There's Power in the Blood!

When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land. - 2 Kings 3:26-27

At first look, this passage may only be confusing. Why would there be fury against Israel when the king of Moab killed his own son? I looked this up in a few commentaries and one actually suggested that God got mad at Israel for making the king of Moab do such a thing.

What?! God sent them against the Moabites in the first place!

Sometimes the answer is so obvious we miss it completely.

An offering of life-blood causes a real transaction of power in the spiritual realm. For instance- when Adam and Eve sinned, God shed animal blood to provide them with clothing. God told the Israelites to shed animal blood on an altar to atone for their sins. Or more importantly, when humankind sinned, God shed his own Son's blood to atone. This is more than just a gory ritual!

When the king of Moab offered his son as a sacrifice to his god, that blood provided spiritual power to the demon they worshipped and they were able to overcome the Israelites with that power.

There is real power in the spiritual realm that is all around us! That realm exists and it is accessed by anyone serving Yahweh . . . or serving Satan.

What Christians need to understand is that Jesus' blood offering is a more powerful sacrifice than any other of all time- either past, present or future! Through the blood of Christ, we have the victory over anything The Enemy can throw against us.

Anything!

When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! - Hebrews 9:11-14

There's power in the Blood of the Lamb! Hallelujah!