the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls. For it is the blood by reason of the life (or person) in him that makes atonement (atonement = cleansing/removal).” In other words, there are two significant qualities in the blood: 1. on one side it has a cleansing effect, 2. and on the other side it sustains the life, the person in itself. This we already know from the medical science: 1. The blood cleanses us from all potential toxic influences from the inside and outside. If our blood would not cleanse and regenerate us all the time, our life respectively our soul or our person would leave our body. Spiritually applied the blood of Jesus Christ is the only cleansing agent with which we can “detoxify/cleanse” “sin”, which means our being separated from God. Just as a severe blood poisoning or other serious illnesses can only be compensated with fresh blood, likewise our spiritual poisoning of the alienation from God can only be restored with the blood respectively the spiritual life of the person Jesus Christ. No second creature under heaven has ever provided his own blood and life for the spiritual restoration just as our Creator God in his incarnate form. In analogy Jesus Christ bled on the Cross for that. No other blood respectively life under heaven could ever become our life than God’s alone. I want to clarify that still with another picture: 2. As for example missing electricity can only be replaced by a new incoming electrical current, likewise missing life can only be replaced by new incoming life. But where or who is the spring of all human life? Jesus says of himself: “I am the resurrection and the life; he 69
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