Nothing But The Blood

He took my punishment on that cross.

1 John 2:2 (NIV) He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

He died so that when I die I might live forever with Him.

John 11:25-26 (ESV) 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

The sin debt paid in full.

Hebrews 9:22 (NIV) 22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

John 19:30 (GW) 30 After Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said, “It is finished!” Then he bowed his head and died.

I am forgiven.

Jesus died for sins He never committed to forgive people who had no right to be forgiven.

From noon to 3pm, as Jesus was hanging on the cross, there was a solar eclipse:

Mark 15:33 (NIV) 33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

But what many people don't know is what happened at THIS MOMENT:

Mark 15:34-39 (NIV) "And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" When some of those standing near heard this, they said, "Listen, he's calling Elijah."

One man ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. "Now leave him alone. Let's see if Elijah comes to take him down," he said.

With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, heard his cry and saw how he died, he said, "Surely this man was the Son of God!"

At 3pm, when Jesus died, there was a lunar eclipse.

Using software that can recreate the night skies in the past, Rick Larson made this startling discovery.

Guess what?

This lunar eclipse is also known as a "blood moon."

It's as if the moon had turned blood red.

Doesn't that make you catch your breath?

Listen to what Rick told me by clicking the link below.

Rick Larson On The Good Friday Blood Moon: http://www.box.net/shared/dy15lt14c7

Simply amazing.