Kinsella ~ The Gospel in a Covenant
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Kinsella ~ The Gospel in a Covenant
The Omega Letter Intelligence Digest Vol: 151 Issue: 9 - Wednesday, April 09, 2014 | |
Nothing But The Blood One of the crimes that were ascribed to early Christians was that Christian worship services included the practice of cannibalism. Christians were reputed to ceremonially repeat the sacrifice of Christ and then eat the body and blood of the victim. It was all very vague; all the average Roman of that time knew about Christianity was that it placed an inordinate value on blood and sacrifice. Christianity today is still slammed by its critics as a 'bloody' religion, because so much of the Bible seems to obsess about it. Every major doctrine in the Bible is dependent on the Blood.
Without the Blood Doctrine, there can be no forgiveness, no regeneration, no peace, no joy, no rest, no hope, and no Resurrection. Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is pictured as the Lamb of God, and that title is always associated with His atoning work on the Cross, in which He shed His Blood as full payment for our sins. Remove the Blood Doctrine from Scripture, and the Doctrine of Atonement goes with it. If one breaks down the word 'atonement' into its component parts, the word defines itself according to its original meaning. "At One Ment". We were separated from God at the Fall, and we are made one again at the Cross. Adam and Eve were told that the penalty for breaking God's command not to violate the Tree of Knowledge was death.
God made provision for their sin, killing two animals and covering their nakedness with their skins. That was the first blood shed to cover sin, and God set up a system of sacrifice whereby the blood of bullocks, goats and lambs kept that one Great Object Lesson before the people. Sin has a blood penalty, and the penalty must be paid. In Genesis Chapter 15, we find Abram questioning God's promise that his seed will be numbered as the stars of heaven and that they would inherit the land to which God had led him. Genesis 15:6 says,
But Abram wanted a guarantee, nonetheless.
It was then that God proposed a blood covenant after the manner of the Chaldeans.
Abram knew what to do next, since this was something he was familiar with.
The blood covenant worked this way. The animals were slaughtered and cut up. The pieces were intermingled and then carefully arranged to form a kind of aisle through which the two parties to the covenant would walk together, hands joined. The principle of a blood covenant, and the symbolism of the rended animal parts was clearly understood to Abram. Whoever broke the covenant would end up like those piles of animals. A blood covenant was, by common custom, a joining of 2 or more persons, families, clans, tribes, or nations, where the participants agree to do or refrain from doing certain acts. More specifically, God had proposed a patriarchal covenant. The patriarchal form of covenant is a self-imposed obligation of a superior party, to the benefit of an inferior party. In this form, the terms the parties use to refer to each other are: father and son. God's proposal included not only Abram, but extended to Abram's seed forever. Genesis says that, having prepared the covenant ritual, Abram waited for God to show up so the two of them could walk through the grisly aisle together, sealing its terms. Instead, Genesis 15:12 records that as Abram waited for God, a deep sleep fell upon him. During that deep sleep;
Although the Covenant was between God and Abram (and his seed), God signed on both sides, binding Himself to both parts. Abram and his seed did not remain faithful, and the penalty for violating a blood covenant was death. It is for that reason that God stepped out of eternity and into space and time. To keep the provisions of the original covenant and be a true Son, as it demanded. And having kept its terms on behalf of sinful humanity, it was incumbent upon Him to make payment, as justice demanded, for its violation by those on whose behalf the covenant was signed. To be torn and rended like the animals that formed the corridor through which God alone passed.
It may still seem a bit unclear. How can an innocent person assume the guilt of another and then call it 'justice?' When a person becomes a Christian, he becomes a part of the Body of Christ. He is joined with Christ, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit. He becomes 'one with Christ'. Look at it this way. Suppose a poor, debt-ridden widow lived next door to a millionaire. Her debts could not be legally or justly charged to him. But if he married her, he also legally and justly assumes responsibility for both her assets and her debts.
Noted Clarence Larkin back in 1911;
In the words of the old Gospel song,
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Re: Kinsella ~ The Gospel in a Covenant
JK plainly explains the Blood.
A keeper, thanks JH.
Am going to put this on another place hope that's ok.
A keeper, thanks JH.
Am going to put this on another place hope that's ok.
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