Nothing but the Blood of Jesus: How the Sacrifice of Jesus Saves the World from Sin

Why is the Bible so full of violence and blood? And if God looks like Jesus, why do so many Christians believe God demanded blood before He could forgive?Many of us grew up singing about the power of the blood, but few of us were ever told how the blood of Jesus actually saves us. We were taught that God was angry at sinners and needed a sacrifice to satisfy His wrath. That picture of God is hard to reconcile with the God revealed in Jesus Christ.In Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, J. D. Myers shows that God was never the one who needed blood. Looking at Jesus Christ and Him crucified, he explains how the death of Jesus exposes the human cycle of rivalry, scapegoating, and violence, and shows us the way out through forgiveness. This is how the sacrifice of Jesus saves the world from sin.The book carefully defines five key words and then traces each one through Scripture:Sin: what sin is (and is not), and why it is the great human problemLaw: why the law, though given to curb rivalry and violence, could not solve sin and only made the problem worseSacrifice: how the Bible itself undermines sacrifice, and why the cross is the sacrifice to end all sacrificesScapegoat: how scapegoating works, and how Jesus, the Lamb of God, reveals it for what it isBlood: why the blood of Jesus, and not more bloodshed, is the solution to sinAlong the way, you will see the violent texts of the Bible in a new light, and you will find a God who was never angry at you and never needed blood to forgive you. Discussion questions for each of the five parts make the book a good fit for a study group.The book includes a foreword by Bradley Jersak. For more on seeing God through the cross, see J. D. Myers's earlier book, The Atonement of God.Scroll up and get your copy to discover what the blood of Jesus really means.