Blood is truly the river of life. It is the red liquid that circulates in humans and other vertebrate animals. Without it our body could not function at all. It does have a way of purifying itself. It is a crafty human tissue made of millions of microscopic elements which use as an element of suspension the liquid called plasma and also as a source of transportation to circulate throughout the body and do all the functions that it requires in order to be balanced and healthy.
The overall importance of the circulatory system is that it transports gases like oxygen from the lungs to cells around the body and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs. It also transport the waste from the cells to organs in charge of elimination, helps the cells in their task of fighting off infections and in the elimination of foreign molecules, maintains healthy pH levels and ionic concentrations of fluids, and helps maintain body temperature.
In the Bible, the soul is said to be in the blood because blood is so intimately involved in the life processes of all the cells in the human body. Blood, like the soul, is the most commonly tested part. Every cell gets its nutrient from blood.
God's Word says :"An Israelite who kills a cow or a sheep or a goat as an offering to the Lord anywhere except at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence has broken the Law. He has shed blood and shall no longer be considered one of God's people."
The meaning of this command is that the people of Israel shall now bring to the Lord the animals which they used to kill in the open country. They shall now bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent and kill them as fellowship offerings.
The priest shall throw the blood against the sides of the altar at the entrance of the Tent and burn the fat to produce an odor that is pleasing to the Lord.
The people of Israel must no longer be unfaithful to the Lord by killing their animals in the fields as sacrifices to the goat demons.
The people of Israel must keep this regulation for all time to come. Leviticus 17: 3-7
"If any Israelite or any foreigner living in the community eats meat with blood still in it, the Lord will turn against him and no longer consider him one of his people.
The life of every living thing is in the blood, and that is why the Lord has commanded that all blood be poured out on the altar to take away the people's sins. Leviticus 17: 10-11
For that reason Jesus said, "Whoever loses his soul for the sake of me, the good news will save it. Really, of what benefit is it for a man to gain the whole world and to forfeit his soul? What, really, would a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark 8: 35-37
Similarly, he stated, "He that is fond of his soul destroys it, but he that hates his soul in this world will safeguard it for everlasting life."John 12: 25
Soul is used to express in a symbolic way the life in the spirit, while blood represents life in the physical body.
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