Remission of Sin
Remission means sending away, letting go, a release, pardon, complete forgiveness. What is the meaning of a blood sacrifice? How is it applied today?
Hebrew 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. (NKJ)
God is the One who instituted the first blood covenant.
Genesis 3:21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin and clothed them. (NKJ)
The skin was seen as a boundary between the inner self and the external world, symbolizing vulnerability and protection.
The next blood sacrifice was made by Abel.
Genesis 4:2-7 Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil. 3 So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, 4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So, Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. 6 “Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.” (NKJ)
Noah offered a blood sacrifice when he came off the Ark.
Genesis 8:20-21 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. (NKJ)
Abram was instructed by God to make a sacrifice.
Genesis 15:1;7-10;13;18 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” 8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” 9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.” 10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other.
13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land…” (NKJ)
God made another blood covenant by circumcision.
Genesis 17:5-10 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” 9 And God said to Abraham: “As for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. 10 This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; (NKJ)
Abraham is used to give us a foreshadow of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Genesis 22:1-3;9-14 Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” 3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
9 When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood. 10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. 12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.” 13 Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. 14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” (NKJ)
Jacob also was instructed to make sacrifice to the Lord.
Genesis 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” (NKJ)
No sacrifices were made by the Children of Israel for 400 years while they were slaves in Egypt. May we lay upon the altar the sacrifice of self.
Galatians 5:24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (NKJ)
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