Contaminated Blood

Contaminated Blood

10/25/13

Blood serves as the sole organ that keeps us alive and going.  It is important that we have the other vital organs but without blood none of our other organs could survive.  The importance of blood also depends upon the source of our blood and how it is created on a continual basis.  Yet, with all of these life giving mechanisms at work, our blood is still contaminated enough to one day shut down and eventually die.  But there is one source of blood that we have access to that will provides us with eternal life and forgiveness where it concerns the contamination process of the blood that flows through our bodies.

Blood is a fascinating organ which is complex in some functions and simple in function in others.  The very thought of how blood and its constant volume flowing within our bodies at a continual yet safe speed is almost incomprehensible.  I have been in the laboratory for almost thirty years now and the concept of blood and its functions still baffle me from time to time.  We humans have learned so much about our lives through the study of blood and we have come to understand of just how important blood means to our survival.  However, we still take the content an function of blood for granted and use our surrounding supply of blood to gain time when in need and forget about the true blood that is necessary for us to have eternal life away from this world.

I am going to look at a few concepts about blood in this article in which I will do my best to clarify the importance of blood and how the generation of blood, blood volume and destruction of blood all pertain to how the eternal blood of Jesus relates and corresponds with our knowledge of blood.  So, hang tight and I will do my best to keep it as simple as possible….on the human blood side that is.  If we understand a few concepts about the human blood we will have a better grasp on the importance of Jesus’ blood within our lives as well.

The life cycle of the blood cell in our body begins in a small cavity within our bones and is termed the marrow of the bone.  This cavity is accessible to humans and the most abundant area of liquid marrow is appropriately housed within the hips of the human, which also serve as the area in which human females give birth; I believe that another article will arise from this point as well.  The liquid portion of the marrow is the portion of cells that create every cell that is floating around in your veins and arteries and the creation of each cell is uniquely defined as the cells grow and slightly mature before they are forced through the openings and placed into the bloodstream.

After the blood cell has been created it is put into the bloodstream where its growth process is not complete, in other words it is still learning about its environment as it begins its specific function of its “life”.  As the blood cell floats around picking up molecules and then distributing them to other areas in the body, its growth process continues and eventually the cell feels that it can accomplish any task that it can absorb through its walls.  At this point in a cells life it has reached its maturity status and can act upon any function that the body needs.  The cell is full of life and can serve as a transport device or carrier service for almost any substance needed.

The cells that are created in the marrow are destined to travel throughout the entire body and deliver their supplies within their walls to other parts that need what they have to give.  They are not stingy with their supplies nor do they go by a place in need and ignore it and travel to a friend’s house and deposit their stores to them instead.  They travel into dark places to deliver their nutrients to the innermost crevice of an organ, even to those organs that the organ that they are supplying might be the center of their own destruction in due time.

The mature cell is vibrant and energetic and displays its full power and authority as it flows through the vessels at breakneck speed.  It makes hundreds of trips throughout the body in one single day and does not complain about what it does.  But as time moves forward the cell, even though it completes it’s efficiently and completely begins to slow down a bit.  AS this period begins the cell notices younger ells that have joined him on his path and it thinks back for a bit to remember that not too long ago he had that much energy.

Soon the aged blood cell encounters a dreaded cavity.  The blood cell never really has liked coming into this dark cavity in the first place but it always did so with efficiency and determination to deliver what was needed for that moment.  When the blood cell enters this cavity this time it knows that something is not right because the cavity closes and traps the blood cell, along with millions more in the same age category as it is and the blood cell is flooded with a fluid and breathes its last respiration cycle.  The entire life cycle has just been completed and then as soon as it began it ends.  Some unique material within the cells and / body starts a process in which the cell and body are contaminated enough to end the cycle of life at a certain point.  Human can only guess when this point in time is, but we continue to complete our jobs as much as possible until that time.

The blood cell proves itself as a sufficient supplier of nutrients to the body for a specific time only.  Yet, for scientists studying the life cycle of the human being, they still cannot figure out how the body works entirely.  Scientists still do not know the complete origins of the human body nor can they figure out how such an intricate machine whose structure was made for immortality at one point in time ceases to function and just stops.  There are those out there, who believe that God created the human body, and I am included in that group but even we have to admit that we have no clue of how the body works entirely.  Nor have we figured out what the “sin effect” has on our cells besides death.  What makes the cells age or just stop working?  Why do cancer cells appear?  These and millions of other unanswered questions concerning our bodies are ones that our finite minds may never understand yet we plug on to try and find a reason.

Scientists might have made huge strides in transplant therapy and in blood transfusion therapy but eventually the body says, I have had enough and it is time for me to quit.  At this point the blood within the body still lives and completes their cycles until all of their energy is used and then every portion within the body ceases to exist as a living being.  The human toll is brought out and reality has taken over and the blood begins to cry for a renewal and this is where God steps in and takes control of the situation.

Even if there was an endless supply of blood throughout the world to indefinitely fuel the human body how could anyone afford to have such a constant infusion?  Nothing would be yours for if your cells could not sustain the demand, then eventually every cell in your body would not be yours.  There needs to be a covering blood production that can provide a life that never ceases, one that would guarantee eternal existence without any interruption or conditional seasons to follow.  What a joy that would be if this was possible.  I have some good news for you.

There is a blood supply that can provide this type of eternal life without any pain and suffering.  It has no end and it is offered to whoever wants it.  There are no conditions to accept it just give up yourself and live as the provider of this blood did.  There is no way we could ever replicate it ourselves because our bodies would automatically reject it.  See, the blood that I am talking about is part human and part pure.  No matter how pure a human race may believe they are their blood still contains impurities that will eventually cause it to die.  But the one who has supplied the eternal blood comes from both the Holy and the human which if one stops and thinks about it can be the only answer to our death sentence.

There have been many suggestions that variations exist that could offer us redemption and salvation but when it boils down to all the true facts, there is only one way that has been deemed necessary for eternal life to be created and then instilled within our lives.  There is no greater gift that can be given when there is hope at the time your physical life comes to an end.  It is this mixture of pure and human blood that covers us if we choose its power over our lives.  This blood fills our veins and covers our bodies with a spiritual protection that allows us to have access to God and to know what eternal life really does provide.

Christ’s blood replaces our old blood and breathes life into our spirits so that we may have hope and peace no matter what comes our way.  This blood separates us from the world and drives out the impurities that cause our lives to suffer and to writhe in pain.  This blood supplies with every ounce of needed nourishment to our spirits and our bodies so that we may ooze with joy and happiness to a dying world.  This blood heals our hurts and our emotional disappointments that has beat down upon us for decades and this blood can heal our land if we only just accept it and take it as our own.

It is important for us to do our best to understand every detail of Christ’s blood and what it means for our eternal lives.  It is not enough for us to just know about the blood that Jesus shed for us, for our enemy knows that general detail.  It is what Jesus’ blood represents, how it covers and the many other things that it does in and for our lives that we need to grasp and to hold onto with all our might.  If we just know about and not learn about the blood of Christ and everything that it symbolizes to us, then we cheapen its meaning and eventually will lose its effects from our lives.  Blood is a life giving source not a mere liquid that serves as only volume control and we must never forget this concept of life.  There is a reason that the American Red Cross’ motto and creed states for us to give blood for it gives life to others.  The Church should heed this secular message and place it into our spirits and give the eternal source of life to those around us.

It is fascinating of just how important blood is to the body and what the body does when the blood volume is depleted.  We need to understand just how important the blood is to our spiritual life as well.  It is not a coincidence that God chose the shedding of blood as the symbolic sacrament when the ancients were walking the earth.  Nor was it coincidence that blood would be represented as the life giving atonement process for a person’s entire life.  God purposefully intended that His only Son be the one that shed His blood of everyone on earth that they might know God in an intimate way just as Adam and Eve once did.  So there is no other way for a Holy and pure God to close this gap between man and Himself unless it was done through blood and in order for this restoration to be complete, God had to mix His own blood with man and leave us a symbol of redemption that passes all understanding.

DLB