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The Blood
“But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe”
(John 19:34-35).
Prior to William Harvey’s discovery of the circulation of the blood in 1628, little had been known about its real value. In fact, blood was thought to be the source of sickness and disease rather than life and its defense. The sad truth is that the sick were often bled to get rid of illness. George Washington’s death is said to have been hastened by the practice of what was known as “blood letting.”
How much value do we as believers place on the life-giving blood of Jesus and its cleansing power? Is it precious to our hearts? “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold … but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Peter 1:18-19). May the blood of Jesus Christ become more precious to us today, as we consider and remember that great sacrifice of the Lamb of God at Calvary.
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