According to the Old Law Covenant established through Moses, the Most Holy Place of the Temple, the high priest and other priests serving there, and even the entire people of Israel, had to sprinkle the blood of a sacrificial animal in order to be acceptable to Yehowah Elohim.
Now, in the era of the New Covenant of Grace established by Adonai Yeshua, animal sacrifices and other sacrificial ordinances of the Law Covenant are no longer needed to be acceptable to our Creator, for Yehowah Elohim’s sacrificial lamb, Yeshua HaMashiach, has been slaughtered for us!
From Yeshua's parable concerning the poor Lazarus and the rich man in Hades:
23 And in Sheol he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.<< Luke 16:22-23
The cry of those who died as martyrs for their faith to the Almighty:
At the Last Judgment, the Books will be opened and every person who has lived since the beginning of mankind will be judged according to what is written about them:
>>45 Then (at the Last Judgment) shall he (Yeshua) answer them (bad people), saying, "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me".
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. << Matt. 25:45-46
Those who died as believers in Yeshua will receive eternal life, but those who died without faith in Yeshua will be condemned to perdition, or Hell:
>>14 And Death and Hades (Sheol) were cast into the lake of fire (Hell). This is the second death.
15 If anyone's name was not found written in the Book of Life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire (Gehenna).<< Rev. 20:14-15
People have to choose their group
From those Bible passages it becomes clear that there are many different groups available to all people in this world. There are actually only two main groups. Namely, firstly, a group that promotes the proclamation of the Message of Salvation to all nations and the second group that ignores it at all or strongly opposes it!
Of this Adonai Yeshua wrote as follows: Matt. 12:27-30
>>27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of Elohim, then the kingdom of Elohim is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.<<
Each of us must choose our side, for no one can be passive in their relationship with Adonai Yeshua and his Message of Salvation! Following Adonai Yeshua is not easy and for many it has cost them their lives on earth. Others have been tortured, some have had their property taken away and many have had their families broken up.
These difficulties are due to the fact that the Devil has mobilized his entire army of fallen angels to wage war against all those people who hold forth this one Message of Salvation, by believing in which man will receive forgiveness of his sins and ultimately inherit the glory of heaven and there receive a wonderful portion among the saved.
Victory is only through the blood of the Lamb
Since the entire human race was completely corrupted as a result of the fall of our ancestors in Paradise, Yehowah Elohim decided to save only those people who believe in his firstborn son HaMashiach Yeshua, as the apostle Paul wrote in Rom. 3:23-26 and the apostle John wrote: John 1:11-13 and Rev. 12:10-12
Rom. 3:23-26
>>23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Elohim;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in HaMashiach Yeshua:
25 Whom Elohim has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of Elohim;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believes in Yeshua.<<
John 1:11-13
>>11 He (Yeshua) came unto his own (Israelites), and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power / dominion / right / authority to become the children of Elohim, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of Elohim.<<
Rev. 12:10-12
>>10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our Elohim, and the power of his HaMashiach: for the Accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our Elohim day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.<<
Why is the blood of Yeshua priceless for us?
Our souls were defiled by the fall into sin, and in addition, we have each committed more or less sin. No unclean person can enter the Holy City, the New Jerusalem in heaven! When we cleanse ourselves through faith in the blood of Yeshua, our souls become completely clean and make us worthy of heaven. Rev. 1:3-6
>>3 ABlessed is he who reads, and blessed are those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it: for the time is near.
4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him which is, and which was, and which is to come, and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne,
5 and from Yeshua the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth! To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins in his blood
6 and has made us a royal priesthood to his Elohim and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.<<
Adonai Yeshua said the following about the condition of salvation and in verse 14 he means that our souls must be cleansed through his holy blood. It happens through prayer and through consciously thanking him, the sacrificial lamb, for his blood in faith: Rev. 22:13-14
>>13 I am the 'A' and the 'Z', the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End!
14 How blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they have the right to eat from the Tree of Life and go through the gates into the city.<< (CJB)
Songs suitable for the topic
Obs. Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri
P.S. 1 You can check out the interesting stages of my life from the link below. My life has been a great adventure. There have been successes and setbacks. Adonai Yeshua has always helped me!
https://seventh-river.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-seventh-river.html
https://yakov-tutkielmia-sapattina.blogspot.com/2026/06/pohdintaa-sapattina-1962026.html
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