Question Won't you please accept Jesus and be washed in his blood?
Answer Below is an article I wrote on the question of blood atonement from the perspective of "Is blood required for atonement. I believe it speaks to your question:
Blood Atonement
Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood, I will set My face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. 12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel: No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Rather than demanding blood for the forgiveness of sin, this verse is simply prohibiting the consumption of blood and giving the reason why. It is similar to:
Leviticus 3:16 And the priest shall make them smoke upon the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour; all the fat is the L-rd's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
Is atonement likewise in the fat? The "NT" doesn't mention Jesus having his kidneys removed during the "sacrificial" process and the fat surrounding them offered on the altar. Not to be morbid, but, bleeding is a minor complication of crucifixion, not the manner of death (which is suffocation). I read once that the typical blood loss during this terrible type execution is 70cc. The human body contains over 100 times that (12 to 16 pints at 476cc/pint). The sacrificial animal, on the other hand, was bled completely.
Jesus was not a kosher sacrifice. Jesus actually lost little blood during his execution and not a drop of it was poured upon the altar as required by the Torah of a sacrifice. Many of the sacrifices did not require blood, many being produce or bread products, and the Passover lamb was actually set free to take Israel’s sins into the wilderness.
While I have no doubt Jesus has saved many a man and women from themselves, he cannot save anyone from their sins. G-d alone is our savior, there is none other.
