The Witness of the Blood

Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. See to it that you do not refuse the speaking. Hebrews 12:24-25.

The witness of the blood could be summarised like this. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law; with precious blood; so that we might receive the adoption as sons; and so that He would have a people for His own possession; who serve the living God. (Gal 3:13; Pet 1:18-19; Gal 4:4; Tit 2:13-14; Heb 9:14). It is important that we understand the working of the blood. Redemption was firstly from and it was with. It was from the curse of the law and it was with the precious, unblemished and spotless blood of Christ. There was a debt owning against us and Christ paid it when He offered His life as a ransom for us. Having highlighted the working of the blood we then come to the intention of the blood. Redemption was ‘so that we’ and then it was ‘for Himself’. The benefits of redemption extend beyond being redeemed from the curse of the law and extend to us receiving the adoption as sons. All this was so that He would have for Himself a people for His own possession who live to serve the living God. We were not redeemed by the blood of Christ only to find ourselves as captive to sin as we were before we believed. Grace must now abound to us in righteousness and not in sin.