The Blood

Countless sonnets and songs have been written about the blood of Jesus Christ. I've personally sat in worship services where we sang songs saying "Oh the precious blood of Jesus" and have heard people describe the blood as "beautiful." Even in our prayers we pray and plead the blood of Jesus over circumstances and happenings of life.

Unless you've jumped on the recent "Twilight" bandwagon, there probably is much that is exciting about blood.

If I were someone opposite my present self, someone who had perhaps never heard of Christ or the events of Calvary, how would I react to such? Lets pretend I walked into a foreign country and therein was a temple where people were rejoicing over the blood of their God, truthfully, I think I would get a little freaked out. I'd probably haul my heavy self as far away from those involved in the experience as fast as I my legs would take me.

So if for some reason friend, you find yourself asking similar questions, perhaps asking "What makes the blood of Christ so significant that it would be counted precious as diamonds and lovely as roses?"
It is because once you have experience the blood, there is nothing like it. According to what we read in scripture, sin (which is the unavoidable result of being imperfect) has a demand... Sin demands death (Romans 6:23). The only cure or relief from sin is DEATH. I'm sure when you read that, some sort of depressing or gothic image flashed in your mind. But that is where the beauty of the blood comes in. The blood of Christ is significant because Christ relieved us from the curse of sin by taking our sin upon himself. We owed a debt that we could not pay, and he paid our debts which he did not owe. This friend is why we celebrate the blood.