If you go to the book of Exodus, you will find that is where God declared to the children of Israel, that in order to be delivered from bondage, set free from the slavery in which they were in, in Egypt, Blood had to be applied. Exodus 12:13

Lets just take a glimpse back to Genesis. We will find in chapter four that Abels sacrifice was brought about by blood and according to scripture God was pleased with it, but was not pleased with Cains sacrifice which was the fruit of the ground. That tells us something, anything but the Blood. What can wash away my sin, nothing but the blood of Jesus. I will go a bit more in detail on how important the shedding of blood really is.

Lets go forward to Exodus chapter twelve. It was very important that there be a lamb for a household which tells us something. That I can not depend on someone else for my salvation or what someone else experiences. I have to accept the Lamb or the Blood offering for myself. Please take note, that it was in the evening that this took place and it was symbolic of the sacrifice that Jesus would pay in dying on the cross. If you note in Hebrews chapter ten verse eleven, that there was a continuous offering up of sacrifices for the people but the Bible says it could never take away sin. So you see that the priest had very little rest as there was a continual work to be done. In verse twelve we read that when Christ offered himself, the one and only sacrifice, he sat down, this signifying that the sacrifice was complete. It was for the whole world but there must be an acceptance of that sacrifice that was made on Calvary. That the Blood of Jesus Christ, Gods son, cleanse us from all sin, anything that is unlike God must be covered by the Blood.

You can recognize God, you can truthfully say I or we believe there is a God, the Bible says that the Devils believe and he fears and trembles. One must go a little further then believing there is a God. One must believe there is and there is a covering for sin, and nothing else only the Blood of Jesus.

There was no other atonement made, the only true Blood that was shed was what was shed that day some two thousand years ago to take away sin forever. When God gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life. When God sees that Blood applied to the hearts by faith in the Lamb that was slain.

I will end with this little thought for you. Can you imagine the look on the high priest face that evening when he went in to offer up the evening sacrifice. When God was doing something else outside. The bible says when Jesus said, it is finished the Vail that was separating the Holy of Holies, it was rent in twain from the top to the bottom thereby giving access to the presence of God. Do not ever conceive the idea that you can enter into the presence of God without the Blood applied. He said when I see the Blood I will pass over you. You can say, well I say my prayers, I read my Bible. That is good in itself to read your Bible but you need to accept Jesus Christ into your heart by faith.

By grace are ye saved that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God onto salvation. Through faith believing on the finish work on Calvary forsaking the things of the world and turning to God.