The Blood of Jesus

Nel showed me something about the name Adam today, it contains the word blood in Hebrew!  So, I started digging a bit deeper.  Here are the Hebrew words to consider:

• אֲדָמָה Adamah – out of the earth God created  Genesis 2:19
• אָדָם (aleph, dalet, mem) Adam – man
• אָדַם Adam – the red (i.e. red earth) [same spelling, one different vowel]
• דָּם (dalet, mem) Blood (dam) – contained in the name Adam

Did the Lord God give a random and meaningless name to his first creation?  Of course not!  The combination of both ‘bloody’ and ‘earthly’ aspects form the original components not only of Adam’s identity, but of the Lord’s message to His creation: this ‘flesh and blood’ man.  We know that the Bible shows the significance of the blood ‘dam’ of living creatures, but it all starts here, in the name ‘Adam’.

What struck me was the idea that salvation through the blood of Yeshua (Jesus) was embedded within the very beginning of our creation.  It is only by the shedding of blood there is forgiveness and salvation (Hebrews 9:22).

When Esau traded his bloodline birthright for some red lentil stew (Genesis 25:29-34). Esau traded that which was holy (his bloodline birthright) for that which was from the earth (literally give me the red (ha adam)).  This answers the question raised in Roman 9:13 as to why God hated Esau.  We must never trade what is holy for earthly flesh.  There is nothing more holy or precious than the shed blood of Jesus.

Leviticus 17:11 tells us that life is in the blood, and atonement comes by  blood sacrifice.  Hebrews 9:11-15 reveals that the blood of Christ sacrificed once and for all is our eternal redemption.

Let’s consider seven times Jesus bled for us, His blood was shed for all of us and for all our needs.

1. Luke 22:44 It was in the Garden of Eden that Adam lost his authority over earth when he sinned and ate fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was also in a garden, the Garden of Gethsemane, we find the first shedding of Jesus’ blood for us.
2. When Jesus acknowledged that He was the Son of God they spat in His face and beat and slapped Him with their fists (Matthew 26:67-68 ref Isaiah 50:6). From Psalm 133  we know that the beard speaks of unity. It is through this we come together as one.
3. Matthew 27:26 The Roman Governor, Pilate, ordered Jesus flogged. Jesus paid for our healing from all disease. Isaiah 53:5
4. Matthew 27:29 The crown of thorns was mockingly pressed onto Jesus’ head and so he bled. This precious blood gives us the pathway to a renewed mind and Godly decision making, healing of depression and other mental illnesses.
5. Jesus bled when they drove spikes through his wrists/hands into the cross. Again, this is reflected at the beginning in Genesis 39:3.  We are also the recipients of this blessing: for with our hands we have the power of Jesus to bless, heal and take authority over all things in the name of Jesus.
6. Jesus bled  when they drove spikes through his feet into that Golgotha cross. With our feet we can take dominion over every place the sole of our foot touches (Deuteronomy 11:34) and with our feet we can exercise the Great Commission of Mark 16:15 where we are commissioned to go into all the world.
7. Finally, Jesus bled when the soldier drove a spear into His side to make certain he was dead as John 19:34 shows that blood and water poured out. By this time Jesus was dead. He had given up His spirit and laid down His life to redeem us, being made a curse hanging on a tree. He died in physical pain and agony.  But he also died in unbelievable suffering under the weight of our sins, for the first time in His life, he felt the total and absolute separation from His Father.

We can truly sing there is power in the blood of Jesus!  From the very beginning of creation of man (Adam) the blood has been embedded into history where ultimately it was God’s own blood that bought us out of hell itself.

Here is a wonderful worship song by Joshua Aaron in Hebrew and English which we hope you will sing.

Oh the blood of Jesus, Oh the blood of Jesus It washes white as snow
Ho damo shel Yeshua, Ho damo shel Yeshua K’sheleg malbeen