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Jesus gave his blood to cover our sins and we received his blood to cover our sins we are not pagans if we do this why would the Jehovah witness let some one die because if this giving and receiving blood is this one of your "man made laws" that you condemn people if they do this
The Bible record shows that early in mankind s history the Creator and Life-Giver expressed himself on the issue of blood. Right after the global flood, when God first granted humans the right to eat animal flesh, he commanded Noah and his family: Every moving animal that is alive may serve as food for you. As in the case of green vegetation, I do give it all to you. Only flesh with its soul its blood you must not eat. Genesis 9:3, 4.
God showed that in killing animals for food more was involved than diet. That was because the blood of a creature represented its life or its soul. Thus, some Bible translations render Genesis 9:4 as: Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. Revised Standard Version; Moffatt.
This does not only apply to animal blood. God went on to say to Noah: Besides that, your blood of your souls shall I ask back. . . . Anyone shedding man s blood, by man will his own blood be shed, for in God s image he made man. (Genesis 9:5, 6) Now, if animal blood (representing animal life) was of sacred significance to God, obviously human blood had a sacred significance of even greater value. Persons complying with these divine directions would not be shedding the blood of (killing) humans, nor would they be eating either animal or human blood.
And that is altogether understandable for God s law prohibited consuming any sort of blood, the blood of any sort of flesh. (Leviticus 17:10, 14) We can see how the Jewish nation regarded this law by considering an incident involving some of the Jews who had followed and listened to Jesus. On one occasion he spoke figuratively about drinking his blood, for he knew that in time his blood must be poured out in a sacrificial death and that it would result in life to those who, by faith, accepted his sacrifice. (John 6:53-58) Evidently not realizing that Jesus was speaking symbolically, some of his Jewish disciples were shocked over his words and left off following him. (John 6:60-66) Yes, the thought of taking in human blood was absolutely abhorrent to those Jewish worshipers of God.
Could God s law on blood be set aside in times of emergency?
The Bible answers, No. There was no special dispensation for times of stress. We can see this from what occurred with some soldiers of Israel in the days of King Saul. Famished after a long battle, they slaughtered sheep and cattle and fell to eating along with the blood. They were hungry and were not deliberately eating blood, but in their haste to eat the meat they did not see to it that the animals were properly bled. Did the fact that this seemed to be an emergency excuse their course? On the contrary, their God-appointed king recognized their action as sinning against Jehovah by eating along with the blood. 1 Samuel 14:31-35.
So, does the divine prohibition against blood apply to Christians?
This matter came up for discussion in 49 C.E., during a conference of the apostles and older men of Jerusalem who served as a central body of elders for all Christians. The conference was held in response to a question about circumcision. This apostolic council decided that non-Jews who accepted Christianity did not have to get circumcised. During the discussion Jesus half brother James brought to the council s attention certain other essential things that he deemed important to include in their decision, namely, to abstain from things polluted by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. (Acts 15:19-21) He referred back to the writings of Moses, which reveal that even before the Law was given, God had disapproved of immoral sex relations, idolatry and the eating of blood, which would include eating the flesh of strangled animals containing blood. Genesis 9:3, 4; 19:1-25; 34:31; 35:2-4.
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