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Change Brings Healing: The Power of Life in the Blood

 

Change Brings Healing

Revelation 16

The life of Jesus symbolized through communion bread and cup


"For they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve." – Revelation 16:6 (KSB)

   Blood serves as a powerful image throughout Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation, symbolizing life itself. The life of every living being resides in its blood. When Scripture speaks of the blood of Jesus, it is pointing not merely to a substance, but to the life of Jesus in its fullness.

   The power of that life flows from Jesus’ pre-existence with God, His birth, ministry, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and ongoing intercession at the right hand of God. The blood of Jesus represents His entire life cycle and provides a divine pattern for navigating our own life journeys.

Firstly: Animals

   In the Old Testament, animal sacrifices symbolized life offered in response to thoughts, words, and actions that fell short of the highest and the best. Scripture declares that without the shedding of blood, there was no remission of sins.

   Once a year, priests entered the Holy of Holies carrying blood sacrifices. The life of these animals held value within their spiritual economy and served as a visible sign of atonement, restoration, and covenant relationship with God.

Secondly: Jesus

   Jesus fulfills this principle completely. In communion, the bread represents His body, and the cup represents His blood meaning His life. When blood is fully drained, it signifies transition from physical form, yet in Jesus, death was not the end but a doorway into resurrection life.

   Believers are invited to apply this truth by living as Jesus lived thinking as Jesus thought, speaking as Jesus spoke, and acting as Jesus acted. This is how one participates in the promise of doing even greater works.

Thirdly: People & Prophets

   Revelation 16 mirrors the plagues of Exodus, where water turns to blood. Water represents life, sustenance, and flow, yet when it becomes blood, it reflects lives lost through destructive thoughts, words, and actions influenced by the dragon and false prophets.

   As Revelation 16:6 declares, those who shed the blood of holy people and prophets receive blood to drink as they deserve. Water turned to blood becomes undrinkable, symbolizing the consequence of taking life physically, emotionally, spiritually, or mentally.

Conclusion

   In the divine balance of sowing and reaping, Scripture calls humanity to embrace the power found in the life of Jesus. That life brings abundance now and eternal life beyond time.

   Change brings healing. As consciousness shifts, healing unfolds whether from sickness, sores, or suffering. The life of Christ transforms what was once broken into wholeness.


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