Blood Bought?

[Rev. John & Tabitha Pike]

Blood Bought

What does it mean to be blood bought?
Does Christians truly understand the Blood of Christ?

Most Christians do not understand the Blood of Christ. In the Old Testament, God's people sinned against him. They could not do anything in their own power to cleans them self, or make themselves better. The first blood sacrifice was made by God. When Adam and Eve hid in the garden because they where ashamed, God knew they had taken of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. The fruit itself was not sin, It was the disobedient of Adam and Eve. Once they partook of the tree, they went against God's Word. God's Word stands firm and Just always. Adam and Eve knew they were naked and knew that they had sinned against God so they hid themselves from God.
God then put his plan in motion to save human kinds soul. He would send his son to become a sacrifice for all. The seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's heel. The seed of woman (Jesus) would bruise (destroy the work of the devil) the serpent's heel. The Cross of Jesus Christ, The Blood that would be shed.
God then made clothes for Adam and Eve after the fall. The First Sacrifice to cover the sin of mankind was done by God. Only God could take away the sin of the World. Also there must have been a shedding of blood to cover the nakedness (sin) of Adam and Eve. The blood of an animal would not suffice. God would have to become flesh and die for our sins, by the shedding of his blood.
Also understand this. The sin nature is passed down from one person to the other, by the seed of man, not woman. When a child is born, it is born in sin, because of the fall of man. That is why God had to bring Jesus into the world through the seed of woman, not man. Therefore when Jesus was conceived, He was born through the seed of woman, Therefore being born without a sin nature. Jesus was perfect without spot or blemish, without sin. This was the only sacrifice that would clean the world from sin, a perfect sacrifice. He became the Lamb.
In the old testament, God told everyone that they should give a sin offering. Which would be a lamb, without spot or blemish. It had to be without defect. Then when the Lamb was slain, the blood would be applied to the altar in the temple. If the lamb was unhealthy or had a blemish, God would not accept it. But if it was accepted by God, The priest would apply the blood to cover the altar. Inside the altar (The Ark of the Covenant) was the ten commandments that God had given Moses. Two Cherubim was always looking down on the altar, looking at the broken commandments, looking at the sin of man. Once the blood was applied to the altar, God only could see the blood of the innocent lamb. He did not see the sin of man. But this was only temporary. The Sinner (the people) would have to repeat this sacrifice, it was only a covering and not a washing.
Every time someone would sin they would have to sacrifice a lamb. The sacrifice represents what God would do. (Jesus dieing on the Cross) The sinner would then place their hand on the lambs head, in symbolizing that the sins be transferred to the innocent lamb. Then it would be killed. Then stripped of its skin and hung up for all to see. All the things in the sacrifice represented what Jesus did at the Cross for us.
Then Jesus was born, of the seed of woman, not of man. He had no sin nature so therefore he did not sin. He was perfect. He was to become our sacrifice, in which he did. Jesus then was slain on the Cross. His precious blood was shed. The altar (your soul) then was covered and washed by the Blood of Jesus. (God). The sin was washed away and your sin nature became dormant. The Veil in the temple ripped from top to bottom, now we no longer need a priest to go to God for us, we can come into the temple ourselves and bow down to worship him.

Jesus was the perfect sacrifice so we would not have to slain a lamb, He was slain for us. Our sins are washed away only if we believe what Jesus did at the Cross of our sins. But most Christians have left their first love. (Jesus and the Cross of Christ; The Finished Works of Christ; His Death, His Burial, His Resurrection)
Revelation 2:4-5 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love . (The Cross of Christ, The shedding of His Blood) Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works (Come back to the Cross of Christ and never leave it again) ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

1 Cor. 1:7-10 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Are you blood bought? Have you left your first love? Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?

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The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin. --Watchman Nee