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What's With All the Blood in the Bible?

10/25/2020

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We have an unspoken agreement in our home: my husband is the puke guy. He’s also the blood guy… the splinter guy… the otherwise “any bodily fluids” guy.
 
I gladly handle dirty dishes, dirty laundry, and dirty floors. But I simply cannot stomach that other stuff.
 
When I read through the Old Testament, I often think to myself, Really, Lord?  Not just a few, but many stories and scriptures are not quite censored for those with weak stomachs.
​Case in point: Exodus 12 is the first time Moses addresses the entire community of Israel as a congregation, a united people. In this inaugural address, do you know what he tells them to do?
  1. Select a lamb or goat from among their flock and bring it into the house to live with them for a while
  2. Kill said lamb or goat
  3. Spread its blood over the doorposts of the home
  4. Cook and eat the flesh
 
Then, and only then, would they be saved from God’s wrath about to be poured out on the Egyptians. And this event wasn’t just meant to be a one-time ordeal, God told them to observe “Passover” indefinitely, in the first month of each year.
 
So what is the deal with all of the blood in the Bible?...
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