Tag: Blood
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The Land Bought by Blood – Genesis 49:11-12
Genesis 49:11-12 “Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.” Now the picture widens again. The Deliverer is no longer seen only…
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Bought and Given Seed – Genesis 47:23-24
Genesis 47:23-24 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be…
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The One Listening All Along – Genesis 42:22-23
Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. Reuben finally says what had been hanging in the air all along. “His blood is required.” That is the language of guilt. Not inconvenience.…
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We are guilty – Genesis 42:19–21
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. And they said one to…
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Given with Gratitude – Genesis 9:3-4
Genesis 9:3-4 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. This is a new word for a new world. Before the Flood, man is not told to…
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One Cup or the Other – Revelation 16:5-6
Revelation 16:5, 6 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. This is one of those…
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When the Water Turns – Revelation 16:4
Revelation 16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. If the second bowl was horrifying, this one is even more personal. Now it is not only the sea that is struck. The rivers are hit. The springs are hit. The fountains are hit.…
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The God of Peace Finishes What He Starts – Hebrews 13:20–21
Hebrews 13:20–21 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom…
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The House Marked by Blood – Hebrews 11:28
Hebrews 11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. Imagine that night in Egypt. A father has his family inside. The meal is prepared. The air feels heavy. Outside, judgment is coming. No one in that house is saying, “We’ll probably be…
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Blood and Forgiveness — Hebrews 9:18–22
Hebrews 9:18–22 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, Saying, This is the blood of…