June 18, 2012

  • Vampire Craze

    It seems vampires are all the rage these days. Personally? UGH. But it has become an actual cult to many. What is the fascination with sucking on someone's neck? OK! Don't answer that, John. Supposedly, vampires require blood to live. But, really, I don't get the attraction with toothmarks on the neck? I see nothing romantic or cool about drinking blood. Ewww. Vampires supposedly live forever, too. The life of the damned. No thank you.

    I do know there is life in blood. The Bible says so. Blood was a very important element of the Jewish law. The blood sacrifice was used to atone for the sins of the people in the Old Testament.

    (Lev.17:11 NLT) For the life of the body is in its blood. I have given you the blood on the altar to purify you, making you right with the LORD. It is the blood, given in exchange for a life, that makes purification possible.

    Blood is precious. I was just reading on a friend's blog about her little girl falling out of a tree, and getting a gash on her wee head. It nearly stops a mother's heart to see blood pouring from her child's head! We know we need blood to live. We understand that if we lose too much of it we will die.

    My husband has great blood. He is a universal donor. The blood mobiles loves him.  He has given gallons. Yes. Blood can make the difference between life and death. We can apply this spiritually, too.

    (Heb 13:11-12 NLT) Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp. So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make His people holy by means of His own blood.

    The blood of Jesus was the last blood sacrifice that was ever needed. His life was the perfect gift. His blood paid the high price necessary to atone for the sin of mankind. I am so thankful for this, aren't you? I'll bet all the little lambs, goats, bullocks, etc that were used for sacrifices are glad, too.

    (1John1:7  NLT) But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.

    I feel sorry for the vampires and their quest for blood. There is only one kind of blood worth having. There is only one way to save your life -- only one way to live forever. There is power in the blood of Jesus. There is healing and forgiveness. There is freedom. How grateful I am that Jesus shed His precious blood for me! His blood is enough. 

Comments (5)

  • I liked Grandpa but he was a harmless vampire. I can't imagine actually drinking blood. Shudder! I never watch horror movies or vampire ones except the oldies that are funny too. I used to read Alfred Hitchcock till I was scared to look under my bed when I was a girl at home. I don't really like scary anymore either. Too many scary things in real life. Don't need them in my dreams yet! Yes, the verse at the end was for me. I need to remind myself all the time.

  • Hi Mae,

    Yes, there is power in the blood---of Jesus.

    I like the old fashioned vampire movies. lol The modern ones are too graphic.

    I recall the line in one such movie. A small, weak, scared professor pulled out a cross under his coat and held it up to the vampire. Shockingly, the vampire reached out his hand and crusted the cross in his hand. The professor was shocked. The vampire said, 'It only works with faith.' lol Boy, that was Biblical. lol

    frank

  • I am grateful for the blood of Jesus! :)

  • I don't understand the young girls fascination with vampires either but the nuns used to tell us stories about the devil and how some girls are tricked by someone who looks and acts charming for example at a school dance-well, he won't dance and stays away from one girl but everyone else is taken in by him and as he leaves the party there are little flames coming out of the heels of his dress shoes.

    The nuns were full of horror stories and we liked to hear them. I don't think we ever told our parents cause we were in 8th grade and up.

  • He was indeed the final blood sacrifice.

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