Since the blood atonement made by the Lord Jesus on the cross of Calvary was prefigured in the Old Testament, let us think for a moment about the blood-offerings of Israel.

We know the Jews were forgiven as they offered their bulls, goats, lambs, and other animals. The Bible says they were forgiven.

However the Jews did not live under the blood of bulls and goats.

The Jews were not covered by the blood of bulls and goats.

God did not see the Jews through the blood of bulls and goats.

We know God did not see the Jews through the blood of bulls and goats because He brought severe punishment on His chosen people when they refused to obey His commandments.

God brings severe punishment on Gentile believers when we refuse to obey the commandments of Christ and His Apostles.

The United States of America is in line for extremely severe chastening because the Christian people, the only light of the world, are not keeping the commandments of Jesus Christ and His Apostles.

We have been taught that God does not see our sins. We have been taught incorrect doctrine. Our nation is suffering as a result.

It is time to repent. God indeed does see our sins—every one of them! He is calling us to repentance.

The only use of the blood under the Law of Moses that could be interpreted to be a covering would be the blood of the Passover Lamb.

The blood of the Lamb was a sign on the doorposts so the destroyer would pass over the house when bringing judgment on the gods of Egypt. The blood of the Passover lamb was not a sin offering, it was a mark on the Jews, God's chosen people, to distinguish them from the Egyptians as being holy to the Lord.

But the blood of the Passover lamb did not continue to cover Israel in the wilderness. When they sinned they suffered for it. God did not continue to see them through the blood of the Passover lamb.

We simply cannot maintain doctrine that is not found in the Scriptures, and the concept that God sees us through the atoning blood of Jesus is not scriptural.

Today we do not put the blood of the Passover lamb on the doorposts of our house. Rather we drink the blood of our Passover Lamb, the Lord Jesus Christ. The new covenant is an inner covenant operating from within our personality.

There is no more important aspect of the Christian life than the eating of Christ's flesh and the drinking of His blood. Every time we choose to reject our adamic, sinful nature and do the Lord's will, we are given to eat of His flesh and to drink of His blood. This transaction takes place continually in the life of the fervent disciples.

The body and blood of Christ are our resurrection life in us. When He returns it will be His body and blood in us that will raise us from the dead and catch us up to meet Him in the air. The "oil" that determined the destiny of the ten virgins refers to the inner life of the Christian.

To be continued.