The Blood of Jesus

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All my life I have heard about how Jesus shed his blood for us, but this weekend I heard a new thought and I haven’t stopped thinking about it.

This past week my husband Ray and I took a trip to Ashland Oregon. We went to a church there that we enjoy every time we go. They had a guest speaker this time. He said something about the crucifixion I had never heard before.

He was talking about Jesus on the cross and he said He bled out. I have always thought He died from the wounds inflicted on Him, and the stress His body went through.

After he said that I got to thinking. The only thing that could pay for our sin was perfect blood. Jesus was the only one who had perfect blood, and He shed His blood willingly.

First He bled terribly from all the beating. The Bible says after they finished beating Him, He could not be recognized as a man. That is when the bleeding began. Next they pushed a crown of horrible thorns down on His head which caused a lot more bleeding. If you have ever had a cut on your scalp you know it bleeds terribly.

After all that they nailed Him to a cross. The nails were put through His hands (wrists) and His feet. That gave Him more severe wounds from which the blood would flow.

Finally, they thrust a sword into His side to make sure He was dead. I believe at some point He had lost so much of His perfect blood through all His wounds that there was not enough blood left to sustain His life any longer.

When His friends took Him down from the cross they laid Him in a borrowed tomb. His blood must have continued to drain from His body until there was not one drop left. He didn’t just shed a little bit of blood to pay for our sin. It took every drop of His perfect blood to accomplish what He came here to do.

I believe He completely bled out to save our souls.

Think about it.