The Glorious Divine Blood of Jesus Christ

Biblical references and study notes

By Prophet Jacob R. Blandford

·        Animal skins (Genesis 3:21)

·        Abel’s lamb offering (Genesis 4:4)

·        Noah’s offering after the flood (Genesis 8:20)

·        Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all built altars to God (The Book of Genesis)

·        Abraham offered a ram (Genesis 22:13)

·        Passover lamb’s blood on the door posts (Exodus 12) [Heb. 11:28]

·        Blood of the Covenant dedicated (Exodus 24) [Heb. 9:16-23]

·        “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.” (Leviticus 17:11)

·        Samuel’s lamb offering (1 Sam. 7:9)

·        Solomon’s offering at the dedication of the temple: “sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude” (1 Kings 8:5)

·        Hezekiah’s offering: “And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.” (2 Chr. 29:24)

·        “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)

·        “Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, 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, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.” (John 6:53-56)

· The Blood of the New Testament (Matt. 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25)

·        “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44)

·        “But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” (John 19:34)

·        “without shedding of blood is no remission” (Heb. 9:22)

· "NOT WITHOUT BLOOD" (Heb. 9:7)

·        A sinless body of flesh and blood prepared (Heb. 2:14, 10:5)

·        “the blood of the everlasting covenant” (Heb. 13:20)

·        “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 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. 9:12-14)

·        “Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest 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; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Heb. 10:15-22)

· The church was purchased with God’s blood (Acts 20:28)

·        Sanctification through his blood “Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.” (Heb. 13:12)

·        Reconciliation through his blood (Col. 1:20)

·        Redemption through his blood (Col. 1:14; Eph. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:18-19)

·        Justified by his blood (Rom. 5:9)

·        “faith in his blood” (Rom. 3:25)

· Cleansing through his blood (1 John 1:7)

·        Eternal life through his blood (John 6:54)

·        Washed in his blood (Rev. 1:5)

·        Victory over Satan by his blood (Rev. 12:11)

· The gospel/grace/blood of Christ (Rom. 1:16; Gal. 1:6-7; Eph. 2:13)

·        “Blood Washed throng” by Fanny Crosby (Rev. 7:14, 5:9)

·        “Nothing But the Blood” by Robert Lowry (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #135)

·        “There Is Power In The Blood” (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #132)

·        “The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power” (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #133)

·        “Are You Washed In The Blood” (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #136)

·        “Alas, And Did My Saviour Bleed” (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #145)

·        “Rock of Ages” (Baptist Hymnal [1991] #342) “Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure”

The Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood at 7 points during His passion:

1. The Garden of Gethsemane, where He sweat drops of blood. (see Luke 22:44)

2. Caiaphas’ house where He was hit on the face and had his beard pulled. (see John 18:22; Is. 52:14)

3. The scourging with the whip where he received lashes on his back. (see John 19:1; Is. 50:6)

4. The crown of thorns placed on his head. (see Matt. 27:29; Gen. 3:18)

5. Where they pierced his hands with nails. (see Luke 23:33; Ps. 22:16; Zech. 13:6)

6. Where they pierced his feet with nails. (see Luke 23:33; Ps. 22:16)

7. Where they pierced his side with a spear. (see John 19:34; Zech. 12:10; John 19:37)