The Blood That Speaks a Better Word

But you ( HAVE COME ) to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Notice I Highlighted.. Have Come ....It does not say Will Come.

Someone recently wrote to Me & said that thay were to Bakersfield, Ca some 30 Years ago.

This Person said His Friend was driving & that they were passing through Bakersfield & stopped for Gas.

All that this Person could remember about the Place ( Bakersfield they had stopped for Gas ) was it was Extremely FOGGY! & That they could see nothing. They gased up & went on their way.

Now Christians Need to Get Their Heads out of the FOG.......Be-Cause when God Said You..( HAVE COME )

You Need to Stop...Take Notice... & See...& Understand ...Where it is... He has Said You Arrived at !

Now if I Told You....Again.....That When You arrive at such a Place, Would You take a Closer Look for... All The Benefits, Blessings, Promises of God, Your Father would have for You ?? Believe & Receive !

Not Just - passing through LIFE.....You are NOW ...ALIVE........Do Not miss out on the Life God wants You To Have.

It is all about His Promises That We ( Receive when Believing ) in order to Develope FAITH HOPE & LOVE.

God Desires.....The.......Very, Very Best for His Children, & We just Need to Really Realize How much He is Right There for Us.

Some Twentyfive plus Years ago... A Dear Apostle of God & Dear Friend was Preaching That verse.

& We Both Looked at each other.... and started to ...Laugh out of Our Control....He could not continue to Preach.

This is Such a Wonderful, Amazing, Revelation, of Great News....So Allow Him to Show You all that He has Planned & Prepared for You.

Get.... Caught up...In This Great News!

This passage is from one of the most powerful in the New Testament. It follows the great "roll call of faith" in Chapter 11. Chapter 12 begins by saying that since we are surrounded by this great cloud of witnesses - great people of faith who have gone before us and are in the stands cheering us on - we need to run our race with perseverance and keep our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our Faith. Then the writer goes on to talk about God's Kingdom. We didn't come to the foot of a mountain trembling in fear, we have come to the City of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem.

In this city are the angels and the saints of God, Jesus, our Mediator, and his blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Able.

What does that mean, that the blood of Jesus speaks a better word than the blood of Abel?

Abel was the victim of the first murder. He was killed by his brother Cain out of jealousy, because God accepted Abel's sacrifice and rejected Cain's. The blood of Abel cried out for justice. The blood of Abel cried out for vengeance.

Jesus was also a victim of injustice and violence. He was sinless and blameless, yet He was executed in a cruel manner on the cross. But unlike Abel, Jesus shed his blood willingly as a sacrifice for sin. So the blood of Jesus doesn't cry out for vengeance. The blood of Jesus speaks of mercy and forgiveness, which is a nobler, more gracious message. The blood of Jesus speaks mercy and offers righteousness, a better word than the blood of Abel.

It is because of that blood and because of that sacrifice, because of that message that we can come before God cleansed of our sin. The next verse (verse 25) says that we need to be sure that we do not refuse, or reject the one Who speaks.

Have you refused the blood of Jesus and it's offer of mercy and forgiveness?