DAILY?READINGS: 1 Kings 21; Jeremiah 32:26-44; Hebrews 4:1-13
When I see the blood I will pass over you. Exodus 12:13
The precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish. 1 Peter 1:19
Life was taken when blood was shed in Old Testament times for “the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev.17:11). Being only a picture of something infinitely more wonderful, it was often spoken of as “the blood” without saying whose blood was in view. But in the New Testament, it is clearly the precious blood of Christ. The element must not be considered on its own as having the power to cleanse unless associated with the One who gave His life by shedding His blood. Let us speak or sing about His blood reverently. —C. F. Anderson
Precious, precious blood of Jesus, shed on Calvary,
Shed for rebels, and for sinners, shed for me! —F. R. Havergal