The Bible tells us that
only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us from sin, but how does this happen? Two
realms exist—the natural (physical) realm and the spiritual realm. Jesus shed
His blood on the cross in the natural realm, but His blood also has a tangible element in the spiritual realm
that exists for all eternity.
JESUS TOOK HIS BLOOD INTO HEAVEN AFTER HE DIED. In the Old
Testament, the high priest sprinkled the blood of a goat on the mercy seat
in the temple to cover for the sins of Israel for one year. They followed
this ritual for centuries, which taught the people what Jesus
would do with His blood after He died.
On the cross, “Jesus
cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit, and
behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom
(Matt. 27:50-51). Hebrews 9:11-12 tells us Jesus entered into heaven with
His own blood to obtain eternal redemption. I believe that in His Spirit Jesus took His blood to
heaven and sprinkled it on the Mercy Seat in Holy Place in heaven.
This explains why the
veil in the earthly temple was torn in two from top to bottom (heaven to
earth). At the moment Jesus made atonement in heaven, God split the veil apart
to show that He had opened the way to heaven for us. This happened immediately after He died, not when He later ascended
into heaven in His resurrected body.
HOW HIS BLOOD CLEANSES US. Although Jesus made
it possible for all to be saved, it is up to each person to receive
salvation. Jesus came to “save His people from their sins” (Matt.
1:21). A sin is any unholy thought, word or deed. No one has ever seen a sin
because it exists in the spiritual realm. In the natural realm, we understand sins
only as actions, but apparently each sin
also has a tangible element in the spiritual realm. You must be cleansed from
all sins on your soul before you can enter into heaven after you die.
When you call out to Jesus to be saved, His blood is
applied to your sins (even the worst sin imaginable), which completely cleanses
your soul. Just as soap is more powerful than dirt, His blood is more powerful
than your sins. He has “released us from our sins by His blood” (Rev. 1:5).
1 John 1:7 says that the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.
Therefore, “What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy” (Acts 10:15). And
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