Sanctification - to be made holy, to become spiritually clean, to be made perfect, comes through the blood of Christ, but how?
Looking again at Moses 6:59-62, which will be my primary goal to dissect:
"That by reason of transgression cometh the fall, which fall bringeth death, and inasmuch as ye were born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul, even so ye must be born again into the kingdom of heaven, of water, and of the Spirit, and be cleansed by blood, even the blood of mine Only Begotten; that ye might be sanctified from all sin, and enjoy the words of eternal life in this world, and eternal life in the world to come, even immortal glory;
For by the water ye keep the commandment; by the Spirit ye are justified, and by the blood ye are sanctified;
Therefore it is given to abide in you; the record of heaven; the Comforter; the peaceable things of immortal glory; the truth of all things; that which quickeneth all things, which maketh alive all things; that which knoweth all things, and hath all power according to wisdom, mercy, truth, justice, and judgment.
And now, behold, I say unto you: This is the plan of salvation unto all men, through the blood of mine Only Begotten, who shall come in the meridian of time."
Again, this scripture is impressive because it attempts to state the Plan of Salvation in one sentence. I'll now take it one phrase at a time.
The Fall is obvious. The second phrase is interesting to understanding the symbol of blood, "born into the world by water, and blood, and the spirit, which I have made, and so became of dust a living soul," Our soul, the union of our physical body with our spirit, was created out of the 'dust' of the earth - carbon and other elements found in the earth. This scripture indicates water, blood, and spirit as what really comes from our Father. The spirit is straight forward - we are spirit children of our Father and when he put the 'breath of life' into us our spirits inhabited our mortal bodies. The human body is more than 50% water by weight. That's a funny image. Then the blood is what carries life between our body. One could say blood plus water plus physical elements equals life.
Is it possible that our blood is 'mortal' blood and in the afterlife the major physical change is 'immortal' blood? We know blood has a place in the resurrection - Christ Himself declared to be flesh and blood. How is our blood related to our spirit? If we had a superior blood - one that healed and constantly regenerated life, wouldn't that meet the description of the resurrection?
Going back to the first part of the scripture and the Fall, did original sin change our blood? Did the spiritual impurity damage our blood?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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You continue to give me lots to think about. Thanks for sharing ....L/M
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