WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:03.120 Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Crash Course. 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:06.320 I am sitting here with the one and only Megan McTear. 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.040 Hi, everybody. 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:07.839 That's actually not true. 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:08.880 There's many Megan Tears. 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:10.960 No, I've looked it up on Facebook. 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:12.880 Why did you look it up on Facebook? 00:00:13.039 --> 00:00:14.480 Because I was curious if there were any other justice. 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:16.640 I've never looked up myself on that's weird. 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:19.679 You've never you've never wondered if there's like another person with your name? 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:20.160 No. 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:23.519 Okay, so first off, we don't have that normal of a last name. 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:28.239 Um my last name, our last name, wasn't yours to start with, but I gave it to you. 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:29.440 You're welcome. 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:33.280 Uh is McTear, M-C-T-E-E-R. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:34.560 McTear. 00:00:35.119 --> 00:00:36.719 And that's not that common of a name. 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:37.119 No. 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:41.200 And so I've looked it up on Facebook, like, I wonder if there's any other McTears that I don't know. 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:42.000 And there are. 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:42.880 I have never done that. 00:00:43.039 --> 00:00:43.679 You've never tried to see. 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:44.320 I've never done that. 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:45.439 Well, okay, so hold on. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:47.200 I Googled my name. 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:49.280 Well, I've never I don't maybe I've done that. 00:00:49.359 --> 00:00:53.679 But my point is, for me, it's like there's got to be other McTears in the world. 00:00:53.759 --> 00:00:55.119 I don't really meet other McTears. 00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:01.280 I don't have a common last name, so I'm like, I bet I'm I bet I'm somewhat related to pretty much anyone with a McTear name. 00:01:01.359 --> 00:01:03.359 If your name's Smith, probably not. 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:03.920 You know what I mean? 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:05.120 But my last name's McTear. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.920 And I found other McTears, and then it was like, are there other Justin McTears? 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:08.959 There's other Megan McTears. 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.879 There are other Justin McTears and other Megan McTears. 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:13.120 There's even a Justin and Megan McTear that are married that I found. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:13.519 No. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:14.560 No, there's not. 00:01:14.799 --> 00:01:15.200 Oh, that was. 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:19.120 But true story, and this has nothing to do with her podcast, so I'll I'll move on to something important. 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:20.000 True story. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:24.400 I the only other McTear I've ever known that I was not knowingly related to. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:24.879 Okay. 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.439 A person that I didn't like not in your not in your like a family. 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:27.760 Yeah. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:29.599 So someone I went to middle school with. 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:29.920 Okay. 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.920 And so we were in the same, so surely there's some relation there, but we didn't we didn't know. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.719 So her name was Crystal McTear. 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.439 And she sent me a friend request on Facebook years ago. 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:43.200 I mean it would have been like Yeah. 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:47.599 And and it and I didn't recognize her at first, but and I saw her middle name. 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:48.400 I was like, oh, okay, yeah. 00:01:48.480 --> 00:01:50.719 I went to middle school, but she's been married. 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:51.040 Okay. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:54.959 And her name now is Crystal McTear Richardson. 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:56.159 That's weird. 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:57.840 Because Richardson's my maiden name. 00:01:58.000 --> 00:01:59.120 So your it's your maiden name. 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:04.560 Now I I moved away from that place when I was in the seventh grade, and I've never seen her since, and I've never, you know, so it's like that. 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:06.239 And then I moved to a different place, another place. 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:08.319 So something about Richardson's and McTear. 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:12.879 So she, the only other McTear I've ever known Mary to Richardson, and so did I. 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:13.759 What are the odds of that? 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:14.240 Okay. 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:28.240 If you're still listening, this is Crash Course, and we talk about different concepts of the Bible, different concepts of following Jesus, and we try to give you just a really um quick dose of of what things in the Bible mean. 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:31.360 Sometimes you become a Christian, a Jesus follower, and you just need a crash course. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:32.879 You need someone to catch you up to speed. 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:34.400 Uh that's what we're trying to do here. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.560 Not exhaustive, trying to give you the gist. 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.800 And you suggested for this episode that we talk about blood. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:51.039 Well, I I was trying to think of what are concepts within following Jesus that are kind of weird if you aren't used to it. 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:58.479 So And this idea that you come to church and you sing these songs and a lot of them talk about blood. 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:00.639 And then you stop like it's and it's a good thing. 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:02.719 It's like thank you for your blood. 00:03:02.960 --> 00:03:03.439 Thank you for your blood. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:19.520 I don't mm and then you stop, and in some churches, in our church, we do it almost every Sunday is take Lord's Supper, and part of Lord's Supper Or Communion, depending on is drinking juice that represents Jesus' blood. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:21.599 So that is a thing. 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:32.479 Well, we even historically, when the church when the church first started uh in in you know the Roman Empire, one of the sort of slanderous knocks against the church because it was this new thing. 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:32.800 Yeah. 00:03:32.960 --> 00:03:35.039 And a lot of people were like, Christians, what are what are Christians? 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:36.400 This is a new thing or whatever. 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:43.599 And because of the Lord's Supper, and you could see how a game of telephone could could actually get like this, people are like, they're cannibals. 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:45.039 They yeah, they eat flesh and drink blood. 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:46.400 They eat flesh and drink blood. 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.599 And you know, so that was one of the like rumors about the early Christians. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:51.120 It obviously wasn't true. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:56.000 Uh Christianity would not if you eat your own, you're not gonna last very long. 00:03:56.400 --> 00:03:57.360 Oh my gosh, Justin. 00:03:57.599 --> 00:03:58.960 I'm just saying, they're they're silly. 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.479 There's they weren't eating each other because there weren't very many of them to begin with in the early days. 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:04.159 They were sp Yeah. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:08.240 Um they were at the very least converting faster than they were consuming. 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:08.719 Okay. 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:09.360 I'm joking. 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.719 Let's get the train back on track. 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:12.000 I'm sorry, it's late at night. 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.479 We're filming this, we're filming this late at night, and I'm getting loopy. 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:15.680 So, why do you want to talk about the blood? 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:17.199 Like what what what would you want to say about that? 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:24.720 Well, I want to talk about it because I think it's kind of an odd concept um that is unique to following Jesus. 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:25.199 Okay. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:30.079 Um, and there's a lot of power to what is involved with that concept. 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:34.399 So if someone came up to me and said, What is this whole blood of Jesus thing about? 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:48.639 Um it starts in the Old Testament in the Bible because the Israelites who were Jesus' chosen people are God's chosen people, he set them apart and said, You're gonna be my people and I'm gonna be your God and you're gonna be special and set apart. 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:54.480 One of the things that they were asked to do was to sacrifice animals to cover their sins. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:55.680 Yep, atonement. 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:56.720 Right. 00:04:56.959 --> 00:05:06.000 And they would the way they would kill these animals and and all this stuff, the the blood was drained from these animals' bodies, and and God said that the blood would cover their sins. 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:14.319 Um there's a lot of examples of the of the Israelites using blood to um atone for their sins. 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.000 They used blood when they escaped Egypt, they covered their doors with it to escape death. 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:26.000 Um and if you read through the Old Testament, blood uh c sacrifice is like everything to these people. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:26.639 Right. 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:39.360 Um and then Jesus comes and Jesus sacrifices himself on the cross and dies and bleeds, and his blood covers our sins. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:46.480 So the blood of Jesus is a big, big deal because without the blood of Jesus, we are not saved. 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:47.279 Right. 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:58.160 So a few a few kind of things there, and and obviously that there's gonna be overlap in in a lot of these episodes because we're gonna cover concepts, touch on them in one, focus on them in another, touch on them again. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.439 Um so let's go back to a concept called sin. 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:02.079 Right. 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:07.120 And sin it is I mean, it's cut we I want to we have time we don't want to focus on sin for the entire of this. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.319 I think we can I all understand like sin is something you do that's wrong. 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.720 And it's not just something we do, it's something that's almost like within us, like a force driving us. 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:15.759 So we're driven to sin. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:16.240 But whatever. 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:21.120 So when you sin, um that is that is a anything we do that is against the will of God. 00:06:21.279 --> 00:06:24.560 And one of the things that we have a tendency to do is people is minimize our issues. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:24.879 Sure. 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:26.959 So we'll be like, I sin, but it's not that big of a deal. 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:28.480 It's not a big sin. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.439 But God tells us in scripture that sin is actually a really big deal. 00:06:31.680 --> 00:06:32.000 Right. 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.639 Um sin separate uh separates us from God. 00:06:34.959 --> 00:06:37.759 And and it says in scripture that the wages of sin is death. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:38.240 Is death. 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:38.480 Yeah. 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:42.560 Which is like, oh, I wish the wages were less than that. 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:43.759 Uh but it's death. 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:46.560 And so the idea is some something has to die. 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:51.040 There has to be there has to be, you know, payments. 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:52.399 That is the wages of of sin. 00:06:52.480 --> 00:06:56.160 And in the old testament, it was an animal sacrifice. 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:56.720 Right. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:09.920 And and the way they kind of pictured it in the old testament, if if you want to picture it like they did, is the priest um would have a perfect animal spotless lamb, right? 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.199 Um that they would sacrifice and pray. 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:24.560 And as they prayed, they would tr transfer, like spiritually, this is the idea, spiritually transfer all of the sins of the people onto this animal, and they would kill that animal. 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:28.720 So that the sin died, if that makes sense. 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:33.040 That death was paid that that paid for all of those sins that were transferred to that animal. 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:35.759 So the wages of sin is death, and they're someone someone. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:40.079 And that had to happen over and over and over and over again. 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:44.800 Yeah, it wasn't just it wasn't just every year that there was like, well, I mean, people are making personal sacrifices. 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:47.680 There's there was a big yearly sacrifice that was done. 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.000 It was like the official sacrifice for the year. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:08:01.120 Um and and even the the as you mentioned, blood, like I was reading either Leviticus or Deuteronomy about the building of the tabernacle, um, which was the the tent that they all met in. 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:06.879 And part of that was all the there's all these incredibly detailed descriptions about I want you to build this, and I want it to be like this. 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.000 And one of them was also the robes that the priests were to wear. 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:19.199 And they were like, as it's describing them, they're very beautiful robes, because I want it to be made of the finest linens and you know, like almost like I'm pretty sure there's like gold uh thread that was used. 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:24.959 And then after they made these beautiful garments, God says, Now I want you to take blood and sprinkle it on these. 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.720 So you just made these beautiful garments. 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:27.680 You want me to put blood on them? 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.959 And I don't think they had oxyclean back then, so you're not getting blood out. 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.279 No shout and wash or spray and wash or whatever. 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:54.879 But it was like God was constantly reminding the nation of Israel and us by extension in the Old Testament of the severity of sin, right, and and blood and sacrifice and death, you know, even on the robes, they it was like a constant reminder, you guys need to understand how big of an issue sin really is. 00:08:55.039 --> 00:09:00.240 And blood's death is the only like that that is the result of sin. 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:02.240 And that becomes really important to get to Jesus. 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:03.039 Yes, it does. 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:09.200 And and when you mentioned the um that they wouldn't do it just one time a year, they would do it all throughout the year, but there was one big one. 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:10.159 Yeah, there's a big one. 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:11.120 There's a big one. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:20.960 And um not a big lamb, but like a big if you have like minor holidays and major holidays, whatever, like there's this was like the Christmas. 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.080 This was the big, big one that everyone knew was happening. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.279 It was called Passover. 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:26.480 Yeah. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:29.039 Um, which again relates to blood. 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:34.000 All of it, all of it has to do with with this idea of blood being sacrificed to save the people. 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:42.159 And when Jesus died on the cross, it was during the sacrifice of that lamb. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:45.360 Like he even timed it, if that makes sense. 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.000 Like God is so purposeful in how he does things. 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:54.799 They even timed Jesus' death with the sacrifice of that lamb that took the entire nation's sin. 00:09:55.120 --> 00:10:17.919 And so when you think about Jesus on the cross, it's the same concept where all of our sin and all of our stuff and all of our nature that just doesn't ever want to submit, and all the things that we do wrong, and the ha bad habits and all of that got put on Jesus and then his blood was shed and it covered that sin. 00:10:18.399 --> 00:10:18.639 Right. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:36.159 So that when we when we take the Lord's Supper, um, you know, when Jesus did the first Lord's Supper, which was right before he died, and said, This cup represents my blood, which is gonna be um spilled for you, this bread represents my body, which is gonna be broken for you. 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:38.399 His disciples didn't know what was about to happen. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:40.320 They had no clue what was about to happen. 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:49.840 And now us looking back on that can see this represents Jesus' blood that took everything, that took all of my sin. 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:59.360 When his body was broken, it completely atoned, it completely covered, it completely set me free of all of the crap of my life. 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:02.720 Um, and so the blood of Jesus is a big deal. 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:13.519 And I know it sounds weird to think about in worship praising someone for their blood or thanking someone for their blood, but the blood of Jesus is what sets us free. 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:14.000 Right. 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:16.080 It was and and I think a couple things. 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:22.240 Number one, we still use phrases in our culture today, like if someone really loves something, they give it their blood, sweat, and tears. 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:27.919 You'll hear that like was that song I Would Die For You, I would um never mind. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.519 There's lots of songs about I would die for you. 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.600 I'm about to say, well, that's a pretty like No, no, no. 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:37.679 There was one that was really ridiculous, like something about throw like, oh gosh, now I'm gonna mess it up. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.120 Throw my head on a blade for you. 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.840 Wasn't there like a thing? 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:41.120 Oh no, yeah, Bruno Mars. 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.159 Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:43.279 Yeah, it was like I love that song. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.440 So it's like I would I catch a grenade for you. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.720 Yeah, it was like really intense. 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:54.639 And I'm like, why is someone throwing Okay, so if I'm on a in this scenario, Bruno, if you're listening, if Bruno Mars is listening to this, that's interesting. 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.159 Um hey Bruno. 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.360 So uh sorry, I probably pushed your lyrics. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.320 No, here's what I want to understand about that lyric, and then we'll get back to the point. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:02.720 Okay. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.960 If I'm if I'm on a date with with a girl, in this scenario, we're not married yet, and we're dating. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.279 Okay. 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.039 Okay, so I'm not pretending to date another girl. 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:09.360 Right. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:10.559 He's obviously trying to win her. 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:10.879 Right. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.919 So I'm uh you and I are on our our third date back in the day. 00:12:14.159 --> 00:12:14.399 Okay. 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.519 Someone drives by and throws a grenade at you. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:18.960 It makes you question why. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.320 I'm like, what is like that's a really weird thing. 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:22.960 People don't throw it. 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:24.879 Are you throwing your head onto a blade? 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:26.000 That just seems reckless. 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:32.000 I get stuck at the grenade because I'm like, if someone's throwing a hand grenade at the person I'm with. 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:35.519 That I mean, uh maybe I'm gonna push them out of the way, we're gonna run. 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:36.720 But like I catch it for you. 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:40.000 Like, first I would say, who is this person I'm on a date with? 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:40.320 Right. 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:43.200 That they what have they done that is Is this normal in their life? 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:44.159 Are they a spy? 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:44.559 I don't know. 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:47.600 Are they like is this I mean, that's the scary stuff. 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.600 Um so yeah. 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:50.559 But sorry. 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:52.960 Okay, but the idea is I'm gonna bring it back. 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.000 Now I'm bringing it back. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.039 You got me off track. 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:56.480 Uh that's never happened before. 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:57.519 I'm always the one doing that. 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.320 So in our culture, we still say all blood, sweat, and tears. 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:02.960 Like well, Jesus gave us his blood, sweat, and tears. 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:04.000 Literally, all of those. 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:04.639 Right. 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:12.399 When you read the Old Testament, sometimes we get kind of grossed out and appalled because we're reading it through the filter of our society today. 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:16.639 We forget that that this is these are barbaric people in barbaric times. 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:22.799 If someone ever invents time travel, I don't recommend that you go to Mesopotamia 3,000 years ago. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.440 And if you do, prepare to die because you probably will. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:25.840 Yeah. 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.639 Um it we're talking about. 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.919 There's a lot of things that gross you out. 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:29.679 These are barbaric people. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:35.600 And so to them it wasn't appalling and gross, and and it was like that was this is all super normal. 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:40.320 And what you have to understand too is that God is foreshadowing Jesus like crazy. 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:45.919 So much in the Old Testament, it is just God setting up what who Jesus is going to be. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.440 So you talked about worship music. 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:49.759 Sometimes someone might come in and hear about blood and worship music. 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:51.840 Sometimes you might hear things like worthy is the lamb. 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:52.240 Right. 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:53.200 Right. 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.080 You hear all these terms. 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.559 Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice. 00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.120 Right. 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:59.200 He was the final lamb. 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:05.039 The reason we don't do animal sacrifices anymore is not just because it's illegal and unsanitary in the United States of America. 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.399 Um, it's because we don't need to, because Jesus is the final lamb. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:16.559 In fact, cool detail, every year the official lamb for the Passover sacrifice came from uh the city of Bethlehem. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:20.080 That is where the flock was was raised and that lamb would have been selected. 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.039 Where was Jesus born? 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.159 Bethlehem. 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:24.080 Um, Jesus became the lamb. 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.639 So when you read the Old Testament, you see all this sacrifice for atonement and death and blood. 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:36.720 It's almost like God is is having to do this to constantly remind the people hey, this is a big deal, and someone's got to pay for it, and you're having these poor lambs. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:41.840 So when Jesus shows up and he dies on Passover, perfect, blameless, spotless. 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:57.360 Perfect, never sinned, blameless, spotless, innocent, and unlike a lamb, it's like powerful and it not some temporary, like I guess this will do for now, not uh as a placeholder, right? 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:02.399 But there's no sacri there could be no sacrifice more precious than Jesus. 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:04.559 Right, more perfect, the Son of God. 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.679 And so that's why his blood covers our sins. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.240 Right. 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:40.399 And so when we when we think about that, or if you're ever at at a church and have a chance to take you know, communion or Lord's Supper, um to pause and think about all of that, all of that history, all of that meaning, but that Jesus has done that for us and there's and for you, and there's something um that is healing and that removes shame, that removes guilt, that really, really sets us free um in that blood. 00:15:40.879 --> 00:15:49.759 Um I I know that you actually uh mentioned this verse in another podcast, but about how the life of the flesh is in the blood. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:16:00.399 Um and God gave us that verse, but the truth is our life, the life that we live here on this earth, is powered by Jesus' blood. 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:13.759 And when we when we drink that juice or the wine, um however you do that, um it's a symbolic of taking in the blood of Jesus and saying, I want that life. 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:15.759 That's the life I want flowing through my veins. 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.559 That's awesome. 00:16:16.960 --> 00:16:22.720 That's um when you take that bread that represents his body, that is who I want to be to the world. 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:30.480 Um and it's like a great trade of of my stuff for Jesus inhabiting and living in me. 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:36.720 Um and there's power and freedom in the blood of Jesus, and that's why it's such a big deal. 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.600 That's awesome. 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:39.039 And not gross. 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:42.960 No, no, I mean it's really a beautiful blood, yeah. 00:16:43.360 --> 00:16:49.279 But it's it's a it's it's a beautiful, mysterious, divine, and wonderful thing. 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.399 Well said. 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:54.000 Um I think that'll wrap it up for this episode of Crash Course. 00:16:54.159 --> 00:17:04.240 Thank you guys for listening, and we look forward to talking to you sometime in the very near future, which might be immediately now, assuming there's another podcast after this one. 00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.279 There could be. 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.400 There could be thousands of them. 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:06.880 It depends. 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.720 You might be listening to this five years after we recorded it. 00:17:08.880 --> 00:17:12.480 I don't think it'll be thousands, but dozens, maybe, tens, hundreds, maybe. 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.519 One, five, any number. 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:17.839 Um all right, we'll talk to you guys later.