It shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Without shedding of blood is no remission.
Behold the Lamb of God.
The scarlet thread is the line of redemption that runs through the book. It begins in the garden, with the seed who bruises the serpent’s head and is bruised. God covers Adam and Eve with skins. The blood of the lamb marks the door in Egypt. Rahab’s scarlet cord marks the house that is spared. The sacrifices say, without shedding of blood there is no remission. The thread ends at the cross, and it does not end. Jesus is the Lamb. The thread is not a color in the page. It is the one story of blood, promise, and the Redeemer.
- The thread begins in Genesis 3:15.
- Blood, the lamb, and the cord mark it.
- It meets at the cross.
The seed and the heel.
Without blood, no remission.
Behold the Lamb.
- The scarlet thread is the line of redemption.
- It begins with the seed of the woman.
- The skins, the lamb, and Rahab’s cord mark it.
- Without shedding of blood there is no remission.
- It meets at the cross.
- Jesus is the Lamb the thread was pointing to.
- The Start – Genesis 3:15.
- The Covering – Skins, blood, the lamb.
- The Cord – Rahab.
- The Law – No remission without blood.
- The End – The cross, and not the end.
- The One – The Lamb of God.
- Genesis 3:15 – “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
- Genesis 3:21 – “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
- Exodus 12:13 – “And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you.”
- Joshua 2:18 – “Thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window.”
- Leviticus 17:11 – “For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls.”
- Hebrews 9:22 – “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”
- Isaiah 53:5-6 – “But he was wounded for our transgressions… and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
- John 1:29 – “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
- 1 Peter 1:18-19 – “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things… but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish.”
- Revelation 5:9 – “Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation.”
It shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Without shedding of blood is no remission.
Behold the Lamb of God.
The scarlet thread is the line of redemption from the garden to the cross. The cord, the lamb, and the blood mark it. Jesus is the Lamb.
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