1. Covered By the Blood- Set Free Series booklet 3
Our sins are not forgiven because God overlooks what we have done, but because He sees
the Blood of Christ!
Day of Atonement
The word blood has been associated with the idea of atonement, throughout the Old
Testament. In fact there was a specific day set aside as the "Day of Atonement" during
which sacrifices were made and blood presented to God as the atonement for man's sins.
In Leviticus chapter 16-we see where on the Day of Atonement that blood was taken by the
high priest into the Most Holy Place and sprinkled before the Lord seven times. In seeing
this we should understand that although the sin offering was offered publicly in the court
of the tabernacle and could be seen by everyone; the Lord commanded that no man should
enter into the tabernacle except for the high priest.
The high priest represented a type of the Lord Jesus in His redemptive work. (see Hebrews
9:11-12) His one responsibility was to present the blood to God as something He (God) had
accepted. Therefore the blood is for God and not us. God's holiness and righteousness,
demands that a sinless life should be given for man. Blood is the source of (physical) life
and has to be shed for me and my sins, so that God will be satisfied. It is God who requires
it and He is a just and righteous God. Who are we that we might question Him? It is
worth mentioning here then; that the Blood of Christ wholly satisfies God and if it satisfies
God-it must satisfy us.
The blood not only satisfies God but it also justifies us (the sinner).
Eph 1:7 "In Him we have redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins according
to the riches of His grace."
I Peter 1:18-19 "knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver,
or gold, from your aimless conduct received by the traditions of your fathers, but with the
precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Colossians 1:14 "in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1:20 "and by Him (Jesus) to reconcile all things to Himself (God), by Him
(Jesus), whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood
of His Cross.
Eph 2:14 "For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the
middle wall of separation. (That which separated man from God caused by the fall of
Adam in the garden of Eden)

2. Our Lord's blood broke down that barrier which stood between God and Man. We
therefore now have peace with God and have been justified (made right with Him) through
the blood of Christ. There is no other way that is acceptable by God other than the blood
of Jesus in order for you or I to have access to Him and eternal life. Man's attempt to add
to this requirement by God is the basis for "false religion" and must be rejected. It is by
His blood that we might boldly go to the throne of God and by His blood only!
Romans 5:1 "Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:9 “Much more than having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him"
Saved By the Blood
All which needs to be done for you and I to be reconciled back to God has been done
through His Son Jesus Christ on the cross. We have been saved by His blood and delivered
by the cross. What I mean by that is this. God has readily accepted the blood of Christ as
the payment for the sin of mankind which occurred in the Garden of Eden. Why the blood?
I don't know the answer to that question. What we do know is that blood is life giving and
that God has decided to put a premium value upon it. So then we have been saved by the
blood of Jesus Christ. We are not saved by self effort, attempts at righteousness nor zeal to
be holy. We are saved by the blood of Christ and His blood is all that is acceptable to God
for our salvation. Therefore we are to have confidence in that salvation. That salvation is
by faith as is our deliverance from sin.
The cross is the mechanism by which God crucifies our flesh so that His Spirit might live
through us.