Ephesians 2:11-13 – “Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh — who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands —  12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” NKJV

I am painfully aware that a portion of modern Christendom either does not place real value on the Blood of Jesus or considers it nonessential in the biblical plan of salvation.  Either way is tragic and we must remember that as Paul declared in Hebrews 9:22 – “And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.”  The ATONEMENT is not optional but essential for salvation. 

The apostle Paul and the rest of the New Testament writers clearly state that the Cross, whereupon Jesus paid the price for our sin, is a focal point in Christianity.  Jesus, the Door, the Way, the Truth and the Life willingly went to the Cross to satisfy divine justice for the SIN of mankind and purchase us back from the legal claims of the enemy of our souls.  He did not deserve to die for He had not sinned.  We deserve to die because we have sinned.  He became our substitute and His innocent blood paid the price for our redemption.

Some consider that reprehensible and I have been told so by some who profess to be Christians. They want to move from the blood to something less gruesome and offensive and thereby have offered a gospel that is foreign to the Word of God and the Plan as revealed therein.  The Penalty for Sin is death.  Jesus our mediator and redeemer stood in our place and paid the awful penalty for the sin of man.  The application of the blood to the door posts of our hearts enables God to see nothing but the blood of Jesus when He looks at us.  Our sins are covered, washed away and cast into God’s sea of forgetfulness never to be remembered again.  They are removed as far as the East is from the West and we are pardoned.  That is not something we could have ever accomplished in our human efforts for as Isaiah 64:6 declares, “…our righteousness are like filthy rags…” 

We read in Revelation 1:5-6 – “And from Jesus, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.  Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sin in His own blood and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever.  Amen.”  Hebrews 13:20-21 reveals, “Now may the God of peace brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.”  He is the propitiation of our sins: and not us only but for the whole world.  (1 John 2:2)  Jesus Himself declared in Matthew 26:28 that the communion they were taking represented the blood of the New Testament (Covenant) and was shed for the remission of sin.   Without the blood there is no remission so know that you cannot omit the Blood and also be assured the Blood WILL NEVER lose its power.

May God be with you as you go through this day and keep you covered with the Blood of the Lamb!   Blessings!