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SHEDDING BLOOD, REDEEMING SIN

Started by Boots, December 16, 2003, 11:23:33 AM

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Boots

Revelation 1:6 "To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood." :)

We have all read many accounts of blood being the cleansing of sin.  I would like to ask, when the first account of shedding blood for sin is listed in the Old Testament?

Also, why blood was used for the cleansing of sin?
Thanks for your response
Boots
 
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
Proverb 3:5-6

Jane Walker

The first mention of the shedding of blood for sin?
That would be Genesis 3:21.  "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them."  They had sinned (disobedience); blood was shed to clothe them.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass .... it's about learning to dance in the rain!

Chris & Margit Saunders

Yes, God says the " the life is in the blood"
The Children of Israel were told never to drink the blood of any animal.
The Mercy seat had to be sprinkled with blood.
The book of Hebrews is mostly about the blood sacrifice.

Boots

Jane:  I believe that is the first mention of it.
Even if it did not mention blood, we are fairly certain God would have killed the animals before taking the skin.

The skin was a better cover than the fig leaves they were trying to use.  ;D

The skins did cover their shame (sin) and to provide the cover blood had to be shed.

Chris & Margit:  We do not know what type of animal the skins came from.

I would think the odds are in favor of the animal or animals being lambs.

Some how God has impressed upon all his creation the importance of blood.  I think of the Indians of our country that put so much importance to blood.

Bottom line Christ spilled His blood for all of us.

Thank you for your response, and I welcome other comments.

This is a very important part of our Christian belief, and the discussion could go much farther than we have given it here. :)


Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
Proverb 3:5-6

karmat

Just as a thought -- After the children of Israel built the temple and altar and Holy of Holies, they began to perform sacrifices for their sins, etc.

I had always thought the priests did the killing, the people just had to bring the "stuff" to them  and it was a done deal.  Nope.  The people had to actually hold and kill the animal themselves.  With this, they actually experienced the blood flow that was cleansing them.  


Al Moak

I would think that no discussion of this subject would be complete without mentioning the Passover.  The blood of a lamb was to be placed upon the lintel and two doorposts of every house belonging to Israelites Exodus 12:21-23.  So also "Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us." (1Cor 5:7)

Jenny

Yes Pastor Al...
"For without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins"....

First salvation must be of the Lord.
Second it must be by the death of an innocent substitute.
Third it must be by blood.

It must not be man's work but God's.  Not man's provision but God's provision.  Not the fig leaves of man's own righteousness but bloody skins of God's providing.

Noah took one of the clean animals God had provided  by commanding him to take seven instead of two..thus it was the sacrifice of God's provision. It was by the death of an  innocent substitute and acceptable by blood.
When Abraham was ready to slay Isaac, God showed him a ram caught in a thicket ...again God provided a sacrifice.
All through Leviticus we have the same plan clearly evident in  the Burnt Offering, the Peace Offering, the Sin Offering and the Trespass Offering.

All through The Old Testament this scarlet line runs unbroken until it Bursts at The Cross in the antitypical Sacrifice of the Lamb of God.  He fulfilled the three requirements of an acceptible sacrifice:

By God's Gift. John 3:16
By the Death of an Innocent Sacrifice. 1 Peter 2: 22-24
It must be by Blood. 1 Peter 1:18-20

The reason why The Lord must demand blood for the atonement of sin lies in the Nature Of God and in the Nature of sin. Since God is perfectly and unimpeachably holy, sin can never be passed over without a satisfaction of the justice of God and since sin is rebellion against an infinite God, the Highest Being. only the greatest and highest price can be accepted as an atonement for sin.

M.R. DeHaan.M.D.

Jane Walker

#7
BOOTS: You asked for the first mention of the shedding of blood for remission of sins.  The "Blood line" runs through the entire Bible, starting in Genesis.  "Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin."  Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice, shed His blood for the whole world--past, present and future.  He was/is the only sinless Lamb without spot or blemish that could be acceptable. His blood cleanses us from all sin ... After His sacrifice there was no more need for the sacrifices outlined in the Old Testament.  He died, once for all.  And, I for one, am and will be eternally grateful!!
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass .... it's about learning to dance in the rain!

Boots

Thank you all for your comments.  :)

As I understand the cleansing of sins by blood it is stated as such.
"There must be shedding of blood for remission of sins."

It seems to me that God pointed to this when He slew the animals to cover the sin of Adam and Eve.  I have to assume those animals came from the Garden of Eden and were innocent of any blemish or sin contamination.  :)

The continued sacrifice of unblemished animals through out the Old Testament had to be repeated over and over.  This, as I have read, pointed to the death of the Lord Jesus for the one time shedding of blood for all.

It might seem strange that no man, woman or child could be given in sacrifice in our efforts to please God. Abraham was tested, by offering Isaac his son, for sacrifice.  

This was rejected to prove God's point, no man can be the sacrifice for sins.  The reason as I see it, all of mankind since Adam is born of sin and therefore unworthy of being a sacrifice for deliverance of sin in others.

The nearest thing for the perfect sacrifice was the unblemished lamb.  Man could no more be good enough for sacrifice or work hard enough to be ready for Heaven and Salvation, without the blood of Jesus.

Reminds me of the story of the young man wanting to join a Church and the Deacons wanted to be sure the boy was on firm ground as a Christian.  

One of them asked the young man, "How did you get saved?"
The young man said, "God did his part and I did my part."  

Thinking that something was wrong with the salvation of the young man, they questioned further.
"What was God's part and what was your part?"
The young man replied, "I did the sinning and God did the saving."  ;D ;D

God established the one sacrifice for the atonement and cleaning of sin in His own time.  That can only be done through faith in what Jesus did.
Amen





Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.
Proverb 3:5-6

Sonifo

This is very interesting.  This has crossed my mind several times.

I like what Karma said: The people had to actually hold and kill the animal themselves.

Do you think that killing the animal themselves made them realize how bad their sin was and that they would have to kill a living thing to be forgiven would make them not sin?  

Just a thought.

Thanks Boots for starting this.
Soni

Chris & Margit Saunders

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