A Christian is justified by the blood of Jesus Christ and lives under the blood as a living hope. This is best displayed in the sacrifice that belonged to the law for the cleansing lepers in the Old Covenant that is written in Leviticus 14. This sacrifice is just like the other sacrifices of the Law, a foreshadow of the finished and perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross and the power of His blood. Let’s look at the significance of the blood in the Bible and the life under the blood of Jesus Christ.
The sacrificial laws in the Old Covenant
All sacrificial laws that God instituted in His covenant with Abraham and his seed that are written in the Law of Moses and were executed by the (mataas na)pari(s) that were appointed by God, point to the perfect sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ on the cross and His blood, whereby a New Covenant came into being.
One of the sacrifices was the sacrifice of the law of the cleansing of lepers.
What is the law for the cleansing of lepers?
According to the law of the cleansing of lepers, the leperd had to be brought unto the priest. This didn’t happen in the camp but outside the camp.
The priest went outside the camp and looked and beheld if the plague of leprosy was healed in the leper.
If the leper was healed, the priest commanded to take for him that was to be cleansed two birds that were alive and clean, and cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop.
The two birds, the cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop, were brought to the priest.
Then one of the living birds was killed in an earthen vessel over running water.
The other bird was taken together with the cedar wood, scarlet, and hyssop, and dipped in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
Then he would sprinkle upon the one that was to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and pronounce him clean.
The living bird that received grace and was dipped in the blood of the sacrificed bird was loosed into the open field.
The person that was to be cleansed washed his clothes. He shaved off all his hair and washed himself in water, that he might be clean. He returned to the camp but stayed seven days outside of his tent.
Then all kinds of rituals had to be performed, which can be read in Leviticus 14:9-32.
How the sacrifice of the two living birds is a foreshadow of Christ
This sacrifice ritual of the two living birds beautifully illustrates the redemptive work of Jesus Christ on the cross and the life of a born-again believer under the blood.
Two random, innocent birds were captivated due to the leprosy of man in the flesh.
Sa pamamagitan ng pagsuway ni Adan sa Diyos (kasalanan ba), Ang kamatayan ay pumasok sa tao, and his seed became corrupt.
Everyone that would be born of the corrupt seed of man would live under the condemnation and punishment (paghatol) for sin (a.o. Mga Taga Roma 5:12-19).
Every person is born in a fallen state as a sinner and possesses the corrupt nature of fallen man.
A person can’t help being born in sin.
Every person carries the sin in his flesh through the choice that man made in the Halamanan ng Eden to not listen to the words of God and not obey His commandment.
Ang bawat tao (every soul) is born under the curse and lives in a sinful flesh in a fallen (sira) state and stands guilty before God and demands a blood sacrifice.
God in His great mercy took care of the demand of the blood sacrifice. Kaya nga, man had the ability to be redeemed from the curse of sin and the punishment for sin, Alin ang kamatayan.
God showed His love for humanity through Jesus the Christ. Dahil Dahil sa pag -ibig, God gave a way out to be saved and escape His judgment through His Son Jesus Christ and by His blood.
Jesus came in the flesh and was born of the holy Seed of God
Although Jesus was fully human and a partaker of flesh and blood, Jesus was not born as a sinner in a sinful flesh in a fallen state living under a curse. That’s because Jesus was not born of the corrupt seed of man but of the holy Seed of God (Mga Hebreo 2:14).
But although Jesus didn’t come in a sinful flesh, Dumating si Jesus sa laman and had the ability to become disobedient to God and sin and become equal to Adam’s state.
If Jesus couldn’t sin, the devil would not have tempted Jesus in the wilderness and during His life by the people around Him. After all, it was pointless anyway.
But Jesus could sin. Gayunpaman, Jesus stayed yielded and fully obedient to His Father and His Spirit. He resisted every temptation and overcame all the temptation of the devil.
Jesus was both Son of God and Son of man. He had to become the Son of man. So that fallen man could become through and in Him a son of God (Ito ay nalalapat sa parehong mga lalaki at babae) and walk as a son of God after the Spirit on earth.
Jesus was taken captive for mankind
Sa itinakdang oras ng Diyos, Jesus prepared Himself for His captivity and the way of suffering He had to go in order to deliver the captives from their bondage and sufferings and set them free.
And so Jesus was captured and bound and taken to the high priest for interrogation. (Mateo 26:50-27:54; Markahan 14:45-15:39; Lucas 22:47-23:48; John 18:3-19:30).
This proves that the spiritual leaders of God’s people deviated significantly from God. They had no insight and understanding regarding God and His Word and His Kingdom. Kung hindi man, they would have recognized the Father in Jesus. Since Jesus was the brightness of His glory and the express image of His Person (Mga Hebreo 1:2-3).
Jesus was scourged and crucified for mankind
Kahit na this lot was already determined by God before the birth, buhay na buhay, and captivity of Jesus, it became visible after His captivity when all the people of Israel demanded the release of the criminal Barabbas and the crucifixion of the innocent Jesus.
Jesus Christ was the One Who freely gave His life for humankind. He carried all the sins and iniquities, at ang kaparusahan sa kasalanan, Alin ang kamatayan, in His flesh and became a curse on the cross and died.
Jesus brought salvation for mankind
Jesus gave His life and died on the cross, and shed His blood, so that everyone that believes in Him and His sacrifice and accepts His blood would be saved.
Siya ay kinuha mula sa bilangguan at mula sa paghatol: at sino ang magpapahayag ng Kanyang lahi? Sapagkat Siya ay nahiwalay sa lupain ng mga buhay: sapagkat ang paglabag ng Aking bayan ay Siya ay tinamaan.
At ginawa Niya ang Kanyang libingan kasama ng masasama, at kasama ang mayayaman sa Kanyang kamatayan; dahil wala Siyang ginawang karahasan, ni anumang panlilinlang sa Kanyang bibig.
gayon pa man, ikinalulugod ng Panginoon na sugat Siya; Inilagay Niya Siya sa pighati: kailan Mo gagawing handog ang Kanyang kaluluwa para sa kasalanan, Makikita Niya ang Kanyang binhi, Pahahabain Niya ang Kanyang mga araw, at the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
Makikita Niya ang paghihirap ng Kanyang kaluluwa, at masisiyahan na: by His knowledge shall My righteous servant justify many; sapagkat dadalhin Niya ang kanilang mga kasamaan
Kaya't hahatiin ko ba Siya ng bahagi kasama ng dakila, at hahatiin Niya ang samsam sa malakas; dahil ibinuhos Niya ang Kanyang kaluluwa hanggang kamatayan: at Siya ay ibinilang sa mga lumalabag; at Siya ang naglantad ng kasalanan ng marami, at ginawang tagapamagitan para sa mga lumalabag
Isaias 53:9-12)
Dipped in the blood of Christ
Just like the living bird was baptized (dipped) in the blood of the living bird that was sacrificed for the leprosy of the man in the flesh, and was set free, so are you baptized in Christ in His blood. Through the baptism (dipping) in Christ His death, you are redeemed from the power of the devil, at kasalanan, and death and cleansed and justified before God.
Sa pamamagitan ng pagsuway ni Adan, you lived under the power of death under God’s judgment (God’s wrath, God’s punishment). But through the obedience and the sacrifice of Christ at sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang dugo, you are redeemed thereof (the power of death and the judgment).
Kay Cristo, you have redemption through His blood and are forgiven of all your sins, and are justified and saved.. (a.o. Mga Taga Roma 5:1-19; Mga Taga Galacia 1:4; 1 Mga Taga Corinto 6:11; 2 Mga Taga Corinto 5:21; Mga Taga Efeso 1:7; Mga Taga Colosas 1:13-14; 1 Mga Taga Tesalonica 1:10).
Sapagkat lahat ay nagkasala, at kulang sa kaluwalhatian ng Diyos; Ang pagiging matuwid nang malaya sa pamamagitan ng Kanyang biyaya sa pamamagitan ng pagtubos na nasa kay Cristo Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, upang ipahayag ang Kanyang katuwiran para sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanang lumipas, sa pamamagitan ng pagpaparaya ng Diyos; Upang ipahayag ang, sabi ko nga, sa panahong ito ang Kanyang katuwiran: na Siya ay makatarungan, and the justifier of him which believes in Jesus
Mga Taga Roma 3:23-26
What is the significance and power of the blood of Jesus Christ?
The blood of Jesus contains the life of God and the power of the blood of Jesus is:
- You are forgiven of your sins through His blood (Mga Taga Efeso 1:7; Mga Taga Colosas 2:13).
- You’re redeemed through His blood (Mga Taga Efeso 1:7; Mga Taga Colosas 1:13).
- You are justified by His blood (Mga Taga Roma 5:9; Tito 3:7).
- You are reconciled by His blood (2 Mga Taga Corinto 5:18; Mga Taga Roma 3:25; Mga Taga Colosas 1:20).
- You have peace with God through the blood of His cross (Mga Taga Roma 5:1-2; Mga Taga Colosas 1:20).
Without the shedding of blood there is no redemption and justification
Without the shedding of blood, there is no salvation for humanity. And without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness, pagtubos, justification, pagkakasundo, at kapayapaan sa Diyos (Mga Hebreo 9:21).
Ang life is in the blood. Kaya nga, a gospel without the blood is dead and doesn’t make a person alive.
Sa Lumang Tipan, everything that came in the service of God and belonged to God had to be purified with blood first.
Sa Bagong Tipan, Ito pa rin ang kaso. Gayunpaman, not with the blood of animals but with the blood of Jesus Christ.
Without the blood of Jesus Christ, a person is dead, and the faith is dead, and the preaching of the gospel that is proclaimed is powerless.
Walang dugo ni Jesus, a person is not forgiven, Nilinis, natubos, nabigyang katwiran, at nakipagkasundo sa Diyos.
No work, ritual, Paraan, strategy, sakripisyo, or precepts and regulations of man can redeem a person from the power of the devil, kasalanan ba, at kamatayan, and justify and reconcile a person with God.
Only the blood of Jesus Christ can redeem, and justify and reconcile a person with God.
What is the significance of the baptism in Christ according to the Bible?
The baptism in Christ takes place after your repentance and not after your natural birth. The Bible speaks about a baptism in water and not a sprinkling with water (Mateo 28:19; Markahan 16:16; Mga Gawa 2:38; 8:12).
For the identification with Christ, you need to be baptized. Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakakilanlan kay Cristo, through the baptism in the water of separation, hiwalay ka sa mundo (sa pamamagitan ng pagkamatay ng laman) at nakipagkasundo sa Diyos (sa pamamagitan ng muling pagkabuhay ng Espiritu mula sa mga patay), and you have peace with God.
Ikaw ay nabinyagan sa Kanyang kamatayan, into His blood, and risen in His resurrection (Mga Taga Roma 6:3:11).
The water separated you from the world and brought a separation between your old wicked sinful life (pagkatapos ng laman) and a new holy life (pagkatapos ng Espiritu) sa Diyos.
Just like God separated the righteous from the unrighteous through the water (ang baha) sa the Days of Noah, and separated His people through the water from the pagan life in Egypt and a holy life with God.
Sa pamamagitan ng baptism in Christ, you are dead to the world and made alive unto God and have peace with God. (a.o. Mga Gawa 26:18; Mga Taga Roma 5:1; 6:5-11; Mga Taga Efeso 2:13; Mga Taga Filipos 3:10-21; Mga Taga Colosas 1:20-23).
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: Datapuwa't ngayon kay Cristo Jesus kayo na kung minsan ay malayo ay inilapit sa pamamagitan ng dugo ni Cristo (Mga Taga Efeso 2:11-13)
As it is appointed unto men once to die, ngunit pagkatapos nito ang paghatol: Kaya minsan si Kristo ay inihandog upang pasanin ang mga kasalanan ng marami; at sa mga naghihintay sa Kanya ay magpapakita Siya sa ikalawang pagkakataon na walang kasalanan sa ikaliligtas (Mga Hebreo 9:27-28)
The Life under the blood of Jesus Christ
You no longer live in darkness under the blood guilt of sin and death, whereof disobedience to God and His Word (ang Biblia) and sinful works of the flesh bear witness.
But you’re baptized in His blood, washed, and resurrected and made a quickening (living) spirit in Christ that lives under the blood in the light in freedom, whereof obedience to God and His Word and the righteous works bear witness.
Ang dugo ni Hesus ay isang sakripisyo, a remission, and not a permit to keep sinning.
God is light, At sa kanya ay walang kadiliman. Kung sasabihin natin na mayroon tayong pakikisama sa Kanya, at maglakad sa kadiliman, nagsisinungaling kami, At huwag ang katotohanan: Ngunit kung maglakad tayo sa ilaw, as he is in the light, Mayroon kaming pakikisama sa isa't isa, at nililinis tayo ng dugo ni Hesukristo na Kanyang Anak sa lahat ng kasalanan
1 John 1:5-7
The new creation lives under the blood and is a witness of Jesus
The new creation is baptized into His blood and lives under the blood and is a witness of Jesus Christ.
Ngayon na, the new creation testifies, through his words and deeds and obedient life unto the Word in the truth and will of the Father, of the power of His blood and work of salvation for mankind.
You are God’s possession; your life belongs to God. God purchased you with the precious blood of His beloved Son, under which you live and you are set as a living hope for the people around you.
Dahil ang kapangyarihan ng Kanyang muling pagkabuhay and His blood shall be revealed through your faith and regeneration in Christ by the life you live and the works you do.
The life under the blood gives you a right and privilege to come boldly before the throne of God in the holiest, sa pamamagitan ng isang bago at buhay na paraan, na Kanyang itinalaga para sa atin, sa pamamagitan ng tabing, na ang ibig sabihin ay, Ang Kanyang laman (a.o. Mga Taga Roma 5:1-2; Mga Taga Colosas 1:20-23; Mga Hebreo 10:19-20)
Ngayon ang Diyos ng kapayapaan, na nagbangon mula sa mga patay sa ating Panginoong Jesus, ang dakilang Pastol ng mga tupa, sa pamamagitan ng dugo ng walang hanggang tipan, Gawin kang perpekto sa bawat mabuting gawain upang gawin ang Kanyang kalooban, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight, sa pamamagitan ni Jesucristo; sa Kanya ang kaluwalhatian magpakailanman. Amen
Mga Hebreo 13:20-21
