The Bloodmark I T can be readily seen from Scrip ture what a great emphasis God places in His Word on the subject of blood. “The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” “We have redemption through His blood.” “Without the shedding of blood is no remission [of sin].” The blood of Christ provides the omni potent, everlasting argument of mer it, opening the way for you to meet God on friendly terms. Great it is for you to be in a position to plead the presence and power of Christ’s blood. The blood for those who have trusted shuts the gates of an eternal hell and opens the gates of a glorious heaven. Any man who belittles, de fames, defects from or misrepresents Christ’s blood is guilty of heinous sin against the Gospel. The bloodmark was seen in Egypt on the night the death angel passed through the land. The children of Israel were given specific instruc tions as to how they were to place the lamb’s blood on the two sides and over the doorposts of their houses. God promised, “And when I see the blood, I will pass over you.” It was up to every Israelite to see that the blood was not only shed, but also placed as a crimson mark above his door. Terrible was the midnight hour when the death angel passed through Egypt! At midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn, from the household of Pharaoh on his throne to the first born of the captive that was in the dungeon. The blood of Christ today provides refuge for all who apply it. The efficacy of Christ’s blood is beyond all question. “It is the blood which maketh an atonement for the soul,” said God. The precious atone ment of Christ forms the base of that platform on which a just God
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and a justified sinner meet in sweet communion. In that atonement I see sin condemned, justice satisfied, God magnified, and sinners saved. It is not enough that one’s intention is to place the bloodmark. The actual application must be made. While it was a wondrous passover in Egypt, yet Christ is our Passover sacrifice for us, and is far more efficacious than that. He poured from His body the healing ointment of His blood to cover our sins complete ly. The law demanded obedience or death. Jesus gave both: obedience for Himself and death for you and me. He both kept and fulfilled the Law while at the same time dying for the lawbreaker. Jesus was the greatest antitype for the blood of Jewish sacrifices. The blood of animal sacrifice under the old covenant was temporary. It had to be repeated day by day and year by year. These sacrifices pointed pro phetically to the blood of Christ, the coming One. “Not all the blood of beasts on Jewish altars slain could give the guilty conscience peace or wash away the stain; but Christ the Heavenly Lamb takes all our sins away, a sacrifice of nobler name and richer blood than they.” They who dispute the efficacy of Christ’s blood to justify a sinner before God shall be judged unworthy of eternal life. The claims of God, the demands of the law and the whole need of man are met through Christ’s blood, with out which there is no salvation for us. “You are redeemed with the pre cious blood of Christ,” Peter tells us. “Thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by the blood,” says John. “We have redemption through the blood, according to the riches of His grace,” declares the great apostle Paul. 7
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