“You have come… to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel” (Heb. 12:22a,23b,24; ESV).
What did the blood of Abel say? It cried out in condemnation of Cain.
You and I may not have shed innocent blood. Regardless, inside our heads, we have heard the voice of condemnation crying out against us. Within our minds, within our hearts, that menacing voice has trumpeted the message of our failures. That voice has sat down heavily upon our emotions and eaten mercilessly away at our joy.
But you have come. You have come… to the new covenant Jesus mediated for you. You have come… to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the hostile voice of accusation.
The blood of Jesus has its own breathtaking voice…
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