“to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.”
Hebrews 12:24
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Connection with Abel's blood
Hebrews reaches back to Cain and Abel. Abel's blood cried out to God from the ground where it was spilled, and the blood of Jesus cries out too. It "speaks a better word than the blood of Abel."
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After Cain killed Abel, Abel's blood cried out to God from the ground, and Hebrews 11:4 says Abel "still speaks, even though he is dead." Jesus' blood is righteous blood too, and it speaks "a better word than the blood of Abel."
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God gave His own Son, and the blood of Jesus was poured out by the hands of men (Acts 2:23). The first shed blood in Genesis, Abel's, cried out for justice against a murderer (Genesis 4:10). Jesus' blood "speaks a better word than the blood of Abel."
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