It's all about the blood!
Matt 26:27-28
Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28 For
this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
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Col 1:13-14
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
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Heb 9:22
In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood
there is no forgiveness.
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1 Cor 11:27-29
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of
the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For
he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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1 Peter 1:17-19
And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, conduct
yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things,
like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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Heb 10:19-22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a
new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house
of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse
us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
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1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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Rom 3:22-25
There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith
in his blood.
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Heb 9:11-15
But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not
made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered
the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of
a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions
under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
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Rev 19:11-13
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns.
He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name
is called The Word of God.
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Rev 7:13-15
Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come
from?" 14 And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and
washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him
day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them.
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The sacrifice and blood of Jesus is the carrying over, or fulfillment of the sacrificing of bulls and sheep in the Old covenant, the Torah, the book of the law. It was necessary then, it was necessary for Jesus. It was necessary for us that God sent his son as a sacrifice for our sin. That is why he is so worthy of praise.