Most of us know that "By Jesus' stripes we were healed," according to Isaiah 53:(Amp). This tells us that the healing of our mortal bodies were healed by the Same Sacrifice that made our spirit man/woman new creations. We know too that many Christians aren't made whole, even though they recognize that the stripes and whippings that Jesus took, were the shedding of His Blood for our healing.
Our eternal salvation, the new birth, was complete when we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior. In the old covenant, goats and lambs were sacrificed and their blood was sprinkled to cover the people's sins. God accepted the life of the animal's blood and used it to give life to the natural man/woman. The blood of animals though, wasn't enough to sustain life, so they needed to continue making offerings. Lev.17:14,11(Amp) says, "As for the life of all flesh, the blood represents the life of it." Verse 11 says, "For the life (the animal soul) is in the blood, and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for yours souls."
The blood of animals is inferior to that of man's, so it could only cover the flesh or soulish part of men/women for a short period of time. The Life in the Blood of Jesus never diminishes or need to be replenished. Should Jesus tarry in His coming, our natural bodies will die, but our spirits are alive unto God, through Jesus' Sacrifice. The Lord says in Gen.6:3(Amp), "My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man; but his days shall yet be 120 years."
The Blood Jesus shed for us at His beatings and crucifixion, was to sustain and prolong our natural bodies, so we could carry out our mission here on earth. Most of us know that Jesus shed His Blood for us, but don't know what it truly means on this side of the cross. Those living under the Law were instructed to offer up blood sacrifices for the sick, knowing that God would accept the life blood of the animals and heal the sick. The life of the animal's blood gave life to the man/woman in need, but it had to be renewed over and over.
We read what God's first actions were, when confronting Adam and Eve after they sinned in Gen.3:21(Amp) which says, "For Adam and also his wife, the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothes them." The only way of fashioning coats from skins is to first kill the animal, after which the blood and skin are removed. The day Adam and Eve transgressed in the Garden, God said, "This day you will surely die," so the life of the animal's blood was needed to cover their sin.
Adam and Eve taught their children to offer sacrifices, according to Gen.4:3-4(Amp) which says, "And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground. And Abel brought the first born of his flock and the fat portions. And the Lord had respect and regard for Abel and his offering." Cain's offering came from the earth, which was now cursed because of Adam and Eve's sin in the Garden. Gen.3:17(Amp) says, "And to Adam He said, 'Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you.'" Abel offered the first born of his flock, along with the fat portions and blood, so God accepted his offering. Cain killed his brother because of this. Gen.4:10(Amp) says, "The Lord said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground." The life of all flesh is in the blood.
Heb.13:10-12(Amp) says, "We have an altar from which those who serve and worship in the tabernacle have no right to eat. For where the blood of an animal is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, the victim's bodies are burned outside the limits of the camp. Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the city's gate in order that He might purify and consecrate the people through the shedding of His Own Blood and set them apart as holy for God."
We still sin in our natural bodies and the "wages of sin is death." Our spirit has been cleansed once and for all time, by His Resurrected Spirit and the body is cleansed by His Blood, which gives it life for 120 years. The Blood of Jesus washes us daily and keeps us whole and sin free, even in the flesh and extends the life of our natural bodies. 3John1:2(Amp) says, "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and that your body may keep well, even as I know your soul keeps well and prospers."
1John1:7(Amp) says, "But if we really are living and walking in the Light, as He Himself is in the Light, we have true and unbroken fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses, removes us from all sin and guilt, (keeps us cleansed from sin and all its forms and manifestations." While we're constantly learning how to walk in the Light, we still make mistakes that would take our natural lives. The healing and Life Giving Blood of Jesus will give us His Life and maintain our life and healing, if we will accept it.
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