Cleansing by Blood

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This expression often occurs in Leviticus, but in the New Testament in Heb. 9 and 1 John 1 only, “The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” To understand this we naturally turn back to the sin-offering on the great day of atonement, when the priest made atonement for the people to “cleanse” them that “they might be clean from all their sine before the Lord” (Lev. 16:3030For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord. (Leviticus 16:30)). The blood shed on that day availed to cleanse the Israelites for the whole year, not by its constant application to them, but because of its enduring efficacy in the holiest, before God. So the blood shed on Calvary cleanses believers, not for a year, but forever, not by the renewal of its application, but because of its eternal efficacy.