The Problem with Blood

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. Psalm 51:14 NASB Bloodguiltiness – Unfortunately this text doesn’t actually say “bloodguiltiness.” That is an interpolation of the actual word, dam. The text literally says, “Rescue me from blood.”   It could also be read, “Deliver…

Bloodbath

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; . . . Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – You know, sometimes I think that all we do is circulate around poor exegesis of the Genesis text and as a result all kinds of doctrinal and ecclesiastical stupidities result. So I hate…

The Thin Red Line (1)

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.  Leviticus 17:11  ESV Blood – Christian apologists often claim that the blood of Christ shed on the cross…

Blood Brothers

And Moses took the blood and sprinkled on the people and said, “Behold, the blood of the covenant which YHWH has cut with you concerning these things.” Exodus 24:8  (J. Green translation) Blood – The New Testament authors lay emphasis on the blood of Yeshua.  We now take it for granted that they are expressing…