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Biblical significance of the blood of Jesus: 1. Redemption. a. Acts 20:28 – “church of God purchased with His own blood.” b. Eph. 1:7 – “we have redemption through His blood.” c. 1 Pet. 1:9 – “redeemed...with precious blood.” d. Rev. 5:9 – “purchased for God with His blood, men from every tribe.” 2. Propitiation. a. Rom. 3:25 – “God displayed Jesus as a propitiation in His blood.” 3. Cleansing. a. Heb. 9:14 – “blood of Christ...will cleanse your conscience.” b. 1 John 1:7 – “blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” c. Rev. 7:14 – “washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.” 4. Forgiveness. a. Eph. 1:7 – “redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses.” b. Heb. 9:22 – “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” c. Rev. 1:5 – “released us from our sins by His blood.” 5. Access to God. a. Eph. 2:13 – “brought near to God by the blood of Christ.” b. Heb. 10:19 – “confidence to enter Holy Place by blood of Jesus.” 6. Reconciliation. a. Col. 1:20 – “reconciled, made pace through the blood of the cross.” 7. Justification. a. Rom. 5:9 – “having been justified by his blood.” 8. Sanctification. a. Heb. 13:12 – “that He might sanctify the people through His blood.” 9. Conquest of evil. a. Rev. 12:11 – “overcame...because of the blood of the Lamb.” 10. Basis of new covenant. a. Heb. 13:20 – “through the blood of the eternal covenant.” 11. Lord's Supper. a. Matt. 26:28 – “This is the new covenant in My blood.” b. I Cor. 10:16 – “the cup of blessing...a sharing in the blood of Christ.”
James Fowler

Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 历代志下 16

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犹大与以色列争战
(王上15·17—22)
亚撒三十六年,以色列巴沙上来攻击犹大,修筑拉玛,不许人从犹大亚撒那里出入。
于是亚撒从耶和华殿和王宫的府库里拿出金银来,送与住大马士革亚兰便哈达,说:
「你父曾与我父立约,我与你也要立约。现在我将金银送给你,求你废掉你与以色列巴沙所立的约,使他离开我。」
便·哈达听从亚撒王的话,派军长去攻击以色列的城邑。他们就攻破以云亚伯·玛音,和拿弗他利一切的积货城。
巴沙听见就停工,不修筑拉玛了。
于是亚撒王率领犹大众人,将巴沙修筑拉玛所用的石头、木头都运去,用以修筑迦巴米斯巴
先知哈拿尼
那时,先见哈拿尼来见犹大亚撒,对他说:「因你仰赖亚兰王,没有仰赖耶和华—你的 神,所以亚兰王的军兵脱离了你的手。
古实人、路比人的军队不是甚大吗?战车马兵不是极多吗?只因你仰赖耶和华,他便将他们交在你手里。
耶和华的眼目遍察全地,要显大能帮助向他心存诚实的人。你这事行得愚昧;此后,你必有争战的事。」
10  亚撒因此恼恨先见,将他囚在监里。那时亚撒也虐待一些人民。
亚撒逝世
(王上15·23—24)
11  亚撒所行的事,自始至终都写在犹大以色列诸王记上。
12  亚撒作王三十九年,他脚上有病,而且甚重。病的时候没有求耶和华,只求医生。
13 他作王四十一年而死,与他列祖同睡,
14 葬在大卫城自己所凿的坟墓里,放在床上,其床堆满各样馨香的香料,就是按做香的作法调和的香料,又为他烧了许多的物件。