November 11th, 2025
This week, I want to share some thoughts with you on the blood of Jesus, although we will never understand its full significance. Jesus’ blood is the foundation of our covenant with God and there are over 40 direct references to Jesus’ blood in the New Testament alone. This doesn’t include indirect references and Old Testament scriptures. There are countless verses foreshadowing His sacrifice in the Old Testament, beginning in the Garden of Eden, when blood was first shed so Adam and Eve could be clothed. With the fall of Adam and Eve, sin, death, and destruction were brought into the world and “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Adam and Eve saw the consequences of their sin in every possible way. They were removed from the Garden. Their intimacy with their Creator was corrupted. Perhaps the most painful result of their sin was when their firstborn son killed his brother. Genesis 4:8-11 tells the story:
“Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”
God told Cain his brother’s blood, “cried to Him from the ground.” Abel was righteous before God. Cain killed him, not because he did anything wrong, but because God had accepted him. Throughout the Word of God, men and women were martyred, not for their sins, but because they were hated for righteousness’ sake (Matthew 5:10-11). Abel was the first whose righteous blood cried to God from the ground. Cain suffered for his sin. This passage goes on to say he was driven from the face, or presence of God (Genesis 4:14). He “went away from the presence of the Lord” (Genesis 4:16). What a punishment!
Hebrews 11:4 tells us that through Abel’s faith, he still speaks, just as every righteous man in the Word of God does! However, his blood seeped into the ground, dried, was washed by the rain, and eventually was gone. His murder tore his family apart and the result of his shed blood was separation and grief.
However, there was another righteous man, a few thousand years later, who was also killed because His brothers were angry at His acceptance. Jesus Christ gave His life into the hands of an angry mob of His own people who hated Him—not for doing wrong, but for doing right. He was killed by His own people—His brothers—those He came to save. As Jesus suffered and died, His blood streamed out of His hands, His feet, His head, His side, and poured onto the ground. His blood also cried out to God from the ground. However, it carried something different than the blood of Abel and cried out something else entirely. Hebrews 12:23-24 says,
“You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”
Jesus’ blood speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. Jesus’ blood cries for your redemption. As He died on the cross, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). When He died, the veil separating the people from the Most Holy Place—the place symbolizing the manifest presence of God—was torn in two. His blood did not cry for justice, vengeance, or separation. His blood cried for forgiveness—and His blood is for you! John 6:53 says,
‘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.”’
Could you imagine hearing this prior to Jesus’ death—not understanding Jesus would lay down His life as the Passover lamb? The Jewish people were commanded to celebrate Passover every year, sacrificing a lamb, symbolically covering their sins. They were not unaccustomed to the power of blood as a sacrifice for sins, but there had never been a man’s blood that carried the power to atone. When John the Baptist laid eyes on Jesus, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Paul said, “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). When Jesus ate the last Supper, Passover, with His disciples, He unmistakably connected His sacrifice with the fulfillment of Passover. Luke 22:17-20 says,
‘He took a cup, and when He had given thanks He said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise, the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”’
Communion today speaks of this moment in history—when Jesus prophetically broke the bread and the wine with His disciples, knowing He was about to give His body and His blood for them. He was the final Passover Lamb.
Jesus’ blood is the foundation of our covenant. It carries the power to bring us into right relationship with God. It also brings healing, deliverance, and freedom, because when His blood flows in our veins through our spiritual redemption, we are not subject to the consequences of whatever genetic code is in our own blood. We get to inherit all that His blood carries—the DNA of heaven. However, just as the Passover lamb had to be eaten by everyone in the house, His blood must be received. They couldn’t just put the blood on the doorpost—they had to personally take the lamb (Exodus 12:3-4). We have to come to Him ready to partake of everything He has for us—and to forsake all else.
His blood cries out for your freedom, deliverance, healing, and wholeness. Drink of that life today! It’s for you. To conclude today, I encourage you to take time to read and think about just a few more verses about His blood:
Hebrews 9:13-14 says,
“For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 says,
“…you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
1 John 1:7 says,
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”
Revelation 1:5-6 says,
“and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
“Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”
God told Cain his brother’s blood, “cried to Him from the ground.” Abel was righteous before God. Cain killed him, not because he did anything wrong, but because God had accepted him. Throughout the Word of God, men and women were martyred, not for their sins, but because they were hated for righteousness’ sake (Matthew 5:10-11). Abel was the first whose righteous blood cried to God from the ground. Cain suffered for his sin. This passage goes on to say he was driven from the face, or presence of God (Genesis 4:14). He “went away from the presence of the Lord” (Genesis 4:16). What a punishment!
Hebrews 11:4 tells us that through Abel’s faith, he still speaks, just as every righteous man in the Word of God does! However, his blood seeped into the ground, dried, was washed by the rain, and eventually was gone. His murder tore his family apart and the result of his shed blood was separation and grief.
However, there was another righteous man, a few thousand years later, who was also killed because His brothers were angry at His acceptance. Jesus Christ gave His life into the hands of an angry mob of His own people who hated Him—not for doing wrong, but for doing right. He was killed by His own people—His brothers—those He came to save. As Jesus suffered and died, His blood streamed out of His hands, His feet, His head, His side, and poured onto the ground. His blood also cried out to God from the ground. However, it carried something different than the blood of Abel and cried out something else entirely. Hebrews 12:23-24 says,
“You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”
Jesus’ blood speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. Jesus’ blood cries for your redemption. As He died on the cross, He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). When He died, the veil separating the people from the Most Holy Place—the place symbolizing the manifest presence of God—was torn in two. His blood did not cry for justice, vengeance, or separation. His blood cried for forgiveness—and His blood is for you! John 6:53 says,
‘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.”’
Could you imagine hearing this prior to Jesus’ death—not understanding Jesus would lay down His life as the Passover lamb? The Jewish people were commanded to celebrate Passover every year, sacrificing a lamb, symbolically covering their sins. They were not unaccustomed to the power of blood as a sacrifice for sins, but there had never been a man’s blood that carried the power to atone. When John the Baptist laid eyes on Jesus, he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Paul said, “Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed” (1 Corinthians 5:7). When Jesus ate the last Supper, Passover, with His disciples, He unmistakably connected His sacrifice with the fulfillment of Passover. Luke 22:17-20 says,
‘He took a cup, and when He had given thanks He said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise, the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”’
Communion today speaks of this moment in history—when Jesus prophetically broke the bread and the wine with His disciples, knowing He was about to give His body and His blood for them. He was the final Passover Lamb.
Jesus’ blood is the foundation of our covenant. It carries the power to bring us into right relationship with God. It also brings healing, deliverance, and freedom, because when His blood flows in our veins through our spiritual redemption, we are not subject to the consequences of whatever genetic code is in our own blood. We get to inherit all that His blood carries—the DNA of heaven. However, just as the Passover lamb had to be eaten by everyone in the house, His blood must be received. They couldn’t just put the blood on the doorpost—they had to personally take the lamb (Exodus 12:3-4). We have to come to Him ready to partake of everything He has for us—and to forsake all else.
His blood cries out for your freedom, deliverance, healing, and wholeness. Drink of that life today! It’s for you. To conclude today, I encourage you to take time to read and think about just a few more verses about His blood:
Hebrews 9:13-14 says,
“For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.”
1 Peter 1:18-19 says,
“…you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”
1 John 1:7 says,
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”
Revelation 1:5-6 says,
“and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
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