Concept:
As we begin to examine the scriptures on 
the significance of blood, I think we would 
all have to say, our basic understanding of 
these scriptures is minute. Especially in 
our Western culture, we are very ignorant 
about things like the blood covenant and 
blood pacts. We have read in scripture the 
statements like without the shedding of blood 
there is no forgiveness, but I am not sure 
that there is any revelation of that statement.
Everything about the forgiveness of our sin 
hinges on the shed blood of Christ. A just 
God has justified all of us sinners because 
of the value that was placed on the shed 
blood of Jesus Christ. We need to be able 
to comprehend the power of Christ’s offering 
of His own blood, as it was offered through 
the Eternal Spirit the very root of sin was 
dealt with once and for all. After the 
revelation comes, we can with confidence 
say that sin no longer has dominion over 
us. We are free from the slave market of 
the devil because the blood of Christ has 
purchased our salvation. We will be able to 
walk in the truth of the Word that declares 
that we are washed clean because are sins 
have been removed by the blood. Condemnation 
and guilt is released by that blood and we 
can serve the living God with a pure conscience. 
Why are the pictures of sacrifices so vividly 
painted in the Old Testament? Why was the blood 
put on the Mercy Seat of the Arc of the Covenant
and then on the ground? Why was the blood of the 
animals placed on the right ear, right thumb, 
and the right toe of those that were cleansed? 
Why were all those animals sacrificed and why 
so much BLOOD? Obviously, there is a lot that 
we need the Holy Spirit to reveal to us. We certainly 
don’t want to take lightly the blood. Our church 
fathers made much of the blood and we have not 
emphasized it very much. They pleaded the blood 
over everything and we don’t use it as a weapon 
in very many cases. Where is the balance? 
As the Israelites brought their animals to be 
sacrificed there was a lot of time and money and 
hopefully repentance involved.  We go to Jesus our 
High Priest and confess our sins with little effort 
and I wonder about our repentance. Is grace used without 
proper appreciation? That is something of course that only 
each individual can answer. I am certainly not making a case 
for animal sacrifices again but I am making a case for a 
correct appreciation and appreciation of the blood of Christ. 
We need to take the time necessary to meditate the meaning 
and application of the sacrifice that were made in order to 
appreciate the full impact of the sacrifice that Christ made. 
We need to fully understand the communion elements which 
represent the sacrifice of Christ on the cross and not 
wrongly discern the Lord’s body as I Corinthians 11:29 warns. 
The blood of Christ is certainly a fundamental block in 
our Christianity. We all need to examine ourselves and 
ask the Lord to show us His heart on His blood. Without 
seeing through His eyes we will not be placing the right 
value on that shed blood. The life that was poured out in 
His blood was so powerful that it wiped away all of the 
death and debt that was waiting to be paid. The devil has 
no more legal right to extract payment out of us because 
the Lord paid the full price. The debt that sin demanded 
was cancelled, the death that was ours was nailed on that 
tree of Calvary, and the brokenness that sin had inflected 
was healed on that day we commonly call Good Friday. 


Scriptural Concepts:
Places That Jesus’ Blood Was Shed

1. Luke 22:44	Pours

2. Isaiah 50:6	Beard 

3. Mark 15:17-19	Crown of Thorns 

4. John 19:1	Back

5. John 20:27	Hands

6. Psalms 22:16	Feet

7. John 19:34	Side


Old Testament Sacrifices Paint a New Testament Truth

1. Leviticus 1:3-9	Sin Offering

2. Leviticus 3:1-5	Fellowship Offering

3. Leviticus 4:13-21	Sin Offering

4. Leviticus 5:14-19	Guilt Offering

5. Leviticus 14		Cleansing of Leper

6. Leviticus 16		Day of Atonement


Scripture On The Blood

1. Genesis 3:8,9,21

2. Genesis 4:6,7

3. Genesis 4:10,11

4. Genesis 9:6

5. Genesis 15:9-21

6. Genesis 17:24-27

7. Genesis 22:1-19

8. Exodus 4:25 

9. Exodus 12

10. Exodus 24:6-8

11. Exodus 29:10-13

12. Exodus 29:15-21

13. Exodus 30:10

14. Leviticus 1:5

15. Leviticus 3:2

16. Leviticus 4:5-12

17. Leviticus 4:16-18

18. Leviticus 8:22-24

19. Leviticus 14:6

20. Leviticus 14:14

21. Leviticus 14:25

22. Leviticus14: 28

23. Leviticus 16:19

24. Leviticus 17:11

25. Leviticus 20:9

26. Numbers 35:33

27. Deuteronomy 12:23,24

28. Joshua 2:19

29. II Samuel 3:29

30. II Kings 21:16

31. II Kings 24:4

32. Psalms 72:14

33. Psalms 79:10

34. Isaiah 1:15

35. Ezekiel 3:20

36. Ezekiel 16:9

37. Ezekiel 24:7,8

38. Ezekiel 33:6

39. Zechariah 9:11

40. Matthew 26:28

41. Matthew 27:25

42. Luke 11:50,51

43. John 6:53-59

44. Acts 20:28

45. Romans 3:25

46. I Corinthians 11:25,26

47. Ephesians 1:7

48. Ephesians 2:13

49. Colossians 1:20

50. Hebrews 2:14

51. Hebrews 9:7

52. Hebrews 9:12-14

53. Hebrews 9:18-22

54.  Hebrews 9:25

55. Hebrews 10:19

56. Hebrews 10:29

57. Hebrews 11:28

58. Hebrews 12:24

59. Hebrews 13:11,12

60. Hebrews 13:20

61. I Peter 1:19

62. I John 1:7

63. I John 5:6-8

64. Revelation 1:5

65. Revelation 5:9

66. Revelation 7:14

67. Revelation 12:11

68. Revelation 17:6

69. Revelation 18:24

70. Revelation 19:13

Summary:
When scriptures make the statement, 
that there is life in the blood, can 
you imagine how much life came out when 
Christ blood was shed. There was so much 
life that all the sins of man’s past and 
present and future were completely washed 
away once and for all when Jesus became 
our Passover lamb. Imagine the amount of 
payment that was necessary to pay the 
wages that sin was demanding. I am sure 
that I couldn’t even imagine the amount 
of life that was necessary to cover the 
wages that sin demanded. Each sacrifice 
that was offered in the Old Testament was 
painting a picture of what would happen 
when Jesus went to that cross. Each drop 
of blood that was put on the mercy seat 
was declaring that when a drop of the blood 
of Christ was placed on the Mercy Seat in 
the Holy of Holies in heaven; all of the 
sins of mankind were going to be paid. No 
longer would the enemy have any right to 
put death on forgiven believers. I am sure 
there was great excitement on the Day of 
Atonement when the Israelites knew that they 
were covered for another year, we are covered 
for a lifetime. Our sins are not covered over 
they are removed as far as the East is from the 
West. Is it any wonder why the devil doesn’t 
want us to teach and preach about the blood? The 
Blood of Christ is our covering and guarantees that 
we are going into the Promised Land and that we will 
be able to conquer in His Name. We are washed on the 
inside and the death from the outside that the devil 
tries to put on us has no place to reside 
(Proverbs 26:2). Give the Lord a shout of praise. 

Action:
Take Leviticus 17:11 and begin to ask 
the Lord to explain to you what it is 
saying and the power that is wrapped 
up in the blood. Then meditate Hebrews 
9:14 and ask the Lord to cleanse your 
consciences of anything that is keeping 
you from serving the Living God. We want 
to be washed with the revelation of the 
cleansing power of the blood of the lamb. 
We want to serve the Lord with our whole 
mind that is free of rerun movies about 
my past. We are not going to receive the 
devils condemnation from our past because 
it is washed away and lost in the sea of 
forgetfulness. Praise the Lord!