tirsdag 5. februar 2019

Abels blood or Jesus blood?

Gen 4:10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

The blood of Abel was crying out from the ground. It reached heaven, and got Gods attention. Whatever the blood was saying, it caused God to ask Cain the question; what have you done? The blood was crying out for justice. It was crying out for revenge. It is just like when investigators come to a crime scene.  With all their tools and technology they can read a lot and understand what have happened. A fingerprint, a hair and a blood stain can tell them a lot. In this crime, there was a spiritual message the blood sent to heaven. And all the clues pointed to Cain. He was the guilty. 
But in the book of Hebrew we find a similar verse. 

Heb 12:24  And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.


This blood is also speaking a message. It speaks of forgiveness and justification. Before this blood we were guilty. It is almost like the defensive advocate says we have some new evidence that is bringing new light to the trial. This evidence proofs my client is not guilty. While Abels blood cried for revenge and consequence, Jesus blood cried for forgiveness and acquittal. 
In every situation in life where someone hurts us, we have a choice to make. Will we let the blood of Abel speak? That is our flesh. It always cries out for revenge. Or shall we let the blood of Jesus speak? That is our Spirit. It always cries out for forgiveness.
Let the blood of Jesus speak in every situation of your life. Let us bring forgiveness and love, not revenge and hatred. 

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