Lighthouse Renewal Center ã 2003
MARY
AND THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS
What
an enormous and truly awesome topic! It boggles the mind. Here, we
merely scrape the surface.
The
Blood of Jesus is not merely ordinary blood. As scripture states in
a number of places, the life is in the Blood. A quick response
might be “Of course, blood circulation is necessary for life.” True,
but there is a deeper meaning. All that Jesus is, all
that He has done is contained in His Blood. His entire life is
telescoped in His Blood. All that He is as a human being we find in His
Blood.
And also, all that we are is in our blood. And that means that the life of each ancestor in our bloodline has left residue, good and bad, in our present blood. Inner healing warriors know this. Healing the Family Tree ministries know this and deal with the bloodline. The medical profession, too, relies on information from family history.
As
Roman Catholics we believe in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, the
Mother of Jesus. Mary was conceived without sin. Yes,
scripture says, “We all have sinned....” All human beings pass on sin
to their offspring. But at the moment of conception when Mary was about to
absorb the sin and garbage from her bloodline, God intervened and applied
the merits of Jesus in advance. The sin from Her bloodline that
was rushing toward Her was blocked and never touched Her. For God, all
time—past, present, future—is telescoped into a single moment, so He allowed
His Son to “pay in advance.” But payment did take place; and Mary was
redeemed by Her Son. (There is scriptural evidence of this, especially
God’s word to Satan in Genesis, but let’s not go there now. One quick
point: Much of what God did in the Old Testament was also payment in advance.)
Mary
thus started a new bloodline! And Jesus picked up the sinless blood
of His Mother Mary. And He picked up all that she is,
because “life is in the Blood.” This woman who is so honored in the
word of God, has had an awesome impact on all that Jesus is. Mary had a
vital role in the fact that Jesus grew in age and wisdom before God and man.
That
is why one can deeply appreciate Mary only if one first has an
intimate knowledge of Jesus. Otherwise, Jesus and Mary are in competition
with one another! When competition happens, Mary, as Mother, can easily
become the sentimental favorite. And that causes Her great
anguish, because Her whole life was and is focused on bringing people to Her
son, Jesus, not to Herself: “Do whatever He tells you.”
Scripture
tells us that in Jesus Christ, we are a New Creation!
Not
surprisingly, it is Jesus Who eagerly shares with us His intense love for His
Mother. He owes so very much to Her! And so do we. And that is
why we so honor Mary. “All generations will call me blessed.”
We
desperately need a Theology of the Blood.
These are Mini Teachings, so we stop here.
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Feb. 05