A ribbon of crimson blood
runs through the Bible from Genesis to Revelations. It is the blood that was needed to atone for
sin. God himself slew the first
sacrifice when He made coats out of skin to cover the nakedness of Adam and
Eve. Our study has been in John and we
consider Jesus calling himself the bread of Life.
The Father sent bread from
Heaven and that bread is Christ. Jesus
said I am the living bread and I am the bread of life.
John 6:37-39 All
that the Father gives me shall come to me, and he that comes to me I will in no
wise cast out. For I have come down from
heaven, not to do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me: that I
should lose none of those He has given Me but should raise them up on the last
day.
These words from Jesus
angered the religious leaders and they took up stones to stone him, but he
passed through the crowd without harm.
In the Synagogue, Jesus took the
scroll from Isaiah and read: “The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news
to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim
the year of the Lord's favor.” And he rolled up the scroll and
gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all in the
synagogue were fixed on him. And he began to say to them, “Today
this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
The words of Jesus were bold
and many wondered if by this He was declaring himself the Messiah. Some believed and followed Jesus.
We read in John chapter 1 The
Word (Jesus) was made flesh. Some days
later Jesus was speaking that He was the bread, and began to expound to those
listening that to become one with Him, it would be necessary to eat my flesh
and drink my blood. Naturally the crowd
could only think of the natural and not the spiritual application.
This was confusion and a hard
saying to understand, and many left and no longer followed Jesus.
Later Jesus gave the
disciples an example as they partook of the last supper. Take this bread and this cup of wine in
remembrance of me of my death.
John the Baptist had been
given a revelation from God regarding Jesus, when he pronounced; “Behold the LAMB of God who takes away the sins of the world.” It was revealed to John the Baptist that Jesus was to become the sacrifice and his blood would be shed for our sins.
When Jesus was arrested, he
began to shed his blood even before he was nailed to the cross. Cruel thorns were shoved on his head, and his
back received many stripes. His face was
marred and bloody as they beat upon Him.
The nails in his hands and feet caused more blood to flow, and the final
sword thrust into his side brought forth all the blood left in his body.
The fellowship of taking
communion together is a symbol of remembrance of the broken body, and the blood
Jesus shed for our redemption.
1 John 1:7 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 cleanses us from all
sin.
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Rev 5:9-10 And
they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break
its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people
and nation. “You have made them to
be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”
Notice that every tribe,
tongue, people and nations are included in salvation, and those who receive
Jesus are brought into His kingdom where they shall reign.
“Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and
glory and blessing.”
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Romans 3:23, 26 reminds us
that all have sinned but we have justice through the redemption by His blood.
The blood of Jesus was
complete payment for all my sins.
Romans 3:25 whom God purposed
for reconciliation through faith in his blood for the manifestation of his
righteousness, for the remission of sins that are past, by the patience of God.
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