Joel M Bradshaw

 4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” 8And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”–Exodus 24

Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the  covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:27-28)

1. Blood poured on side of altar not on top, because the God who commands His people not to eat blood (Deuteronomy 12:23) doesn’t do so, either.
2. Red wine which looks like blood would instead be poured onto God’s altar as part of the drink offerings.
3. Jesus used the symbol of red wine to represent His blood, as well.
4. Both covenants ratified by blood shed by a substitute.
5. The first covenant was impossible to keep. We are unable in our own power to do all that God requires.
6. The second covenant satisfies that chief problem of the first and provides forgiveness.
7. One covenant added sins and the other provided forgiveness for those sins. Grateful for Jesus and His blood!–JMB