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and Eve would sin against Him even before
He created them; and because of God’s holy
character, God cannot forgive sin without
the shedding of blood (See Hebrews 9:22).
Before Christ shed His blood on Calvary’s
cross, it was required that the blood of a
“lamb without blemish and without spot”
be offered to God for the forgiveness of sins.
Even in the Garden of Eden, blood had to be
shed in order for God to forgive Adam and
Eve’s sin (represented by the coats of animal
skins that God made to cover Adam and
Eve’s nakedness). But the lamb’s blood was
only a covering for sin and foreshadowed
the ultimate sacrifice for sin, “the precious
blood of Christ,” which will take away all sin
in a believer’s life when he or she enters
Heaven.
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