Jesus Our Ultimate Defence Attorney/He paid our Fee

He's there from now to eternity to save everyone who comes to God through him, always on the job to speak up for them.

It is awesome to know that God has provided the Ultimate Covenant relationship for us to enjoy with Him. Most native tribes have blood covenants (or blood brotherhood). There is something about blood that seals a relationship in the ultimate bond of integrity and trust.

Most of us have heard the old expression "Blood is thicker than water" This meant to signify that familial ties are much stronger than non familial friendships. We all love our good friends and at times we even like and enjoy our friends more than our blood relatives. But when "push comes to shove", as it were, our blood ties with our close family relatives will supercede even our best friendships and social relatives. This is true even if a family member is not even enjoyable to associate with. The recognition of shared blood and genealogy trumps other factors like shared interests and sense of humour.

This is why we feel we need to be there for our families even when we are irritated by them at times. This is what the saying "blood is thicker than water" means. Ancient tribes have cut the blood covenant with each other for thousands of years. A tribe that is strong econonomically may cut a covenant with one that is strong in military matters. This way they share each others strengths and cover one anothers weaknesses. This means they may make an incision on their arms and mingle each others blood to display blood ties and cohesion in the face of a mutual enemy or problem.

God Himself is the originator of the Blood Covenant in the human family. Marriage is the Ultimate Blood Covenant in earthly relationships. In this case the shedding and mingling of blood etc takes place in the awesome bonding of spiritual, mental, emotional and sexual intercourse. The breaking of the female hymen on the wedding night was the evidence of the Blood Covenant between man and wife on the marriage bed sheet. In ancient Israeli culture (and many others) this was a time of great joy and celebration when the family and wedding guests saw the evidence of the covenant on the sheet that was shown to the crowd outside the bridal chamber.

Of course in our modern dating culture the shedding of the blood is rarely seen on a wedding night as most people lose their virginity (male or female) long before the wedding night. Nevertheless, even without the attending physical evidence a true marriage celebrated before God is still seen in Gods eyes as a Blood Covenant that binds a man and woman in fidelity and self sacrificing love until death.

Now we come to the Spiritual side of Covenant between God and man. Under the old testament there was the Abrahamic covenant (male circumcision was the token of the covenant) There is much to say on this subject, but we will save it for another article. This was a blood covenant that gave man at that time access to God like never before. I will now move on to the New Covenant or New Testament, this is the ultimate covenant and can never be changed or improved on. In this Covenant God Himself becomes a Man and allows His own being to be mutilated beyond description as a self sacrifice for all of mankinds sin so that we can have the Ultimate relationship with God forever.

This involved the Precious Blood of Christ to be shed to inaugaurate the Everlasting Covenant. This means we gave our sin to Him on the Cross and He gave His Righteousness to us based not on what we did, but on what He did. This is why its His Righteousness! Its not our good works but His Finished Work forever, that seals our covenant and guarantees Heaven for all who have Faith in Jesus and His work on the Cross (The Cross involved His Death, Burial, Resurrection and Ascension.)

The Mediator’s Death Necessary

Hebrews 9:16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

Hebrews9:12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant.

Hebrews 7:22 The Message version

God gave his word; he won't take it back: "You're the permanent priest." This makes Jesus the guarantee of a far better way between us and God—one that really works! A new covenant. 23-25Earlier there were a lot of priests, for they died and had to be replaced. But Jesus' priesthood is permanent. He's there from now to eternity to save everyone who comes to God through him, always on the job to speak up for them. 26-28So now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin, with authority extending as high as God's presence in heaven itself.
Unlike the other high priests, he doesn't have to offer sacrifices for his own sins every day before he can get around to us and our sins. He's done it, once and for all: offered up himself as the sacrifice.