“And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.”
Exodus 24:7-8 KJV
Sprinkling of the blood by Moses ratified the covenant after he read out the law and the children of Israel promised to obey it. In Christ, we have come to Jesus, the One Who mediates the New Covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled Blood of Jesus Himself, which speaks of forgiveness. Christ Jesus shed His own Blood to ratify His Covenant with mankind - He is the Mediator of the New Covenant interceding for us. God made this eternal, irrevocable, unbreakable Covenant with the Church and Christ’s Blood activates it. The old covenant blessings depended on the obedience to the law written on stone tablets and the sins were covered and forgiven for a time. The New Covenant blessings depend on our faith in the finished work of the Cross, written in our spirit and the Blood of Jesus cleanses our conscience completely, removing our sins forever. The old was a shadow of the reality of Christ freely made available to us today. We rejoice in You, Lord Jesus!
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