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Leviticus chapter 17 verse 11

for the life of the flesh is in the blood

and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement

for your souls for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

This is a really important verse when we think about the book Leviticus and all these sacrifices and even the prevalence of blood.

And this is the first time we've seen this in the Bible we see this in

and in exodus, Genesis, and all over Leviticus so these these sacrifices and

the prominence of blood in them why is it so important? Well, when you dive into it, you begin to realize, okay, there's no life in a body where there is no blood. So blood, like in a very real sense, symbolizes physical life. And so

when we see that the punishment for sin is death,

Roman 623, just basic gospel truth,

the wages, the payment for sin is death,

then blood becomes a picture of life being taken, of life poured out, life given, blood shed.

And so when you realize the payment for sin is death, you realize, okay, there's hardly a more effective

imagery than to see blood shed to show that the price of death has been paid.

Now, obviously that sets the stage for the picture we see all throughout the New Testament

of how Jesus blood shed covers over our sins.

His death makes the way for us to have life. This is why we sing songs that if you think about it are kind of unusual at best.

What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus what can make me whole again

nothing but the blood of Jesus oh precious is the flow that makes me white as snow?

Like what a picture we're talking about how blood flowing is precious?

Why is that?

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