Revelation 12:11 KJV

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That weapon is the precious Blood of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Back in Egypt when the Lord instituted the first Passover, He commanded Moses to place the blood of a lamb on the door post of every house and placed the Israelites in charge of the blood of the lamb;

"And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it."

"For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD."

"And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt."

Exodus 12:7,13,14 KJV

 
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The Lord has allowed His covenant people to use this weapon now for four thousand years. 

Fifteen hundred years after the first Passover was celebrated, the son of the Living god came into the scene at the Jordan River to be baptized by His cousin John the Baptist and under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit he declared. . .

"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." 

John 1:29 KJV

Just three years later as the Lord was celebrating the Passover with His disciples that was originally established in Egypt. . . 

Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 
Take, eat; this is my body. 

And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
 

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With the arrival of the Messiah and His sacrificial death on the cross, our God has made provisions through the shed blood of His Son for a New Covenant and a new breed of covenant people.

"they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb.”

The devil does not like this blood; in fact, he runs away from it as far as he can. 

The blood of a lamb that was used back in Egypt on the door posts was not able to remove sin from mankind; what it did do was to purify the flesh. 

Hebrews 10:4 declares that "it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." 

Although many people think that the author of the book of Hebrews is the apostle Paul, it has never been confirmed that he was the actual writer of the book.

"who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man."

"For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren."

The precious blood of our Master. . .

Waiting for a revealing answer, this is a question that many of my unsaved acquaintances have asked me, almost with an inconceivable look on their faces. 

Being the question of the ages, sometimes it goes without a proper answer. 

I think the time has come to make it very clear once and for all why this precious blood was shed.

E.D.S