The Seven Significant Places Christ Shed His Blood
This is not the beginning or the end but it is the pivotal doorway that allows us to once again look at one of the most powerful events in all the Bible. It reveals God's plan and shows us how Christ was obedient and shed His precious blood for all mankind. He is in the garden and He is praying not my will, but thy will be done. Judas betrays him and they come to take Him captive and then we have one of the most powerful verses in all the Bible in John 18:4. It says, Jesus knowing all things that would come upon Him went forward and said, "Whom do you seek?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth." And He said, "I am He." Did you see that? Jesus knew all things that would come upon Him and yet he went forward and surrendered. This is when talk turned into walk and Jesus walked up, went forward and continued to fulfill the plan of God. Jesus was in the garden praying when He went forward, and this garden scene points to another garden scene long ago.
In one garden scene it is passover week and Jesus the lamb of God is to be slain for the sins of all mankind and He is saying, "It is I whom you seek". In the other garden scene creation had disobeyed and sinned and God is saying, "Adam where are you?" What a picture of God's grace. What a picture of His love. What an ideal of His plan. God the creator seeking to restore broken relationship and deal with the issue of sin through a sacrifice and the blood that would be shed through that sacrifice. You see sin changes us, not God. Adam hid, but God pursued. He knew where Adam was, but Adam had to realize where He was. In the other garden scene in John 18 Jesus went forward and died for the sins of all mankind, but we like Adam have to realize our condition. The Bible says, we have all sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God. We are all like Adam, a fallen creation in need of a savior.
Adam had been given authority to name every animal in the garden. He had been given all dominion over every living thing but he had disobeyed and sinned, so there had to be a sacrifice. Something had to die. Blood had to be shed. The act that God would preform would be a mirror, a shadow of the things to come. God would kill something as a sacrifice and atonement and clothe His creation with it's blood and provision. The very thing Adam had named, God killed and clothed he and Eve with its blood and provision. Jesus became that second Adam and we are clothed in His righteousness through His blood and provision of His atonement.
Christ the second Adam was named by Joseph through the instructions of the angel of the Lord. "His name shall be called Jesus for He shall save His people from their sin." Jesus was slain and His blood was shed for the redemption of all mankind. We were clothed in His righteousness and in His provision. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Remember Jesus is in the garden (John 18) and it is passover week and a lamb must be slain, and blood must be shed. We see this example in the Old Testament with the Lamb, the Blood and the Passover regarding the children of Israel.
What is Passover? What does it mean? And what is its significance for us today regarding this story of Jesus whom is about to shed His blood for all mankind? The children of Israel were held captive by Pharaoh. God had sent the plagues, but now He was about to do something very significant. God declared He would send the death angel to visit every home and the first born of every home and family who didn't have the blood applied to the door of their home would die. But where would the blood come from? It would come from the lamb. The lamb that they would raise in their home. The lamb that knew. The lamb that they had named. The lamb was commonly used in sacrifices. But this time it was different because this lamb had to live in their home for three days, but nonetheless their had to be a sacrifice. There had to be a death. There had to be blood shed. And if the blood was shed and applied to the doorpost of the home the death angel would passover and they would be freed from Pharaohs bondage and would flee Egypt in pursuit of the Promised Land. There was the sacrifice, the meal, and the celebration; but it was the blood of the sacrifice that brought their freedom and this was where Passover originated. The Bible says, The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. You see when Christ's blood is applied to our live through the forgiveness of sin and faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ; death passes over us and we have the gift of eternal life.
But don't forget Jesus is in the garden surrendering His life and going forward for you and me. He is saying, "It is I... I am the one whom you seek" and this is where talk turned into walk. The precious lamb of God would shed His blood for all mankind and would be the final sacrifice for all who believe. We would be set free from sin and every other bondage that holds us captive as we apply the precious blood of Christ to those areas of our life. Christ's blood is precious and all so powerful and there is significance in the shed blood of Christ.
He shed His blood in seven places and there is significance in those seven times. You see in the Old Testament the priest would catch the blood of the sacrifice in a basin and sprinkle that blood on the altar seven times. The children of Israel also sprinkled the blood of the lamb on the door posts of their homes seven times. And finally we see that Jesus Christ the lamb of God shed his precious blood in seven significant places for all mankind. As we apply it to every area of our lives we will find power and freedom for those specific area of our lives.
Christ stood his ground in the earth between what was, and what was to come and He said, "It is I, I am the one whom you seek." This is where talk turned into walk. He went forward and embraced all the things that He knew would come upon Him and He shed His blood for you, me and all mankind...
The Seven Significant Places Christ Shed His Blood:1. The Garden- in the garden He shed great drops of blood to give us the power to do the right thing. He said, "not thy will but thine be done." The Garden deals with our "
will" and it gives us the power to do what we should, not what we want.
2. The Whipping Post- the whipping post is where He took thirty nine stripes and they say there are thirty nine known root causes to all sickness. The Bible tells us that by His stripes we are healed. The precious blood at the whipping post gives us power for
health.
3. The Internal Bleeding- it says He was bruised; that is internal bleeding. This blood was internal and gives us freedom and power those things that are internal such as our fears, our hurts and our insecurities. The precious blood that was internal gives us power for our
emotions.
4. The Crown of Thorns- as they pushed the crown of thorns on His head the blood that was shed ran over His head and into His eyes, ears and mouth. So that we can plead the power of this precious blood over what we see, hear and say. The precious blood from the crown of thorns gives us power over our
minds. It gives us peace of mind and the power to think the right things.
5. The Hands- most people would agree that Christ was nailed through the wrist, however the wrist is still part of the hand and the precious blood that was shed gives us power over what we touch and the strength to take back those things that are ours through what Christ did. This precious blood from His hands gives us power for the
present.
6. The Feet- again most people agree He was nailed above the feet in the ankle area, however He was nailed there to support Himself and this precious blood brings support and stability to our coming and going in everyday life; where we walk and the areas we need to make a stand. The precious blood from His feet gives us the power and hope for our
future.
7. The Side- the side is where He shed both blood and water. It is interesting that the majority of people who have studied the crucifixion say that Christ shed all the blood and water from His body. Some say there is a sack of water around the heart and that Jesus died of a broken heart. The blood that was shed from His side and heart is symbolic of purification and cleansing. The precious blood that was shed from His side gives us power for
salvation and fullness of joy.
The precious blood of Christ is significant for every area of our lives. We can plead this blood over all of these areas of our lives and have power and hope for our past, our present and our future. Jesus Christ lived, died and rose again. He is making intercession for us now, and one day He will return to take us home to be with Him forever... That's the plan of God and Jesus fulfilled the plan
When He Turned Talk into Walk.