The power of Christianity is the blood of Jesus. Death passed on all of creation because of the transgression of Adam & Eve, (1 Corinthians 15:22), God demanded death as a payment.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
As the above verse states, Jesus became the sacrifice for all mankind. He lived a perfect life void of any sin so He could become that perfect sacrifice. 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
At one moment on the cross, Jesus cried out "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani" (or Eloi, eloi. Is an Aramaic phrase which is translated…My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Jesus experienced the eternal separation from God of every man created in history. That’s why He could cry out in his final declaration from the cross “It is Finished”. In Aramaic, it is commonly rendered as Meshullam (or Mashálam) which means “finished”, “paid” or “completed’. It is often used in the “Peshita” (The Aramaic Bible) as a mathematical or financial term meaning “Paid in Full”!
Jesus’ blood did what the blood of sheep and bulls could not do. The blood of sheep and bulls only covered sin. Jesus blood completely removes sin. (Hebrews 9:10-13
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Why is Jesus’ blood important to the believer.
What do we receive because of His sacrifice?
Atonement and Forgiveness: The Bible states that "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness" (Hebrews 9:22). Jesus' blood paid the penalty for human sin, known as substitutionary atonement. No other religion has this truth.
Redemption: His blood is described as the "ransom" paid to purchase humanity's freedom from the bondage of sin (1 Peter 1:18–19).
Direct Access to God: Unlike Old Testament rituals that required a high priest, believers are said to have "boldness to enter the Holiest" by the blood of Jesus, allowing for a personal relationship with God (Hebrews 10:19).
Cleansing and Sanctification: It is a spiritual cleansing agent that purifies the conscience from guilt (1 John 1:7-9)
From a practical purpose, the Blood of Jesus has tremendous power in prayer and spiritual warfare. "Pleading the blood of Jesus" is a form of prayer used to invoke the power of Jesus' sacrifice for protection, deliverance, and spiritual victory. While the exact phrase is not found in the Bible, practitioners ground the concept in the redemptive and protective nature of blood sacrifices seen throughout Scripture. ‘
In this context, "pleading" is often viewed as a legal term rather than a plea for mercy. It is seen as presenting the "evidence" of Jesus' finished work on the cross to a spiritual court, asserting that the devil has no legal claim over a believer's life.
Believers typically plead the blood for:
Protection: Drawing a "blood line" that evil cannot cross, similar to the Passover lamb's blood in Exodus.
Spiritual Warfare: Rebuking demonic attacks, fear, or persistent problems.
Healing & Provision: Claiming health and spiritual breakthroughs as part of the inheritance purchased by Jesus.
Cleansing: Purifying the mind and conscience from guilt or sin.
The blood of Jesus is the foundation of the faith, representing the supreme sacrifice that reconciles humanity with God. It’s importance stems from the fact the “the life of the flesh is in the blood (Lev 17:11) and the requirement that “without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins” (Hebrews 9:22
Jesus said that if we wanted to follow Him, we had to drink His blood and eat His body (John 6:53-58)
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
During the Last Supper, Jesus took the wine and said “this is my blood”, instructing followers to drink it in remembrance of him. Then He said, “this is my body, given for you”. There are some who believe the wine and blood literally become the blood and flesh of the Lord. This doctrine is called “transubstantiation”. Whether it actually does or not is immaterial to me. If Jesus said it, then it is so whether is transforms into His actual blood or body or not.
This shedding of His blood was the foundation of a new covenant which than ratified all the covenants of the Old Testament.
The “Shroud of Turin” shows a crucified man from the 1st century. It shows that this individual received 702 lashes during his flogging. Scientists believe that Jesus lost 1/3 of His blood volume during this flogging. Here’s what the prophet Isaiah had to say 600 years before Christ. (Isaiah 53:3-5)
“He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces[f]
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.4 Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds (some versions use the word ‘stripes’) we are healed”.
Did you know that Jews are forbidden to read this chapter of Isaiah? Why? They would recognize Jesus as the fulfillment of these verses.
Thank you Jesus for dying for me! Thank you for shedding Your blood for me to completely remove the stain of sin. Thank you for giving me Your righteousness so that I can boldly enter the throne room through your grace according to the writer of Hebrews. Thank you that your stripes or wounds were placed on your body for the healing of all my diseases. I will pick up my cross daily to destroy my flesh and follow You. Like the example of the Apostle Paul’s handkerchief in Acts 19,I plead the blood of Jesus to all who read this blog to be set free from the bondage of religion, the oppression of captivity to sin and the healing of all diseases in Jesus name”.