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Introduction
What element is Foundational to all of life, both physical and spiritual? The Blood!
Without blood, our physical bodies would die; without Christâs blood, our spiritual bodies would die.
Leviticus 17:11a: The life of the flesh is in the blood.
The Scripture expounds the foundational significance of  blood.
Please read Genesis 9:1-5Â
In this passage, Noah has come safely through the floodwaters. God has a new set of instructions for Noah to live by. Prior to this, humans had not been given permission to eat meat; now God gives them permission to eat the flesh of animals.
However, there is a caveat. They cannot eat flesh that still has its lifeblood. Or, as the New American Standard Version puts it, âyou shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.â
Not Just a Symbol
Blood is not just a symbol of life and death, but it is the life of the flesh.
The principle of lifeblood was so important to God that He instituted the death penalty against anyone who took the life of another human. This death penalty was against humans and animals…
