Prov.4:7(Amp) says, "The beginning of Wisdom is, Get Wisdom (skillful and Godly Wisdom). For skillful and Godly Wisdom is the Principal thing; and with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, interpretation)."
We have Wisdom from the Word of God, which is Wisdom. 1Cor.1:30(Amp) says, "But it is from Him (God) that you have your Life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom (revealed to us a knowledge of the Divine Plan of Salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as) our Righteousness, (thus making us upright and putting us in Right standing with God) and our Consecration (making us pure and holy, and our Redemption (providing our Ransom from eternal penalty for sin)."
In the last blog, we spoke about the Power of the Blood of Christ. Is.53:5 tells us that, "By His stripes we are healed." Gal.3:13(Amp) says, "Christ purchased our freedom (redeeming us) from the Curse (the doom) of the Law (and its condemnation) by (Himself) becoming a curse for us, for it is written in scriptures,'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'"
The Romans perfected crucifixion around the time of Jesus being hung on a cross. Judas hung himself, but it was with a rope. Hanging by a rope on a tree didn't produce the Blood needed for our healing. Lev.17:14(Amp) tells us, ""As for the life of all flesh the Blood of it represents the Life of it, therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh. For the life of all flesh is in the blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off."
God waited until crucifixion was the way of "hanging on a tree," before sending His Only Begotten Son to earth. Jesus could have been hung with a rope from a tree, but that wouldn't have shed His Blood. Jesus shed His Blood when they soldiers hammered spikes into His hands and feet. God required the blood of animals to protect His people. Gen.3:21(Amp) says, "For Adam and also for his wife, the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them." The animal had to be slaughtered, shedding its blood, in order to provide their skins. We know that the life is in the blood and God accepted these offerings, in order to cover His people until the next offering.
Is.53:4-5(Amp) tells us, "Surely He has borne our griefs (sickness, weaknesses and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains (of punishment) yet we ignorantly considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God; as if with leprosy. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities, the chastisement (needful to obtain) peace and well-being for us was upon Him; and with the stripes (that wounded) Him we are healed and made whole."
The reasons Jesus received stripes upon His back, was to shed His Blood, because "the life of all flesh is in the blood." Jesus' death was for our new birth and the shedding of His Blood was for the healing of our flesh. Throughout the Old Testament, God required His people to shed the blood of lambs and goats, because the life is in the blood. This would maintain life for His people, so He wouldn't need to take their lives because of their disobedience. 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 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 in all its forms."
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