compared to iron and lead.

His blood is costly—the best God had to offer.

It cost the Father and the Son much to

provide salvation for us. His blood is rare—

there is no other blood like it.

Paul admonished the Ephesian elders, “...

feed the church of God, which he hath

purchased with his own blood” (Acts

20:28). Notice that the name of Jesus is not

mentioned in this verse at all. The second

person of the Godhead has no direct reference

by name. “He” and “His” are personal

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pronouns which refer back to the proper noun

“God.” It is true that “God is a Spirit,” and

that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the

kingdom of God,” however, God can make

anything and everything. All the blood in

Jesus’ body was made by the creation power

of the Father. For this reason Jesus’ blood is

of a higher type than common blood. We have

a better covenant established upon better

promises because better blood ratified it (see

Hebrews 8:6).

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Restoration by the Blood

Without contradiction Job is the oldest

book in the Bible and what took place

occurred long before the law was given. In

this ancient book we see the blood message

beautifully taught, although by a natural

study apart from the Holy Spirit it would be

impossible to grasp this message. There are

many interpretations, and widely differing

views concerning the book of Job. It is not our

purpose to bring these forth or comment on

the philosophical implications. Our study is

concentrated on salvation and restoration by

the blood, and from the first and last chapter

of Job we will draw our discussion.

The Hedge

Job was a man who believed in and

offered blood sacrifices. Satan would have

smitten Job years before he did but was

prevented by what the devil himself called a

“hedge.” Standing before God to give an

account of his walks upon earth the

adversary answered the Lord,

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and said, Doth Job fear God for

nought? Hast not Thou made an

hedge about him, and about his

house, and about all that he hath on

every side? Thou hast blessed the

work of his hands, and his substance

is increased in the land. (Job 1:9-10).

The hedge of divine protection was in

response to Job’s burnt offerings which he

offered continually (V. 5) and guarded five

areas: Job, Job’s house and family, Job’s

possessions, Job’s works, and Job’s substance.

Our blood protection today is a hedge that

guards us on every side. Our hedge protection

insures us of continued blessing from God. It

is the author’s opinion that today in the new

covenant our protection is guaranteed in the

blood of Christ and is not withdrawn from us

at any time as we meet the conditions.

In this day of salvation only a believer can

break his hedge. "... whoso breaketh an

hedge, a serpent shall bite him” (Eccles.

10:8). The serpent cannot bite one who does

not break his hedge. Today the adversary

tempts us to disobedience that we might

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break our hedge. The believer who does not

rule well over his own life is like a city broken

down and without walls. He has no protection

from satanic invasion (see Prov. 25:28).

Job: The Priest of His Home

The Scriptures teach that a

husband/father has the responsibility to

provide for his family. This is true in the

spiritual as well as the natural. The father

sprinkled blood over his home in the behalf of

his firstborn and family (see Exodus 12). The

Philippian jailer was a husband and a father.

Paul and Silas addressed this head of a home

saying, “Believe on the Lord Jesus

Christ, and thou shalt be saved, AND

THY HOUSE” (Acts 16:31). Job was acting

on this principle long ago when he offered

burnt sacrifices for his children:

And his sons went and feasted in

their houses, every one his day; and

sent and called for their three sisters

to eat and to drink with them. And it

was so, when the days of their

feasting were gone about, that Job

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sent and sanctified them, and rose up

early in the morning, and offered

burnt offerings according to the

number of them all: for Job said, It

may be that my sons have sinned, and

cursed God in their hearts. Thus Job

did continually. (Job 1:4-5).

We have already seen how Cain and Abel

did not offer sacrifice until they left home. In

the same manner Job provided a blood

covering for his sons and daughters all the

while during his prosperity. There came a

day when the hedge was removed and all his

children and livestock were destroyed.

Twice as Much

We now leave Job chapter one and go to

the end of the book. In chapter forty-two the

Lord reproves Job’s three friends for their

wrong remarks. He instructs them,

“Therefore take unto you now seven

bullocks and seven rams, and go to my

servant Job, and offer for yourselves a

burnt offering; and my servant Job shall

pray for you: for him will I accept” (Job

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42:8). As the three friends offered the

sacrifice, and the Lord accepted Job through

the blood, the hedge was restored. The

protection Job had known prior to the trial

was once again in operation, but only after

the sacrifices were offered. “And the LORD

turned the captivity of Job, when he

prayed for his friends: also the Lord

gave Job twice as much as he had

before” (V. 10). In chapter 1 verse 3 Job had

7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen,

500 she asses. In chapter 42 verse 12 where

the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more

than his beginning, he had twice the number

of animals as he had before.

So the LORD blessed the latter

end of Job more than his beginning:

for he had fourteen thousand sheep,

and six thousand camels, and a

thousand yoke of oxen, and a

thousand she asses. (42:12).

Everything Job had lost was restored to

him double. We are restored in Christ “much

more” than what we would have had only in

Adam.

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Salvation by the Blood

Not only had Job lost his cattle. He also

lost his seven sons and three daughters.

Chapter 1 verse 2, “And there were born

unto him seven sons and three

daughters.” They died in a windstorm at the

beginning of Job’s calamities (see Job 1:18-

19). At the end of the trial God promised to

restore twice as much of everything Job lost.

Following the same order Job would have

fourteen sons and six daughters born to him

(Chapter 42). Look at verse 13 and see how

many sons and daughters he had following

the turning of his captivity. “He had also

seven sons and three daughters” (Job

42:13). Here is a beautiful truth. God did not

give Job twice the number of sons and

daughters because the first set of sons and

daughters were atoned for by the blood. Job

had not lost them because they were saved!

Job did actually have fourteen sons and six

daughters. The first half were in Paradise

and the second half were born to him in the

restoration of “twice as much” of everything

that he had. He did get double the number of

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cattle for when an animal dies it ceases to

exist. The children who died in chapter one

did not cease to exist. They were covered by

Job’s blood sacrifices and were accepted into

Paradise. Therefore he got only the same

number of sons and daughters (Chapter 42)

because he had not really lost the first seven

sons and three daughters. Meditate on this

and you will see a beautiful type of salvation

by the blood. “... the Lord gave Job twice

as much as he had before.”

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Chapter Nine

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The Open Fountain

Jesus Christ is the focal object and central

theme of the Word of God for He is the Word

Himself (see Revelation 19:13). The One to

whom the prophets spoke and of whom they

prophesied is none other than our Lord.

There has never been another individual who

fulfilled biblical prophecy so perfectly and

completely.

Zechariah foresaw a fountain flowing

which provided cleansing for sin and for

uncleanness:

In that day there shall be a

fountain opened to the house of

David and to the inhabitants of

Jerusalem for sin and for

uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1).

Messianic prophecy refers often to a set

day. Jesus referred to that day as His hour.

At the onset of His ministry He stated,

“Mine hour is not yet come” (John 2:4).

Sometime later in ministering to His disciples

He answered them saying, “The hour is

come, that the Son of man should be

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glorified” (John 12:23). In contemplating

about this hour he admitted,

Now is my soul troubled; and what

shall I say? Father, save me from this

hour: But for this cause came I unto

this hour. Father, glorify thy name.

Then came there a voice from heaven

saying, I have both glorified it, and

will glorify it again. (John 12: 27- 28).

The day in which a fountain would be opened

was the hour the Son of Man would be

crucified. For the Lord of hosts had promised,

“I will remove the iniquity of that land

in one day” (Zech. 3:9). In a short day’s time

the Lamb of God took upon Himself the sin of

the whole world.

We are living in that same day referred to

by Paul as “the day of salvation ... now is

the acceptable time” (2 Cor. 6:2). The day

Zechariah spoke of began when Jesus was

nailed to the tree, and will continue right up

to Armageddon. All the nations that come

against Jerusalem will be divinely destroyed.

The house of David and the inhabitants of

Jerusalem will look upon their Deliverer from

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heaven whom they have previously pierced.

They will ask, “What are these wounds in

thine hands? Then he shall answer,

Those with which I was wounded in the

house of my friends” (Zech. 13:6; see also

12:9-14). They will realize the mistake their

forefathers made many centuries ago and will

accept Jesus as their Messiah. “And so all

Israel shall be saved ...” (Rom. 11:26).

Jesus Christ was a fountain sealed until

the day His skin was pierced. When the skin

of His body was broken the fountain was

opened. Jesus is the Fountain. He is the

source of the cleansing stream that washes

away our sins. “Unto him that loved us,

and washed us from our sins in his own

blood” (Rev. 1:5).

God’s Predetermined Plan

The Roman soldiers were not following

their own plan of execution. They

unknowingly followed a foreseen, foreknown,

and fore-fixed plan devised before the world

was even made. Peter caught a glimpse of the

predetermined plan. In the first sermon

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preached in the day of salvation he stated,

“Him, being delivered by the determinate

counsel (predetermined plan) and

foreknowledge of God, ye have taken,

and by wicked hands have crucified and

slain” (Acts 2:23). Jesus Christ was crucified

according to a predetermined plan in the

mind of God. This “determinate counsel” was

the Godhead taking counsel of each other

prior to the creation.

The Father foresees and foreknows. The

exact manner in which Jesus would become

the sin offering was laid out in eternity. In

the revelation John also saw, “... the Lamb

slain from the foundation of the world”

(Rev. 13:8). The exact procedure to the very

detail was foreknown. To this the prophets

agree. It was foreseen in the Spirit that

Christ would be spit upon and His beard

plucked (see Isaiah 50:6). It was

predetermined that His appearance would be

marred (see Isaiah 52:14). It was foreknown

that He would be smitten, pierced through,

bruised, whipped, scourged, despised,

oppressed, afflicted, and numbered with the

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criminals (see Isaiah 53). The Word pre-

incarnate was spoken through David, “they

have pierced my hands and my feet” (Ps.

22:16). Even in Deuteronomy the curse was

put on those hung on a tree, foreshadowing

the curse Jesus would bear (see Deuteronomy

22-23; Galatians 3:13). Jesus foretold His

crucifixion saying, “And I, if I be lifted up

from the earth, will draw all men unto

me. This he said, signifying what

(manner of) death he should die” (John

12:32-33).

In this light the Holy Spirit revealed the

manner and procedure in which the Fountain

was opened, and of its great importance to

the child of God.

The order in which the five principle

areas of His body were opened is of primary

importance. We studied the three in-between

areas (head, hands, feet) in Chapter 6,

“Sanctification by the Blood,” considering

their spiritual importance. We will devote a

full chapter to the spiritual importance of the

fifth area being opened—His side—and will

see why the water flowed. Likewise we will

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study the healing stripes in full detail. Now,

however, we will focus our attention to the

mechanical aspects of the crucifixion, or the

physical aspects of Jesus’ sacrifice: how the

fountain was opened.

The BACK was opened with a Roman

scourge outside Pilate’s judgment hall at the

whipping post. Jesus had been awake at least

24 hours at this time and was physically

worn, as well as emotionally exhausted. The

wonder that He survived the Roman scourge

is remarkable. It goes to prove that no man

could take His life from Him (see John 10:18).

The Roman scourge was far different from

the commonly thought of cat-of-nine-tails

which was developed centuries later. As all

Roman weapons, it was precisionly built and

masterfully employed. The sharp bronze

metal tips pierced equally distant points into

Jesus’ back. The blows were placed high on

the shoulder area and ripped the flesh in

straight lines to the buttocks area. Christ

foretold this experience in the Psalms

describing His scourging as the plowing of a

field. “The plowers plowed upon my

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back: they made long their furrows” (Ps.

129:3). The plowers were the Roman soldiers.

They plowed with the Roman scourge. They

made long the stripes from the top to the

bottom of His back. Again He speaks

centuries before He was tied to the whipping

post. “I gave My back to the smiters ...”

(Isa. 50:6). It is commonly thought that 39

blows were inflicted upon Him due to the

custom of that time. The blood gushed from

His back. Often historians record that victims

of the scourge succumbed while tied at the

post. The Father gave the Son strength to

accomplish the predetermined plan. The

mind of deity foreplanned the whipping post

as the means by which the sicknesses and

pains of many would be borne.

The crown of thorns woven from the

common thornbush in the Mideast opened

Jesus’ HEAD to let the cleansing stream flow.

Different from many thornbushes in North

America, this bush had smaller thorns but

many more of them. A sharply stinging

poison resident in the thorn was released into

His scalp as the mock crown was platted on

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His head and smitten with the reed (see

Matthew 27:29-30). This stinging sensation

caused a tormenting itching and burning.

This pictures the poisonous thoughts the

wicked have imagined. The blood flowed

soaking this mock crown, showing the

protection we have today from evil spirits. It

is commonly known that the underpart or

belly of a serpent is soft and that it cannot

cross over sharp pointed objects. The desert

birds, or roadrunners, assemble prickly

cactus leaves surrounding a sleeping rattler.

When it awakens from its afternoon siesta it

finds itself imprisoned by the cactus needles.

Unable to cross over the prickly barrier and

fully frustrated the fangs are thrust into its

own body and death shortly transpires. We

have a protective hedge for our minds in the

blood of Christ. The crown of thorns soaked

with blood afforded the provision of “the

helmet of salvation” (Eph. 6:17). If we keep

our helmet on there can be no invasion of the

enemy into our minds. Just as the smart

Chapparal birds prepare a barrier for the

snake, the Christian must make a sure

defense for his thought life on the legal basis

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of the blood.

The last three areas of Jesus’ body, our

Fountain, were opened on the cross. HIS

HANDS were nailed by the sharp Roman

spikes into the wood. We have a certain idea

that His hands were nailed directly over His

head since the cross was a pole set upright.

This would aid in causing the lungs to

collapse more quickly than if they were nailed

to a horizontal cross beam. The Greek word

for hands includes the wrist area. It was

probably through the middle of the wrists

that the nails were driven. This would aid in

holding the body since the nails would have

torn through the palm area under the weight

of His body.

HIS FEET were placed the one over the

other while the spike was driven into His

flesh. He was nailed while the timber pole

was on the ground. Several soldiers heaved

the pole with the sacrifice into the hole and it

was dropped with a thud that jarred His body

severely and caused the flesh to tear in His

hands and feet. “... they pierced my hands

and my feet” (Ps. 22:16).

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It was the custom of the soldiers to break

the legs of those still living toward late

afternoon to speed up the death process. “But

when they came to Jesus, and saw that

he was dead already, they brake not his

legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear

pierced HIS SIDE, and forthwith came

there out blood and water” (John 19:33-

34). This fulfilled the Scriptures once more

for David said, “He keepeth all his bones:

not one of them is broken” (Ps. 34:20).

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Where is the New Testament?

The scene is the Last Supper in which

Jesus eats the Passover with His disciples

before His suffers. He has taken the bread

and given it to them saying, “This is my

body which is given for you: this do in

remembrance of me.” As He prepares to

give them the cup He says, “This cup is the

new testament in my blood, which is

shed for you” (Luke 22:20). Mark the words:

“the new testament in my blood.” The new

covenant is ratified, enacted, resident, and

sealed in the blood of Jesus Christ. “This is

the blood of the new testament...” (Mark

14:24). Without the blood there is no possible

way He could have established a new

covenant between God and man. The new

testament (covenant, agreement, pact,

promise, economy) is founded and based on

the blood of Jesus.

The Blood Makes the Covenant

The old covenant between Jehovah and

Israel was dedicated with blood. The

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transaction is recorded in the twenty-fourth

chapter of Exodus. An insight into what

really happened at that time is revealed in

Hebrews 9:18-20:

Whereupon neither the first

testament

was

dedicated

(inaugurated) without blood. For

when Moses had spoken every

precept to all the people according to

the law, he took that blood of calves

and of goats, with water, and scarlet

wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both

the book, and all the people, saying,

This is the blood of the testament

which God hath enjoined unto you.

First, Moses sprinkled the book that

contained the law of God. Sprinkling the

blood upon the written record bound God to

His word. Then, Moses sprinkled all the

people with blood. This bound Israel to the

covenant by the blood. An alternate rendering

of verse twenty is, “This is the blood that

makes the covenant by which God is

joined to you.” God was joined to Israel by

the blood that made the covenant.

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The written record of the new covenant is

likewise sprinkled with blood. When a

translator takes the blood out of the pages of

the New Testament he is removing the seal of

God from his translation. There are many

new translations on the market today not

worthy of the name. When the blood is taken

out of the Scriptures the life of God is

removed.

John writes, “And there are three that

bear witness in earth, the (Holy) Spirit,

and the water (of the Word), and the

blood (of Christ): and these three agree

in one” (1 John 5:8). The Spirit, the Word,

and the blood give testimony concerning God

and His program to men on earth. These

three agree in one; they cannot be divorced

from the other. Each has no function apart

from the other two and must be seen as one

unit. When one is removed the other two are

removed as well. The churches that have

removed the blood from their songs have

taken the Spirit out of their worship. The

Holy Spirit agrees with the blood of Christ.

Theologians who have banished the blood

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from their teaching are no longer teaching

God’s word. The word and the blood agree.

The legal grounds for all of God’s

provisions rests upon the basis of the blood of

Christ. The Word provides information on

what these provisions are and instruction on

how to enter into them. The Holy Spirit as

the divine administrator over all of God’s

blessings ministers these provisions into our

lives. One is not sufficient by itself. These

three work together to give testimony to men.

The Blood of Access

And then in similar comparison we, as

Israel was, are likewise sprinkled with the

blood. Just as the blood binds God to His

people through His Word, the blood binds the

people to God through His Word. The Spirit

seals this operation. The Spirit bears witness

to our spirit affirming that we are in the

covenant. We are ushered before God’s

presence by the Holy Spirit according to the

Word when sprinkled with Christ’s blood.

Peter describes this sprinkling. “Elect

according to the foreknowledge of God

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the Father, through sanctification of the

Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of

the blood of Jesus Christ” (1 Pet. 1:2).

Thus sprinkled, our basis of approach to God

is guaranteed.

“Having therefore,

brethren, boldness to enter the holiest

(Holy of Holies) by the blood of Jesus, by

a new and living way, which he hath

consecrated for us, through the veil, that

is to say, his flesh ..." (Heb. 10:19-20). The

veil that separated the Holy of Holies from

the Holy Place (in the earthly temple) was

torn from top to bottom after Jesus bore our

sins upon Calvary.

Immediately following the death of Jesus

this 60-foot tall veil was rent in twain from

top to bottom showing the rending had to be

from above. If men had torn the veil it would

have been torn from the bottom upwards.

This was an act of God showing that the

partition that separated man from a free

access of approach to the Father was now

gone. “And, behold, the veil of the temple

was rent in twain from the top to the

bottom” (Matt. 27:51).

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A man can now approach God without

human intermediary (priests, etc.) for Jesus

has gone ahead as the forerunner and

prepared the way. Jesus is now the High

Priest and every believer is himself a priest.

Unrestricted access to God and unhindered

fellowship with Him is available to all who

come by the blood of Jesus. This new and

living way is the substance of what the old

ceremonial way foreshadowed. In the old

covenant only one man could go once a year

where in the new covenant all may come

daily. “Let us therefore come boldly unto

the throne of grace, that we may obtain

mercy, and find grace to help in time of

need” (Heb. 4:16). We do not approach in

fear of death as did the High Priest under the

law. We come BOLDLY to obtain help from

the throne.

A Better Covenant

If the first covenant had been faultless

there would have been no need for a second

(see Hebrews 8:7). “But now hath he

obtained a much more excellent

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ministry, by how much also he is the

mediator of a better covenant, which

was established upon better promises”

(Heb. 8:6). As a High Priest Jesus has a much

more excellent ministry to God in our behalf

for He does not offer the blood of bulls and

goats which cannot take away sin (see

Hebrews 10:4), but pleads our case to the

Father by the merit of His own sacrifice. Our

priest is our sacrifice. He intercedes for us

His eternal blood and is thus able to save to

the uttermost (see Hebrews 7:25).

The new covenant is better than the old

for the blood that enacted it is better blood.

The blood of bulls and goats could only

sanctify ceremonially. The blood of Christ

purges even the conscience of the believer (see

Hebrews 9:13-14). Through the blood of the

new covenant we have full access to God at

all times. By His blood Jesus entered into the

Holiest of all in Heaven and there intercedes

in the place of full favor at the Father’s right

hand.

For Christ is not entered into the

holy places made with hands (earthly

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tabernacle / temple built of stone),

which are figures of the true; but

INTO HEAVEN ITSELF, now to

appear in the presence of God for us:

Nor yet that he should offer himself

often, as the high priest entereth into

the holy place every year with blood

of others …. (Heb. 9:24-25).

Jesus entered heaven itself there to

appear before God FOR US not with the blood

of others, but with His own blood. The earthly

patterns (Mosaic temple) were of necessity

purified with the blood of animals. But the

heavenly things (mercy seat before the

throne; corresponding to the mercy seat

between the cherubim) were sanctified with

better blood. Hebrews 9:22-23 tells us:

And almost all things are by the

law purged with blood; and without

shedding of blood is no remission. It

was therefore necessary that the

patterns of things in the heavens

should be purified with these; but the

heavenly things themselves with

better sacrifices than these.

In Heaven our Great High Priest fulfilled

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the sprinkling of blood on the mercy seat in

the same manner that the earthly high priest

annually sprinkled the blood of one sin

offering in the behalf of Israel. “Then shall

he ... bring his blood within the veil...

and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and

before the mercy seat: And he shall

make an atonement... for all the

congregation of Israel” (Lev. 16:15-17).

When the blood was sprinkled seven times

(V. 14) on the mercy seat and the ceremony

completed the Day of Atonement resulted in a

blood covering for a full year for the

Israelites. The blood of bulls and goats

accomplished an annual covering or

atonement, while the blood of Christ has

accomplished eternal redemption for the

Church.

But Christ being come an high

priest of good things to come, by a

greater and more perfect tabernacle,

not made with hands, that is to say,

not of this building; neither by the

blood of goats and calves, but by his

own blood he entered in once into the

holy place, having obtained eternal

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redemption for us. (Heb. 9:11-12).

Jesus does not come before the Father

once a year. He lives continually making

intercession for the saints at the Father’s

right hand. We are saved from the guttermost

to the uttermost when we come unto God by

Him (see Hebrews 7:25). Jesus lives, “after

the power of an endless life” (Heb. 7:16).

“Endless”

means

indestructible,

inexhaustible, and unending.

Since Jesus has said that the new

covenant is in His blood, every provision in

this pact is based upon His blood. How true it

is that every provision of God that we enjoy

in this new and living way are automatically

ratified by the blood of Christ. We will now

consider how the four main provisions are

directly related to the blood.

Forgiveness of sin is based directly on the

blood of Jesus. “In whom we have

redemption through his blood, the

forgiveness of sins, according to the

riches of his grace” (Eph. 1:7). “In whom

we have redemption through his blood,

even the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:14).

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“And without shedding of blood is no

remission (forgiveness)” (Heb. 9:22).

Holiness of heart and life is based directly

on the blood. “But if we walk in the light,

as he is in the light, we have fellowship

one with another, and the blood of Jesus

Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin”

(1 John 1:7). “Wherefore Jesus also, that

he might sanctify the people with his

own blood, suffered without the gate”

(Heb. 13:12).

Healing for the body was obtained by the

blood that flowed from His back. “Surely he

hath borne our sicknesses, and carried

our pains” (Isa. 53:4). "... and with his

stripes we are healed” (Isa. 53:5). Each of

these statements has the double witness of a

New Testament author. Matthew confirmed

the message of Isaiah 53:4: “That it might

be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias

(Isaiah) the prophet, saying, himself

took our infirmities, and bare our

sicknesses” (Matt. 8:17). Peter confirmed

the message of Isaiah 53:5: “... by whose

stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

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Peter looks over his shoulder some 38

years or so and says, “were healed.” Our

healing is already an accomplished fact. To

easily observe that we are healed by the blood

of Christ one need only recognize the color of

the healing stripes. As the red blood surfaced

on the skin the stripes became visible.

The baptism with the Holy Spirit is

pictured in the supernatural sign of the

flowing water out of the crucified Christ’s

side. It was more than the clear fluid that

collects in the chest cavity (which is not more

than a few tablespoons). This was an actual

stream of water that fulfilled the type of the

water from the rock in the Old Testament

and symbolized the living water Jesus gives

to quench our thirst. “But one of the

soldiers with a spear pierced his side,

and forthwith came there out blood and

water” (John 19: 34). We will fully develop

this in a later chapter entitled, “That Rock

Was Christ.”

The Name of Jesus

It is through the name of Jesus that the

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believer exercises his authority over demons

and sickness (see Mark 16:15-18). It is in

Jesus’ name that we present our needs to the

Father (see John 14:13-14; 16:23-1. If Jesus

had not accomplished the will of God and had

not established this new covenant in His

blood, His name would have no power. There

are two Scriptures which infer that the name

has its authority on the basis of the blood.

For where a testament is, there

must also of necessity be the death of

the testator. (Heb. 9:16).

Jesus is the testator of the New

Testament. It was necessary that He die, and

that He die shedding His blood. Had He not

done this the new covenant would not have

come into force. The name of the testator

would not be effectual. The name of Jesus is

effectual because of the death of the testator.

The name of Jesus and its authority is a part

of the overall covenant.

The second Scripture which reveals the

authority of the name based on the blood in

Luke 10:17-20:

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And the seventy returned again

with joy, saying, Lord even the devils

(demons) are subject unto us through

thy name. And he said unto them, I

beheld Satan as lightning fall from

heaven. Behold, I give unto you

power to tread on serpents and

scorpions, and over all the power of

the enemy: and nothing shall by any

means hurt you. Notwithstanding in

this rejoice not, that the spirits are

subject unto you; but rather rejoice,

because your names are written in

heaven.

The seventy were not to rejoice that the

demons were subject unto them but that their

names were written in heaven. That is why

the demons were subject unto them in Jesus’

name. The seven sons of Sceva attempted to

use the name of Jesus against evil spirits but

were most unsuccessful. These Jewish

exorcists were not believers in our Lord

Jesus. Their names were not written in

heaven and the demons did not come out (see

Acts 19:13-17). The name of Jesus is

ineffectual if the user is not washed from his

sins in the blood knowing his name is written

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in heaven. (The obvious exception is when a

sinner prays in Jesus’ name for salvation, see

Romans 10:13).

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Where Did Jesus Bear Our

Sin?

There are a number of fine preachers who

accept and teach that Jesus bore our sin in

His spirit. It is upheld that Jesus spiritually

suffered three days and nights in the torment

of Gehenna fire. This is amazing since

nowhere does Christ say He is in torment

during the three day period between the

crucifixion and the resurrection. Concerning

the sin offering He said hanging on the cross,

“It is finished” (John 19:30). How could it be

complete, however, if He yet had to go and

suffer in the flame? One well-known minister

said it was in the flames of hell that Jesus

defeated the devil. The Bible teaches most

emphatically, however, that Satan is not in

hell yet. Our adversary is still roaming over

the face of the earth. The main Scripture

from which this doctrine is developed is taken

from Peter’s sermon on the Day of Pentecost

where he is quoting from the Psalms.

“Because thou wilt not leave my soul in

hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy

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One to see corruption” (Acts 2:27; see

Psalm 16:8-11). We heartily concur this refers

to the lapse of time between the cross and the

empty tomb.

The word for hell in the above verse is

hades (Greek) which is the Old Testament

counterpart of sheol (Hebrew). At death all

souls, righteous and unrighteous, went to

sheol/hades the realm of departed spirits.

This realm was divided into two distinct and

totally different compartments. Our Lord

taught that the place the unrighteous went

and still go is Gehenna (Greek: geena). The

rich man said, “I am tormented in this

flame” (Luke 16:24). Jesus referred to

Gehenna as “hell fire” (see Matthew 5:22,

29-30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:33; Mark 9:43-47; Luke

12:5; 16:23).

The second compartment of sheol/hades

was referred to as Abraham’s bosom, or

Paradise. This was a place of comfort that all

the righteous dead under the old covenant

departed to. It was not heaven where the

throne of God is and where all the saved go to

now at death. Today the righteous

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immediately depart at death to be with

Christ in heaven (see 2 Corinthians 5:8;

Philippians 1:21-24; Hebrews 12:23;

Revelation 6:9-11). The change occurred

when Jesus ascended on high leading

captivity captive. It was for this purpose that

He descended into the lower parts of the

earth and that by the Spirit proclaimed the

Gospel to the imprisoned spirits of dead men

(see Ephesians 4:8-10; 1 Peter 3:18-22; 4:5-6).

What was the nature of Abraham’s

bosom? It is evident that father Abraham was

in charge, and that all there were comforted

(see Luke 16:19-31). Recall that Christ said to

the believing malefactor while dying, “Today

shalt thou be with me in paradise” (Luke

23:43). It would not have been a comforting

thought to the dying thief had Jesus said,

“Today shalt thou burn with Me in Gehenna.”

What would have been the use of calling on

Jesus if he would have had to go to hell

(Gehenna) fire anyway? Jesus told exactly

where He was going at death. There can be

no mistake. Paradise was the section of hades

(usually rendered “hell” in the Authorized

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Version) of comfort. There was a great gulf

fixed between Gehenna and Paradise. Once

one was in one of the two he could not go to

the other. Jesus Himself stated the following

words quoting Abraham:

And beside all this, between us

(Paradise) and you (Gehenna) there is

a great gulf fixed: so that they which

would pass from hence to you cannot;

neither can they pass to us, that

would come from thence. (Luke

16:26).

Since Jesus went to Paradise it is evident

that He could not have gone to Gehenna. “...

they which would pass from (here) to

you cannot ...” In other words Jesus went to

Hades but not to Gehenna. At that time

Paradise was just as much a part of Hades as

was Gehenna. Since Christ went to Paradise

and proclaimed the Gospel of His salvation to

the righteous dead and led them in a train

captive to God to Heaven. He moved Paradise

from the realm of sheol/ hades to the third

heaven. Jesus descended to go to Paradise

into the bowels of the earth. When He

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ascended He carried Paradise with Him to

heaven where all the righteous dead now are.

Paul was “caught up into paradise”

which he stated is the “third heaven” (see 2

Cor. 12:1-4). The glorified Christ following

His ascension said, “To him that

overcometh will I give to eat of the tree

of life, which is in the midst of the

paradise of God” (Rev. 2:7). Because of the

transition of Paradise from Hades to Heaven,

all who are saved go to Heaven and all who

are lost go to Hell.

Today, anyone in Hell can only be in the

part known as Gehenna which Jesus again

and again referred to as hell fire. Abraham’s

bosom has moved to Heaven. When Christ

died, however, it was not so. Everyone went

to Hades—either to Paradise or Gehenna. At

the end of the age, Gehenna will be enlarged

to the Lake of Fire. “And death and hell

(hades, which will only contain

Gehenna) were cast into the lake of fire”

(Rev. 20:14). This will occur after the “great

white throne” judgment (Rev. 20: 11-13)

which, of course, is yet future.

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Rather than suffering torment during the

three days between crucifixion and

resurrection, the pre-incarnate Word spoke

through David, and was repeated by Peter,

only two verses before the “hell” verse which

has been so widely misinterpreted. These two

verses are in the same passage in both Psalm

16:8-11 and Acts 2:25-28 where Jesus said

His soul would not be left in hades. “... I

(Christ) foresaw the Lord (the Father)

always before my face, for he is on my

right hand, that I should not be moved:

therefore did my heart rejoice, and my

tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh

shall rest in hope ...” (Acts 2:25- 26). Christ

was not suffering untold agony but rather

was rejoicing and glad. At death His suffering

was completed. He was “justified in the

(Holy) Spirit” (1 Tim. 3:16) in that the Holy

Spirit bore witness to His sacrifice, raising

Him from the dead. Paul expressed, “And

declared to be the Son of God with

power, according to the spirit of

holiness, by the resurrection from the

dead ….” (Rom. 1:4).

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If Jesus did not bear our sin in His spirit

and suffer agony in hell fire, just where did

He bear our sin?

There are at least three places where the

Word of God tells us where Jesus bore our

sin. We need never be in doubt.

Who his own self bare our sins in

his own body on the tree, that we,

being dead to sins, should live unto

righteousness …. (1 Pet. 2:24).

But now in Christ Jesus ye who

sometimes were afar off are made

nigh by the blood of Christ ... having

abolished in his flesh the enmity ...

that he might reconcile both unto

God in one body by the cross, having

slain the enmity thereby: And came

and preached peace to you which

were afar off, and to them that were

nigh. (Eph. 2:13,15-17).

What Happens to Sin?

There are many defeated Christians who

have never learned how to overcome the

attacks of the accuser because they are

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ignorant as to what happens to sin after they

have confessed and forsaken it. They have

been taught what happens to them, how they

are cleansed, but not taught what God does to

our transgressions.

By studying what God does to the

confessed sin act and seeing the dramatic

change of sin when it is removed the enemy

will be totally unable to torment a believer

with his regrettable past. It is God’s desire

that none of His children live under

condemnation (see Romans 8:1).

The confessed sin is blotted out so that it

is no longer visible in the sight of God. “I,

even I, am he that blotteth out thy

transgressions for mine own sake, and

will not remember thy sins” (Isa. 43:25).

Jesus accomplished this on the tree,

“Blotting out the handwriting of

ordinances that was against us, which

was contrary to us, and took it out of the

way, nailing it to his cross” (Col. 2:14).

This blotting out of sins is pictured as a fog

separating between the believer and his past:

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy

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transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:

return unto me; for I have redeemed

thee” (Isa. 44:22). A thick cloud on ground

level is known as a fog. Occasionally we hear,

“The fog was so thick it blanketed the city.”

This thick cloud has blanketed our forgiven

past. Yet how often the Christian tries

desperately to gaze into his past.

It is important to remember that God will

not remember the sins He has forgiven. When

God forgives He also forgets. “And their

sins and iniquities will I remember no

more” (Heb. 10:17). God has forgotten our

sins promising, “I will not remember your

sins.” The Word does not say that God can

not recall them. He said He will not recall

them. He has drawn a curtain behind which

all our sins are forgotten never to be

remembered against us again.

Just because God has forgotten our sins

does not mean Satan has. He still remembers

our yielding to his temptations and attempts

to place regret and guilt in us by causing us

to remember them. What do we care if the

devil remembers, anyway? We want to please

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God. Our Advocate stills the adversary’s voice

at this very hour before the throne of God.

Another Bible picture of the doing away of

sin is seen in the Psalms. David was

instructing his soul to bless the Lord for all

His benefits. “Bless the LORD, O my

soul ... Who forgiveth all thine

iniquities ...” (Ps. 103:1,3). The Lord forgives

all the iniquities of the soul.

Later in the Psalm David mused,

He hath not dealt with us after

our sins; nor rewarded us according

to our iniquities. For as the heaven is

high above the earth, so great is his

mercy toward them that fear him. As

far as the east is from the west, so far

hath he removed our transgressions

from us. (Psalm 103:10-12).

David did not know what science has learned

in fairly recent generations. The Holy Spirit

who inspired him knew full well for the Spirit

had moved upon the face of the earth (Gen.

1:2). That is, that east and west never met

but north and south do! If one goes north far

enough he will be heading south after

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crossing the North Pole. Likewise, if one goes

south far enough he will be travelling north

after crossing the South Pole. You could

travel east forever around this planet and

never be heading west and vice-versa. David

did not know this. This verse once more

proves the inerrancy of the Scriptures. Had

David said, “As far as the north is from the

south, so far hath He removed our

transgressions from us,” he would be saying

that we would eventually meet our sins

again. However, since they are removed as

far as the east is from the west we will never

meet with them again. This is actually an

immeasurable distance. God removes our sins

from us.

A third illustration is found in Micah.

Who is a God like unto thee, that

pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by

the transgression of the remnant of

his heritage? he retaineth not his

anger forever, because he delighteth

in mercy. He will turn again, he will

have compassion upon us; he will

subdue our iniquities; and thou will

cast all their sins into the depth of

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the sea. (Mic. 7:18-19).

Our sins are PLUNGED to the depths of the

sea.

Within this century the depth of the sea

has been changed time after time. People

used to accept three miles as the limit. Later

it was changed to five miles deep. During the

past few decades scientists have changed the

record twice saying the ocean is seven miles

deep, and later over eight miles deep. Only a

few hundred feet under the surface and the

ocean becomes very dark. Think how

impossible it is that the naked eye could view

something on the ocean’s bottom. It takes

specially-built equipment to explore the

ocean’s depths. Micah shows how far God has

removed our sins. In his day it was

impossible for anyone to submerge more than

the diving depth of the sea. Our sins are

plunged far below our remembrance of them,

if we will accept it by faith.

King Hezekiah was extolling the Lord for

His goodness. He had recovered from his

terminal sickness and was praising God for

the deliverance from death and extension of

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life. Remembering the sorrow his sickness

had brought him he says, “Behold, for

peace I had great bitterness: but thou

hast in love to my soul delivered it from

the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast

all my sins behind thy back" (Isa. 38:17).

God has cast all our sins behind His back.

With the same arm that flung out the

planets, God has hurled our sins backward,

and they are still travelling at the speed of

light away from God. Now why is it so

important that God has cast our sins behind

His back? “God is not a man that he

should lie; neither the son of man that

he should repent ...” (Num. 23:19). The

word “repent” means to turn around. God

does not turn around. Because He has cast all

our sins behind His back He will never look

upon them ever again!

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That Rock Was Christ

Only a few days into the wilderness and

the people of God found no water to drink.

Rather than relying on the God who caused

the waters to part to supply water, they

murmured against Moses. Here we see the

longsuffering and forbearance of God. If He

marked our sins, who could stand before

Him? After seeking the Lord, Moses took the

same rod he smote the sea with and smote

the side of a large rock in Horeb. Rivers of

water flowed from the inner recesses of this

stone providing water for at least two million

Israelites. “He opened the rock, and the

waters gushed out; they ran in the dry

places like a river” (Ps. 105:41). “He split

the rocks in the wilderness, and gave

them abundant drink like the ocean

depths. He brought forth streams also

from the rock, and caused waters to run

down like rivers” (Ps. 78:15-16 NAS). There

was an abundant supply of water for the

thirsty multitudes in the barren wilderness

desert. Let’s examine carefully the key verse:

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Behold, I will stand before thee

there upon the rock in Horeb; and

thou shalt smite the rock, and there

shall come water out of it, that the

people may drink. And Moses did so

in the sight of the elders of Israel.

(Exod. 17:6).

The Lord stood upon the rock picturing

that it was He who would perform the

supernatural in the behalf of His people. The

reason God instructed Moses to smite the

rock was that Christ, our Rock, would be

smitten also. “There shall come water out

of it,” is rendered by many authorities as,

“Out of its belly shall flow rivers of

water.” Jesus referred to this verse when He

stated, “... as the scriptures hath said, out

of his belly shall flow rivers of living

water” (John 7:38). Apparently the only

Scripture reference Jesus had in mind was in

connection with this particular rock which

brought forth streams. As Moses fulfilled this

divine command before the elders of Israel,

thousands of gallons of water poured out.

There was and is no natural explanation for

this tremendous outpouring. It was a

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supernatural act of Almighty God.

Paul comments on this wilderness

experience in First Corinthians. He refers to

Israel’s passing through the sea, the covering

of the cloud, the quail that flew in, and says

in reference to the rock in Horeb: “And did

all drink the same spiritual drink: for

they drank of that spiritual Rock that

followed them: and that Rock was

Christ” (1 Cor. 10:4).

That which occurred to the rock in the

wilderness also happened to the Rock on the

cross. Moses took a rod and smote the side of

the rock and water poured out of its side.

Notice the parallel with the Rock on the

cross, “But one of the soldiers with a

spear pierced his side, and forthwith

came out blood and water” (John 19:34).

Likewise Christ was already dead (v. 30)

when He was struck with a spear, and the

wilderness rock was, of course, non-living

matter. The water that poured from Christ’s

side was as supernaturally created as was the

water from Horeb’s rock. It was not clear

fluid that collects in the chest; it was a sign

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from God. The desert rock provided water for

physical thirst. The crucified Rock provided

living water for spiritual thirst. Study the

columnar illustration below to compare the

similarities:

The Rock in the

The Rock on the

Wilderness

Cross

was non-living,

was dead,

was struck with a was struck with a

rod, in the sight of spear, in the sight of

Israel, by one man, Israel, by one man,

(Moses)

causing (soldier)

causing

supernaturally

supernaturally

created water to flow created water to flow

from its side,

from His side,

provided natural providing the living

water for murmuring water of the Holy

Israel.

Spirit for praising

believers.

Speak to the Rock

Almost 38 years of wandering in the

wilderness had passed by. Once more Israel

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found no water, and the children of the

murmuring parents now quarreled with

Moses because they had no water. This time,

however, Moses allows resentment to enter

his heart and eventually fails God, as

indicated in Numbers 20:7-12:

And the LORD spake unto Moses

saying, Take the rod, and gather thou

the assembly together, thou, and

Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto

the rock before their eyes; and it shall

give forth his water, and thou shalt

bring forth to them water out of the

rock: so thou shalt give the

congregation and their beasts drink.

And Moses took the rod from before

the LORD, as he commanded him.

And Moses and Aaron gathered the

congregation together before the

rock, and he said unto them, Hear

now, ye rebels; must we fetch you

water out of this rock? And Moses

lifted up his hand, and with his rod

he smote the rock twice: and the

water came out abundantly, and the

congregation drank, and their beasts

also. And the LORD spake unto Moses

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and Aaron, Because ye believed me

not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the

children of Israel, therefore ye shall

not bring this congregation into the

land which I have given them.

Angry toward Israel, Moses disobeyed

God’s instructions when he (1) implied that

he and Aaron had to provide water, (2)

addressed Israel instead of speaking to the

rock, (3) smote the rock twice whereas he was

to have taken his rod, the symbol of

authority, and to hold it in his hand only.

To speak to this rock was all God

commanded Moses to do. This would have

shown Israel that the rock having been

previously smitten, now needed only to be

addressed. Speaking to the rock in faith

would have caused water to flow as it had

some years previously when smitten.

This rock typifies our Lord Jesus Christ

and to smite the rock the second time is the

same as crucifying the Son of God afresh.

Jesus was smitten once never to be smitten

again. To crucify Christ again would mean

His first offering was not enough. However,

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His first offering was His last for it was

perfect. “But this man, after he had

offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat

down on the right hand of God” (Heb.

10:12). “So Christ was once offered to

bear the sins of many ...” (Heb. 9:28).

Jesus was crucified once at which time

water poured from His belly. He now sits at

the right hand of God and the Holy Spirit

proceeds from the throne to the earth as

believers speak to the Rock with praise and

adoration. To get a drink from Jesus one

needs not to crucify Him the second time but

needs only to worship Him. As we ask in faith

we receive. “Open thy mouth wide, and I

will fill it” (Ps. 81:10).

Canaan is a type of the kingdom of God.

Moses was not permitted to enter the land of

promise because he smote the rock twice.

This is symbolic that one who holds the Son

of God to an open shame will be forbidden

entrance into the kingdom of God (see Heb.

6:4-9). Moses’ punishment was only figurative

of this fact. He was not actually cut off from

God, still the punishment was a most tragic

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one, for Moses had spent most of his life

preparing for a land that was closed to him.

Moses’ disobedience was probably the most

regrettable act of his entire life. We can learn

the importance of obeying God from this

event.

Drinking of the Spirit

The same Gospel writer who recorded the

flowing water from Christ’s side also recorded

the words of Christ depicting this event.

Jesus taught that the Holy Spirit would flow

from Him to all who thirst, as told in John

7:37-39:

In the last day, that great day of

the feast, Jesus stood and cried,

saying, If any man thirst, let him

come unto me, and drink. He that

believeth on me, as the scripture hath

said, out of his belly shall flow rivers

of living water. (But this spake he of

the Spirit, which they that believe on

him should receive: for the Holy

Ghost was not yet given; because that

Jesus was not yet glorified.)

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As water was being poured out of earthen

vessels on the last great day of the feast,

Jesus stood and loudly said, “If any man

thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.”

Here are three necessary requirements. (1) A

man, any man, must sense and become

acutely aware of his need for spiritual water.

This desire must be as real to him spiritually

as thirst is physically. The reason many do

not drink is they have no real sincere desire

for the Spirit. (2) A man must come to Jesus

as the source of all spiritual blessings. Only

through Jesus can one drink of the Spirit

which proceeds from the Father. (3) The

believer must drink. None drinks with his

mouth closed, and this is likewise true in the

spiritual realm. This involves asking. Jesus

said, “... how much more shall your

heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to

them that ask him?” (Luke 11:13). One

must open his mouth wide believing God to

fill it (see Ps. 81:10). We drink of the

supernatural Spirit flowing from the

supernatural Saviour with a supernatural

utterance. It is here that the value of tongues

comes into focus. The believer is “made to

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drink into one Spirit” by speaking in other

tongues (see 1 Corinthians 12:13).

John 7:38 shows the ministry of the

believer after his thirst has been quenched by

drinking to the full of the living water: “He

that believeth on me, as the scripture

hath said, out of his belly (the believer’s

spirit) shall flow rivers of living water.”

It is important to note that although the

believer has a release of the Spirit from

within, Christ Himself is the only individual

who actually had water flowing out of His

belly just as the wilderness rock did. Some

commentators read verse 38 this way: “He

that believes on Me (may drink from

Me), as the scripture hath said, Out of

His belly (the Rock’s) shall flow rivers of

living water.” They take it to mean that his

belly is Christ’s, not the believer’s. We can

accept this view as a believer has nothing to

flow from his spirit while in a thirsty state

and that only by drinking from that which

flows from Christ is the believer able to in

turn minister the same to others. The belly

corresponds to the believer’s spirit. Out of the

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regenerated, refreshed human spirit flows the

Holy Spirit. This is outflow. Outflow is

determined from inflow which is the Holy

Spirit’s flow into the believer’s spirit,

“proceeding out of the throne of God

and of the Lamb” (Rev. 22:1).

A believer’s rate of inflow is determined

by the frequency and amount of the Spirit he

drinks from the Rock as he speaks loving

words of praise to Christ. Thus we can

observe that the believer’s ministry to others

is dependent upon his fellowship with Christ.

“A man can receive nothing, except it be

given him from heaven” (John 3:27). We

can minister nothing except that which we

have received. Drinking is determined by

speaking as can be seen in the Lord’s

instruction to Moses, “speak ye unto the

rock” (Num. 20:8). We are to “be being

filled” with the Spirit speaking to ourselves

in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (see

Ephesians 5:18-19). Realizing that Jesus has

been smitten once forever more to reign as

King of kings and Lord of lords we can speak

to the glorified Christ at the Father’s right

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hand and drink to the full abundantly.

That there can be no doubt this living

water is the Holy Spirit is seen in John’s note

of explanation given in parentheses in verse

39. “(But this spake he of the Spirit,

which they that believe on him should

receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet

given; because that Jesus was not yet

glorified.)”

Believers should receive the Holy Spirit

for believing involves receiving. “Have ye

received the Holy Ghost since ye

believed?” (Acts 19:2). Jesus has been

glorified and the Holy Ghost has been given.

Are you drinking daily of the Spirit? "... the

Holy Ghost came on them; and they

spake with tongues ..." (Acts 19:6). If we

truly believe Christ we will want all that He

has for us.

Notice John’s statement in 19:34: “...

forthwith came there out blood and

water.” Some believe the blood flowed with

the water in two separate but simultaneously

flowing streams. Others believe that the

blood flowed first and then water began

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flowing. I prefer the second school of thought

for one must first be cleansed by the blood of

Jesus before he can receive the baptism with

the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “Even the Spirit

of truth whom the world cannot

receive ..." (John 14:17). The smitten rock

and the death of Christ both resulted in

outpourings of water. The water Israel drank

refreshed them so that they were able to win

a battle with Amalek shortly afterward (see

Exodus 17:8). The living water (the Holy

Spirit) strengthens and refreshes the

believer, making him victorious over the

enemy.

Paul adds that the wilderness Rock

followed Israel. That the literal boulder rolled

alongside the Israelites is not the intended

meaning. The “spiritual Rock” who was

Christ, as the angel of the Lord followed or

led Israel, throughout their wilderness

experience. It was this angel whom Moses

spoke to face to face.

Jesus accompanies the sojourning believer

in all the earthly pilgrimage as a strong rock

of defense and spiritual refreshing. “Lo, I am

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with you alway, even unto the end of the

world” (Matt. 28:20). "... for he hath said, I

will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is

my helper, and I will not fear what man

shall do (say and think) unto me” (Heb.

13:5-6).

He is always with us, and as our Rock we

may speak unto Him in all situations of life,

no matter what crises arrive, and drink freely

of the water of life that He only can give.

When a Christian rejects the fullness of

the Spirit he is telling Jesus, “Not all that

you accomplished in my behalf do I accept or

appreciate.” Let’s accept everything Jesus has

provided for us.

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A Comparison and Study

Jesus was cursed on the tree in our place

and bore our sin in His own body (see 1 Peter

2:24). He did not bear our sin in His blood. It

was just as holy on the cross as it ever was.

As He offered the sin sacrifice to God He was

covered with pure, innocent, justifying,

redeeming, sanctifying blood so that He was

able to dismiss His spirit to the Father at

death. He was drenched in His blood just as

the living bird was dipped in the blood of the

dead bird (Leviticus 14). For this reason His

body was raised the third day and saw no

corruption whatever.

The blood of Jesus is often preceded by a

descriptive adjective in the Scriptures or a

verse in which an adjective could be used to

describe the nature and work of His blood.

The adjectives given below do not always

appear in that form in the verse, but for our

study they may be employed. We have limited

our comments on these verses and would

recommend that the student confess the blood

with the adjective preceding it to realize what

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kind of blood Jesus shed for us. Example: “the

justifying blood”

Justifying

Much more then, being now

justified by his blood, we shall be

saved from wrath through him. (Rom.

5:9).

Redeeming

And they sung a new song, saying,

Thou art worthy to take the book, and

to open the seals thereof: for thou

wast slain, and hast redeemed us to

God by thy blood out of every kindred,

and tongue, and people, and nation.

(Rev. 5:9).

In whom we have redemption

through his blood.... (Eph. 1:7; Col.

1:14).

Remitting

And almost all things are by the

law purged with blood; and without

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shedding of blood is no remission.

(Heb. 9:22).

Forgiving

In whom we have redemption

through his blood, the forgiveness of

sins, according to the riches of his

grace …. (Eph. 1:7)

In whom we have redemption

through His blood, even the

forgiveness of sins …. (Col. 1:14).

Washing and Freeing

And from Jesus Christ, who is the

faithful witness, and the first

begotten of the dead, and the prince

of the kings of the earth. Unto Him

that loved us and washed us from our

sins in his own blood. (Rev. 1:5).

Washed is also translated "freed. ” When a

garment is soiled the dirt is freed from it as it

is washed.

Purging

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How much more shall the blood of

Christ, who through the eternal

Spirit offered himself without spot to

God, purge your conscience from dead

works to serve the living God? (Heb.

9:14).

Cleansing

But if we walk in the light, as he is

in the light, we have fellowship one

with another, and the blood of Jesus

Christ his Son cleanseth us from all

sin. (1 John 1:7).

Sanctifying

Wherefore Jesus also, that he

might sanctify the people with his

own blood, suffered without the gate.

(Heb. 13:12).

Reconciling

But now in Christ Jesus ye who

sometimes were far off are made nigh

by the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:13).

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Blotting

Blotting out the handwriting of

ordinances that was against us,

which was contrary to us, and took it

out of the way, nailing it to his cross

…. (Col. 2:14).

Triumphing

And having spoiled principalities

and powers, he made a shew of them

openly, triumphing over them in it.

(Col. 2:15).

“Spoiled” can be translated “divested

Himself of” or “disarmed.” This means Christ

divested Satan of his authority. He

completely disarmed all of Satan’s hosts.

Satan is a snake with a crushed head. Jesus

fulfilled the first prophecy concerning the

Messiah that was spoken directly to the

serpent. “And I will put enmity between

thee and the woman, and between thy

seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy

head, and thou shalt bruise his heel”

(Gen. 3:15). Satan bruised Christ’s heel with

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the sting of death at the cross. Jesus crushed

the snake’s head (literal meaning of bruise)

on the resurrection morning. Jesus disarmed

the enemy of all his power so that He could

say prior to the Ascension, “All power is

given unto me in heaven and in earth”

(Matt. 28:18).

As God’s policeman, our Lord took the gun

of hell and death (or keys, see Revelation

1:18) out of the crook’s hand. Since the

Resurrection, “the devil ain’t what he used to

be,” as some preachers put it. “For this

purpose the Son of God was manifested,

that he might destroy the works of the

devil” (1 John 3:8). Through His death Jesus

rendered helpless him that had the power of

death, that is, the devil (see Hebrews 2:14-

15). The only power the snake with a crushed

head has today is the power of deception (see

John 8:44). When a believer refuses to accept

his lies, the enemy has no hold on him.

Overcoming and The Lamb

And they overcame him by the

blood of the Lamb, and by the word of

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their testimony; and they loved not

their lives unto the death. (Rev.

12:11).

Agreeing

And there are three that bear

witness in earth, the Spirit, and the

water, and the blood: and these three

agree in one. (1 John 5:8).

Communing

The cup of blessing which we

bless, is it not the communion of the

blood of Christ? The bread which we

break, is it not the communion of the

body of Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16).

The body of Christ must base its

fellowship among the members upon the

basis of the blood of Christ. The blood

provides the basis of fellowship with other

believers (see 1 John 1:7). The church is full

of “seditions”—a work of the flesh for ignoring

the communion of the blood (see Galatians

5:20).

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Purchasing

... feed the church of God, which

he hath purchased with his own

blood. (Acts 20:28).

Sprinkling

And to Jesus the mediator of the

new covenant, and to the blood of

sprinkling, that speaketh better

things than that of Abel. (Heb. 12:24).

Elect according to the

foreknowledge of God the Father,

through sanctification of the Spirit,

unto obedience and sprinkling of the

blood of Jesus Christ.... (1 Pet. 1:2).

Speaking

... that speaketh better things than

that of Abel. (Heb. 12:24).

If His blood is yet speaking, it is still

living.

Incorruptible

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Forasmuch as ye know that ye

were not redeemed with corruptible

things, as silver and gold, from your

vain conversation received by

tradition from your fathers. (1 Pet.

1:18).

Since we are not redeemed with

corruptible things and are redeemed by the

blood, it is incorruptible blood today.

Precious

But with the precious blood of

Christ, as of a lamb without blemish

and without spot …. (1 Pet. 1:19).

Holy

Of how much sorer punishment,

suppose ye, shall he be thought

worthy, who hath trodden under foot

the Son of God, and hath counted the

blood of the covenant, wherewith he

was sanctified, an unholy thing, and

hath done despite unto the Spirit of

grace? (Heb. 10:29).

It is wrong to count the blood an unholy

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thing because it is holy blood.

Atoning

For the life of the flesh is in the

blood: and I have given it to you upon

the altar to make an atonement for

your souls: for it is the blood that

maketh an atonement for the soul.

(Lev. 17:11).

Innocent

Saying, I have sinned in that I

have betrayed the innocent blood.

(Matt. 27:4).

Access

Having therefore, brethren,

boldness to enter into the holiest by

the blood of Jesus. (Heb. 10:19).

Perfect

When Jesus therefore had

received the vinegar, he said, It is

finished: and he bowed his head, and

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gave up the ghost (spirit). (John

19:30).

“Finished” means perfect and complete.

“It” refers to His blood sacrifice. His eyes saw

the blood that drenched all about Him. His

body, the cross, and the ground were covered

with the blood.

Sheltering

For the LORD will pass through to

smite the Egyptians; and when he

seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on

the two side posts, the LORD will

pass (as a guard) over the door, and

will not suffer (permit) the destroyer

to come in unto your houses to smite

you. (Exod. 12:23).

Shed

Likewise also the cup after

supper, saying, This cup is the new

testament in my blood, which is shed

for you. (Luke 22:20).

Saving

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As for thee also, by the blood of thy

covenant I have sent forth thy

prisoners out of the pit wherein is no

water. (Zech. 9:11).

Zechariah speaks to those living in the

new covenant time period. We were prisoners

of the devil and were headed for the pit which

has no water. In God’s eyes we were already

condemned to the pit because we were

members of the kingdom of darkness. When

we were translated into the kingdom of His

dear Son, we were positionally removed from

the judgment unto the second death which is

the lake of fire. This has occurred by the

blood of our better covenant which Zechariah

foresaw.

The Scriptures teach that a person is

whatever the blood is when he is covered with

it. Take each of these 29 adjectives and

confess you are what they are. Example: “I

am redeemed because the redeeming blood

covers me. I am saved because the saving

blood covers me. I am protected because the

sheltering blood covers me.” We were guilty

but when “the innocent blood” covered us we

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were made innocent.

Columnar Comparison

The writer of Hebrews tells us, “He is the

mediator of a better covenant, which

was established upon better promises”

(Heb. 8:6). For a better understanding of the

better qualities resident in the new covenant

as compared to the old we have provided a

columnar comparison between the mechanics

and operations of the two covenants. We have

shown twelve main points of difference

between the old and new covenants and given

the Scripture references that you may look up

to establish these points.

Old Covenant

New Covenant

1. Was ratified by the 1. Was ratified by the

blood of bulls and goats better blood of Jesus

(Exod. 24:8; Heb. 9:19- Christ (Luke 22:20)

20)

2. Provided only an 2. Obtained an eternal

annual covering on the redemption for us (Heb.

Day of Atonement. (Lev. 9:12)

16:12-19)

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3. High Priest entered 3. Christ entered the

the Holiest once a year Holiest in Heaven and

and remained there ministers there as High

only a short time (Lev. Priest continually (Heb.

16:30, 34; Heb. 9:7, 25) 10:12; 8:2; 7:24-25; 6:20)

4. High Priest entered 4. Jesus destroyed the

the Holiest without devil who had the power

boldness in fear of of death and delivered

death (Lev. 16:2)

those who through fear of

death were all their

lifetime subject to

bondage (Heb. 2:14-15)

5. No other Israelite 5. All brethren should

was permitted to enter have boldness to enter

the Holiest ever—not the Holiest by the blood

even other priests of Jesus, by a new and

(Heb. 9:6-7)

living way which He has

consecrated for us

through His flesh (Heb.

10:19- 23)

6. Could not take away 6. Cleanses from all sin

sins and cleansed only and purges the conscience

the outward (Heb. of the worshipper (Heb.

10:4; 9:13)

9:14; 1 John 1:7,9)

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7. The veil separated 7. The veil was

from God’s presence supernaturally torn in

(Heb. 9:3-5)

half exposing the Holiest

(Matt. 27:51; Heb. 6:19-

20; 9:8)

8. God has made the 8. God has accepted

first covenant old and Christ’s sacrifice and

ready to vanish away. made this the everlasting

He promised those covenant in which His

living under this promise to Abraham is

covenant that He fulfilled (Heb. 13:20; Gal.

would make a new one 3:29)

(Heb. 8:8-13)

9. The law is good in 9. Christ is the end of the

that it provides law for righteousness to

shadows of the work of everyone that believes

Christ but no longer (Rom. 10:4)

provides a means of

access to God (Heb.

10:1)

10. In the end never 10. The Great Shepherd

made anyone perfect through the blood of the

(Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:1-2) everlasting

covenant

makes the Christian

perfect in every good

work to do His will (Heb.

13:21)

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11. The High Priests 11. Jesus lives after the

died and were replaced power of an endless,

(Heb. 7:23-25)

indestructible,

inexhaustible,

resurrection life (Heb.

7:16)

12. At death a 12. At death the believer

righteous

Israelite departs to be in the

departed to Abraham’s presence of the Lord

bosom known as (with Christ) which is far

Paradise in Sheol / better (2 Cor. 5:8; Phil.

Hades (Luke 16:22)

1:21-23)

In the light of the above scriptural

comparisons, is it any wonder that the writer

of Hebrews calls the new covenant the better

one?

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Address all personal comments, prayer

requests, counseling needs, and requests for

ministry to:

David Alsobrook

Route 1, Box 31

West Paducah, Kentucky 42086

About the Author

David Alsobrook was born and raised in a

minister’s home. He rebelled against the

church’s teachings at an early age and

became involved in all forms of teenage sins.

At the age of 15 David was genuinely born

again and thirsted for the knowledge of God.

This led to an intense hunger for the Word.

He read the Bible through four times in the

first six months of his Christian life. Since

then he has devoted himself to the study and

ministry of the Word of God. He has

witnessed many miraculous confirmations to

his ministry in healing and deliverance, and

is ever travelling the country and abroad

preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God

on a wide variety of topics.

Dianne travels with her husband and

assists in ministering to people’s needs.

Whenever they are not on the road they

reside at home in West Paducah, Kentucky.

Document Outline

- The Precious Blood

- Contents

- Dedication

- Preface

- 1 The Blood Covering

- Hide and Seek

- Substitution Death

- God Requires Shedding of Blood for Sin

- Sinner Must Be Covered by the Blood

- God Provided the Sacrifice

- God Covers the Sinner With the Blood

- Innocent Dies for the Guilty

- God Brought Judgment Upon the Sacrifice

- 2 Why God Accepted Abel and Rejected Cain

- Conceived Once—Bore Twice

- Hearing God’s Word

- Offering the Curse

- The Fire Falls

- Bloodless Religions Are Evil

- The Cain Spirit

- A Fugitive and a Vagabond

- 3 Lamb Requirements

- The Lamb Must Be Perfect

- Lamb Was to Be a Sin Offering

- Lamb Was to Be Slain

- A Lamb for the World

- 4 The Protection of the Blood

- Unleavened Bread

- Pass as a Guard

- The Blood Token

- Accepting the Blood by Faith

- 5 Justification by the Blood

- 6 Sanctification by the Blood

- The Thought Life

- The Believer’s Works

- Our Walk With God

- The Oil on the Blood

- The Full Anointing

- 7 The Costly Sacrifice

- Precious Blood

- 8 Restoration by the Blood

- The Hedge

- Job: The Priest of His Home

- Twice as Much

- Salvation by the Blood

- 9 The Open Fountain

- God’s Predetermined Plan

- 10 Where is the New Testament?

- The Blood Makes the Covenant

- The Blood of Access

- A Better Covenant

- The Name of Jesus

- 11 Where Did Jesus Bear Our Sin?

- What Happens to Sin?

- 12 That Rock Was Christ

- Speak to the Rock

- Drinking of the Spirit

- 13 A Comparison and Study

- Justifying

- Redeeming

- Remitting

- Forgiving

- Washing and Freeing

- Purging

- Cleansing

- Sanctifying

- Reconciling

- Blotting

- Triumphing

- Overcoming and The Lamb

- Agreeing

- Communing

- Purchasing

- Sprinkling

- Speaking

- Incorruptible

- Precious

- Holy

- Atoning

- Innocent

- Access

- Perfect

- Sheltering

- Shed

- Saving

- Columnar Comparison

Table of Contents

Dedication.

Preface.

1 The Blood Covering.

2 Why God Accepted Abel and Rejected Cain

3 Lamb Requirements.

4 The Protection of the Blood.

5 Justification by the Blood.

6 Sanctification by the Blood.

7 The Costly Sacrifice.

8 Restoration by the Blood.

9 The Open Fountain.

10 Where is the New Testament?.

11 Where Did Jesus Bear Our Sin?.

12 That Rock Was Christ.

13 A Comparison and Study.

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Contents

Substitution Death

God Requires Shedding of Blood for Sin

God Covers the Sinner With the Blood

Innocent Dies for the Guilty

God Brought Judgment Upon the Sacrifice

Conceived Once—Bore Twice

Hearing God’s Word

Offering the Curse

The Fire Falls

Bloodless Religions Are Evil

The Cain Spirit

A Fugitive and a Vagabond

Lamb Was to Be a Sin Offering

Lamb Was to Be Slain

Unleavened Bread

Pass as a Guard

Accepting the Blood by Faith

The Thought Life

The Believer’s Works

Our Walk With God

The Oil on the Blood

The Full Anointing

Precious Blood

Job: The Priest of His Home

Twice as Much

Salvation by the Blood

God’s Predetermined Plan

The Blood of Access