Blood is the God-ordained carrier of life and the only biblically revealed means of atonement — without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
Scripture ties the life of every living creature to its blood, and from Genesis onward God required a blood sacrifice for sin. Les Feldick stresses that this is an absolute that cannot be bypassed or compromised.
Genesis 9:4 — God's first explicit biblical statement that the life of the flesh is in the blood, establishing why blood must not be treated as ordinary food.
Hebrews 9:22 — The New Testament summary of the absolute principle: without shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
In the beginning, God gave man only plants for food (Genesis 1:29). After the flood, He permitted the eating of meat but with a strict restriction: "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat" (Genesis 9:4). The Bible thus attaches the life of the creature to its blood. Later, the writer of Hebrews states the principle that has governed atonement from the beginning: "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission" (Hebrews 9:22). God's first covering for Adam and Eve involved the death of an animal — coats of skins — showing that bloodshed was already the means of restoring relationship with Him (Genesis 3:21).
Les emphasizes that blood is not a side theme in Scripture. He points out that God deliberately placed the life of living things in the blood — a fact that science did not grasp until about World War II. From Genesis to Hebrews, God has required a blood sacrifice for the remission of sin, and this is an absolute that cannot be bypassed or compromised. He also connects the blood directly to the person of Christ. Because the blood system of a fetus comes from the father, and because God was Jesus' Father, Jesus had no human blood — He had divine blood carrying all the power of the eternal Godhead. That is why the virgin birth is basic to salvation. Finally, Les observes that the blood message has become unwelcome in modern culture, but "you can't escape it in Scripture." It appears from the first animal sacrifice in Eden to the protective blood on the doorposts when the angel passed over.
God's own word says that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Genesis 9:4). This is why He prohibited eating meat with the blood still in it. Les points out that this is true for every living creature — the animal kingdom, the birds, and humans — because blood is the actual source of life that keeps the creature functioning. He adds that medical science only caught on to this truth around World War II.
Hebrews 9:22 states plainly: without shedding of blood there is no remission. Les teaches that this is one of the absolutes that believers cannot fool with, detour around, or compromise. When Adam and Eve sinned, God killed animals and clothed them with skins — the blood-bought way of restoring them into a relationship with their Creator. From the very onset of the human experience, God has demanded a blood sacrifice before there can be a remission of sin.
Les explains that, physiologically, the blood system of a fetus comes from the father, not the mother. Since God was Jesus' Father, Jesus did not have human blood — He had divine blood with all the power of the eternal Godhead in it. That is why the virgin birth is so basic to our salvation: it guarantees that the blood of Christ is divine.
Before the flood, God gave man every herb bearing seed and every tree with seed-bearing fruit for food, and the animals were given every green herb (Genesis 1:29-30). After the flood, God permitted the eating of meat, but placed a boundary around the blood: "But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat" (Genesis 9:4). For Les, this confirms that blood is not ordinary nutrition — it is the carrier of life.
Les notes that many people in the present time do not want to hear anything about the blood — it has almost become taboo. But he insists that you cannot escape it in Scripture. You cannot go around it, over it, under it, or bypass it. The blood is central to forgiveness and faith, and it remains God's unchanging requirement.
The Pre-Flood Diet
Les shows that before the flood, God gave only plants and vegetation as food, which sets the stage for the later permission to eat meat and the restriction on blood.
Life Is in the Blood
God placed the life of living things in the blood, science only recognized this around World War II, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
The Blood Is the Source of Life
For every living creature under this economy — animals, birds, and humans — the life is in the blood, the actual source that keeps the creature functioning.
Blood Sacrifice From the Beginning
From the very onset of the human experience, God has demanded a blood sacrifice, and people who do not want to hear about the blood cannot escape it in Scripture.
Divine Blood of Christ
Jesus was born of a human mother but had divine blood because His blood system came from the Father, giving His blood all the power of the eternal Godhead.
The Blood Comes From the Father
The whole blood system of a fetus comes from the father, so because Jesus had no human father, He had divine blood — making the virgin birth basic to salvation.
The Absolute of Blood
Hebrews 9:22 is the absolute believers cannot compromise: without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.
The First Blood-Bought Covering
God killed animals to cover Adam and Eve after the fall, showing that the only way God can receive lost persons is by the shedding of blood.
Genesis 3:21: Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Shows that God's first covering for sinners required the death of animals — the blood-bought way of restoration.
Genesis 9:4: But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
God's explicit statement that the life of the creature is in the blood, which is why blood was forbidden as food.
Genesis 1:29: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Establishes that the original diet was plant-based before the flood, making the later blood restriction part of a new arrangement.
Hebrews 9:22: And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
The New Testament's absolute statement that forgiveness of sin requires the shedding of blood.
Genesis 9:4 shows that God forbade eating blood because the life of the creature is in the blood. Les Feldick points out that this is God's design for every living creature — animals, birds, and humans — and that modern science only later recognized this truth.
Hebrews 9:22 says that without shedding of blood there is no remission. From the coats of skins in Eden to the sacrificial system, God has always required a blood sacrifice for sin. Les calls this an absolute that cannot be bypassed.
Les teaches that the blood system of a baby comes from the father, not the mother. Since God was Jesus' Father, Jesus had divine blood with all the power of the eternal Godhead — which is why the virgin birth is essential to salvation.
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