This message is presented in 3 parts. Part 2 will be available on Dec. 2, 2013, and Part 3 will be available on Dec. 9, 2013. We pray blessings on your reading and understanding of the Word!
Part 1
The Book of Leviticus tells us much concerning laws of sacrifices and offerings, typifying
what Jesus would become for us, “GOD'S OFFERING AND OUR
SACRIFICE”!
In Hebrews 9:18
"Whereupon neither the first
testament was dedicated without blood: (Vs 22) without shedding of blood is
no remission". It was not
optional. The penalty for sin had to be
paid with blood! This is what my subject is about: “IT’S IN
THE BLOOD”!
Leviticus 17:11: "For
the life of the flesh is in the blood:
and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your
souls: for it is the blood that maketh
an atonement for the soul".
Webster's Dictionary defines blood as the red fluid
circulated by the heart throughout the body that carries oxygen and nutrients
to all parts of the body. The Hebrew word dam or dawm’ means blood
as that which when shed causes death of man or an animal; by analogy the juice
of the grape; bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood, bloody, person, bloodguiltiness,
bloodthirsty). It connotes the blood of
animals, birds, and men.
Genesis 9:4 states that blood is synonymous with
“life”. "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat”.
*** The value in relation to the
usefulness, worth, the significance of “life” as a gift of God, led to the prohibition (forbiddance; disallowance;
restriction) against eating “blood”.
“DRINK”, or pi’no,
means to imbibe or to drink: to take
into the mind and retain: to
absorb; to suck up; receive into one’s consciousness.
*** DIGESTION begins with the mouth (mastication or chewing). Meat or solids, you must chew! YOU DON’T CHEW LIQUIDS! You just “take it in”! Once the “digestion” process is complete, it
goes into the bloodstream to be distributed throughout the body for oxygen and
nutrients for the maintaining of “life”!
Example: Sometimes
after we eat we say, “Let me drink something to wash this down”!
SPIRITUALLY: St.John.6:53:
“Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man”! When we eat the Word of God, we are eating His
flesh! St.John.1:1: "In the beginning was the Word”. Then St. John.1:14: "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us"! So as we eat His Word (His flesh), then we
can wash it down with His “blood” (His Spirit).
Remember the definition of “drink” meaning to imbibe (“take into the mind and retain”)! That’s what we’ve got to do with the Word of
God. We must take it in and hold it;
keep it; maintain it; preserve it; grasp it; possess it; apply it to every area
of our life, mind, heart, soul, and body!
Philippians 2:5:”Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus”!
Mind in the Greek
is phrone’o, meaning the exercising
of the mind in a certain direction.
Philippians 4:8: ”Whatsoever
things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on
these things”.
There is an advertisement that comes on television from time
to time, and the statement made is this:
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste”!
Oh how true! We shouldn’t let our
minds wander but keep it focused on
God - on things that are good, and positive!
1 Corinthians 2:16: "But we have the mind of Christ".
This word mind is
nous, which deals with the intellect,
in relation to thought, feeling, will, and understanding. It also comes from another root word ginosko, which means to “know”
(absolutely) in various applications as to be aware (of); have knowledge; be
resolved; can speak; be sure. This is
the taking in of knowledge; to come
to know; recognize; to understand completely!
Mark 13:28-29: "Now
learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know
that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Matthew 16:16-17: "And
Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living
God. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
'Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for
flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in
heaven'". This is the place we
must come in to - “the Peter
Class”! The place of getting the revelation of who Christ is!!
Of all that God created and made, MAN is the apex; the acme;
the peak; the crown of His creation!! When
you take a look at the ANATOMY (structure) & PHYSIOLOGY (function) of MAN,
it’s quite interesting and very mind boggling!
Anatomy in Greek is ana (up); tome (a cutting): is a dissecting to understand the structure of Man.
Physiology in Greek is physis (nature); logos
(study): how the structure functions.
Biology in Greek is bios (life); logos
(study): study of this awesome creation Man.
IT BEGINS WITH:
ORIENTATION AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN BODY:
1. Anatomy
& Physiology of the Man
2. The
Chemical composition of the Body
3. Cell
structure and Genetic regulation
4. Enzymes,
Energy and metabolism
5. Membrane
transport and the membrane potential
6. Histology
7. Homeostasis
and control mechanisms
SUPPORT AND MOVEMENT OF
THE HUMAN BODY:
1. The
Integumentary System
2. Skeletal
System
3. Articulations
4. Muscular
System
5. Surface
Anatomy and Body Topography
INTEGRATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
OF THE HUMAN BODY:
1. Functional
Organization of neural tissue
2. Central
nervous system
3. Peripheral
nervous system
4. Autonomic
nervous system
5. Sensory
organs
6. Endocrine
system
REGULATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF THE HUMAN BODY:
1. Circulatory
system
2. Cardiac
output, Blood flow, and Blood
pressure
3. Blood composition
and clotting mechanisms
4. Immune
system
5. Respiratory
system
6. Digestive
system
7. Urinary
system
Talking about the REGULATION
[adjustment; order; management; direction; organization] and MAINTENANCE [support; carrying;
preserving; keeping; upholding]
of the body, it’s in the circulatory system or “blood flow”!
We understand that it takes all the systems working together
for the body to function properly, but the focus is on the “blood system” or “circulatory system”.
As you look at
the name of our Creator Eloheem, He is the God of "blood"! The
blood in our bodies gets its red color from the pigment “hemoglobin”, which transport oxygen and carbon dioxide through the
body.
Hemoglobin in the (Greek)
is haima: and so is Blood from the (Greek)
word hai’ma!
So the life of these flesh bodies we live in is in the blood
that’s circulating in it. This is in the natural, so how much more having the BLOOD OF JESUS IN US! This life comes
from God and He designed the body this way!
What an AWESOME GOD!
As you look into the Bible you can see “blood” circulating throughout the pages of the scriptures to
cleanse what was our “guilty stains”!
Though under the Old Covenant there was the usage of the blood of animals,
but when the New Covenant was established, God used the blood of His Son!
Then said he, Lo, I
come to do thy will O God. He taketh
away the first that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through
the offering of THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL (Hebrews 10:9-10).
(Genesis1:26) in relation to the Man (awdawm’) his name
means to show “blood” in the face! In
Revelation 19:13 “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his name is called The Word of God”! From Genesis to Revelation there is “blood”.
~ Apostle Gracie Perry
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