This morning I read Hebrews chapter 9.
Here are the verses that stood out to me.

“In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.”

“But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.”

To remove sin, it requires a blood sacrifice. Jesus bled and died to pay for my sin, for your sin. He was the perfect man and so his blood washes us clean.

Our culture removes us from blood and death and gives us a plethora of ways to busy ourselves so we can ignore or even forget our sins. But they remain. Like a pit toilet our sins just keep piling up. Stinking and festering and poisonous.

Jesus blood washes the whole mess away with one giant flush.

It’s a beautiful thing available to all.