Nothing But The Blood

Romans 5:9-10

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!


Ephesians 1:7-8

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.


Hebrews 9:11-12

When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.


Before I begin, I will give a few definitions on some of the words.
Justification, in Christian theology, is when one has been acquitted or declared innocent.
Redemption, in Christian theology, is a ransom paid by the blood of Christ that delivers us from the bondage of sin.
We see in Romans that through the blood of Jesus Christ, we, meaning Christians, have been declared innocent in the eyes of God. Because of this, His wrath passes over us. I'm not going to post the verses, but in Exodus, the Feast of the Passover is established as a precursor to this very thing. Whereas, the children of Israel were to cover the doorposts with lamb's blood that would keep the Angel of Death from bringing God's wrath upon the firstborn male of their house. Back to the verses in Romans, it says that the blood of Christ has saved us from God's wrath, but how much greater is life in Christ if His death did so much! Wow!
Ephesians is another verse dealing with the blood of Jesus. We see that it was the only payment that would be accepted. It is the ransom that no one else could pay. Think back to the Old Testament, way before Christ. Up until the death of Christ, the only way to receive forgiveness of sins was to shed the blood of a spotless lamb. A sacrifice had to be made. Once Jesus laid down His life for us, the final sacrifice was made. Why did He do this? Ephesians says that it was because of God's grace. In other words, He gave us what we did not deserve (life in Christ) and did not give us what we did (death everlasting because of sin). The verses posted from Hebrews elaborates that Christ became the high priest. In the Old Testament, only the priest came before God to place the sacrifice for the many. However, we now have a great high priest in Christ, whom we can take our sins to. For eternal redemption has been established by the precious blood of Jesus Christ.