- Christ who gave His life for us (Deut 12:23)
Lev 17:11, Heb 9:22, 25-26
In the Old Testament, God forbade the Israelites to eat blood because blood was life. Also, because life is in the blood, blood made atonement for sins. (Deut 12:23, Lev 17:11)
Deut 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Jesus, the Christ, gave His blood to God for the forgiveness of our sins. (Hebrews 9:22,25-26)
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.