Most people think that Jesus only bled at the cross, when he was dying for our sins. But as we have been discovering on Sundays...there was actually 7 different places where the Lord shed His blood. Each on of these places is significant in it's symbolism to us as Christians and what Jesus paid for us with His shed blood.
Last week, we asked ourselves the question, "Why did Jesus have to shed His blood?" I mean if you think about it, "Why did Jesus have to go to the cross in the first place?" If it was just about dying, there would be alot of ways to die that would be much easier to go through.
However, the reason is, Jesus had to bleed. For the bible says, where there is no shedding of blood, there is no remission of sins. So Christ shedding His blood was just as important as Him dying for us. Let's explore the 7 different area's where the Lord Bled:
1. Jesus Bled at Bethlehem.
Most people miss this, but the first place that we find Jesus and blood is when He was born of a virgin in Bethlehem. Bethlehem literally means the place of bread. Bread is significant of 2 things... Revelation and Covenant.
What we see hear is a picture of Jesus ratifying a new covenant in the earth through His blood, that would be established on better promises. In fact, Paul said that if the Old Covenant had glory, how much more glory shall we experience in this new covenant. Hallelujah!
This new covenant is summed up in this, "Grace!" I know this may shock many of you, but you cannot be a sinner saved by grace. You are either a sinner, or you have been saved by grace. I don't know about you, I am planning on being saved by grace.
This new life of grace brings health, healing, wholeness, and liberty. To sum it up, it brings life itself.
There are six more areas...stay tuned for next weeks post.
Something to think about,
pastorj
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