The other week I went to get an annual blood test and during
some banter joked with the pathologist taking my blood. When I left the pathology,
I began thinking about how marvellous our blood is. Through
running the various tests, they can answer various questions regarding our
health.
I then began to think
about the passage in the Bible that states,
“You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the
life of every creature is its blood…” (Lev 17:14).
This instruction was given within the context of guidelines regarding
the eating of blood, Lev 17:10-13. So, the blood of every living thing carries its life, and without blood, we would die.
Maybe you have heard
the saying that someone or something is the ‘lifeblood’ of the company/place/thing etc. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as being,
“the thing that keeps something strong and healthy and is
necessary for successful development.”[1]
It is possible that this idea has arison from the above passage in Leviticus.
My thoughts then went
to the blood of Jesus Christ that He gave in His death on the Cross. That means
that He has no more blood. Notice that when Jesus appeared to the disciple
after His death, He said that,
“See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Touch Me, and
see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have”
(Lk 24:39 ESV).
Usually, we would say flesh and blood, but here Jesus said
flesh and bones. Also, notice that Jesus had a post-resurrection body, which
had already atoned for sin. So whether we have blood in heaven remains to be
seen, but until then it is the life carrier in our body.
Pause
in His presence for a moment and think this over…
[1] “Lifeblood.” https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lifeblood (20th November 2019).
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