Part
3 of 16 -
The
Precious Shed Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ
Christ’s
Blood, Shed for All Mankind:
Christ’s
innocent blood was shed once and for all time to deal with all the sins of
mankind. The adequacy of His blood was foretold by typology without the
mention of blood specifically. The blood may be seen in the blood shed by some
innocent animal in order for God to produce the skins necessary to cover Adam
and Eve’s sin, and thereby the sin of all mankind .
Gen
3:7 the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made them aprons.
Gen
3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make
coats of skins, and clothed them.
Here
above the animal blood that was shed produced only what would cover
their act of sin. Yet, it foretold of a time when “the Lamb of God,”
Jesus Christ, would come, shed His blood and die, not to cover sins, but more,
to take away the sins of the world of mankind (John 1:29) – if
they would only have faith in His blood (Rom 3:25).
1) Christ’s
shed blood applies for believing of
Israel
under the Messianic Kingdom gospel, which
Israel
will receive while in the Tribulation and many more “at His appearing.”
Jesus
foretold of the purpose and work of His blood for
Israel
’s new covenant.
Mat
26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remission of sins. Paul writes Hebrews
9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood;
and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Zechariah
confirms that one day the fountain of the blood of Christ will cleanse the
believers of
Israel
when He returns at the end of the Tribulation. Zechariah 13:1 (KJV) 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.
2) Christ’s
shed blood applies also under Paul’s “gospel of the grace of God”
in this day of “the dispensation of the grace of God.”
Now,
with the blossoming of understanding that we gain from Paul’s 14 epistles,
describing the riches of the gospel of “the dispensation of the grace of
God” and of the cross of Christ, we have the outline and basis of our
first stage of deliverance that requires “the blood of
Christ.” Jesse Penn Lewis offers these thoughts.
- We
were convicted of our sins and saw our need of a remedy. (Eph 2:1-3)
- Under
that light we struggled to gain peace, and even perhaps looked inward for
relief, but all was in vain. Romans 7:14-15 (AMP) We
know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a creature of the flesh
[carnal, unspiritual], having been sold into slavery under [the
control of] sin.
15 For I do not understand
my own actions [I am baffled, bewildered]. I do not practice or
accomplish what I wish, but I do the very thing that I loathe [which my
moral instinct condemns].
- At
the point of inward despair we were shown that deliverance had to come
from some power outside of ourselves. Colossians 1:20 (KJV) And,
having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself…
- At
last we looked away to Christ and saw Him on
Calvary
’s cross bearing our sins in His own body on the tree. (Heb 12:2)
- We
ceased from struggling and, resting on His finished work of atonement,
found peace with God through the shed blood of Christ. Romans 5:1
Therefore being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
- New
life, in the person of the resurrected Christ, now as “the spirit of
life in Christ Jesus,” was imparted to us, and His Spirit bore
witness with our spirit that we now were the children of God. Romans
8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:
