The blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. -- HEB.12:24. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. -- It is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Abel, . . . brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof . . . The Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering. -- Christ . . . hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. -- Having . . . boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. John 1:29. -Rev.13:8. -Heb.10:4,5,10.Gen.4:4. -Eph.5:2.Heb.10:22. -Heb.10:19. |