A RIVER OF BLOOD

#2 – A New Covenant In Blood

Blood Sacrifice Today? Animal blood

sacrifice ended with the resurrection of Jesus.

Replaced with Human blood sacrifice.

Covenant must be purchased with blood.

Into The Inner Sanctuary

• Hebrews 9:2-3 – “For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and thetable and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies….

No Entrance Without Blood

• Hebrews 9:6-7 -- Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are

continually entering the outer tabernacle

performing the divine worship, but into the

second, only the high priest enters once a year,

not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people

committed in ignorance.

Jesus Entered With His Own Blood

Hebrews 9:11-12 -- But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

Covenant DEMANDS Blood

• Hebrews 9:18 -- Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

No Forgiveness Without Blood

Hebrews 9:22 -- And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Flesh And Blood

John 6:27 -- Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

Jesus Is The Bread Of Life

John 6:35, 51 -- Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst…. I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

Eating Flesh and Drinking Blood?

John 6:53-56 -- So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.

Progression Of Blood

First sacrifices: blood on the altar

Passover: Blood on the door frames

Sinai: Blood sprinkled on the people

Calvary: Drinking the blood of Jesus

Blood is imperative for eternal life

Blood Of The Covenant

Matthew 26:27-28 -- And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.

What The Blood Of Jesus Does• Hebrews 9:12 -- …and not through the blood

of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

• 9:14 --how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

What The Blood Of Jesus Does• Hebrews 10:19 -- Therefore, brethren, since

we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus….

• Hebrews 12:24 -- …and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

• Hebrews 13:20 -- Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord….

Who Is Going To Heaven?

1997 U.S. News and World Report Survey

Mother Teresa – 79% Oprah Winfrey – 66% Michael Jordan – 65% Dennis Rodman – 28% O.J. Simpson – 19%

Salvation isn’t a popularity contest!