Of late, there has been much talk about Jesus’ bloodline in the news media ... principally because of Dan Brown's controversial novel, ‘The Da Vinci Code.’
According to this fictional story:
• The Holy Grail is not a physical chalice / cup, but a woman, namely Mary Magdalene, who carried the bloodline of Christ.
• Mary Magdalene was of royal descent (through the Jewish House of Benjamin) and was the wife of Jesus, of the House of David. At the time of the Crucifixion, she was pregnant. After the Crucifixion, she fled to Gaul, where she was sheltered by the Jews of Marseille. She gave birth to a daughter, named Sarah. The bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene became the Merovingian dynasty of France - a secret guarded by, among others, the Knights Templar.
Of course there is not a word of truth about The Da Vinci Code's fanciful claims regarding the bloodline of Jesus.
This is the dark, deceptive fantasy.
In this message we want to come to the facts.
‘The Covenantal Crimson Cord’ - Christ’s atoning blood - is traced right through Scripture; from the tremendous Old Testament pictures through to the grand New Testament performance when our Saviour poured out His blood as an offering for sin on Calvary.
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The same blood which justifies by taking away sin, does in its after-action, quicken the new nature and lead it onward to subdue sin and to follow out the commands of God. There is no motive for holiness so great as that which streams from the veins of Jesus. And "precious," unspeakably precious, is this blood, because it has an overcoming power. It is written, "They overcame through the blood of the Lamb." How could they do otherwise? He who fights with the precious blood of Jesus, fights with a weapon which cannot know defeat. The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven's gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and to conquer, so long as we can trust its power!
Listen also to Rev Brown's excellent sermon WHY PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED
http://www.sermon audio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSe ction=new&sermonID=4606195719
Wayne (4/16/2006)
“ Great Sermon! ” C H Spurgeon's morning reading
"The precious blood of Christ."
— 1 Peter 1:19
Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is "precious" because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ's people are atoned for; they are redeemed from under the law; they are reconciled to God, made one with Him. Christ's blood is also "precious" in its cleansing power; it "cleanseth from all sin." "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Through Jesus' blood there is not a spot left upon any believer, no wrinkle nor any such thing remains. O precious blood, which makes us clean, removing the stains of abundant iniquity, and permitting us to stand accepted in the Beloved, notwithstanding the many ways in which we have rebelled against our God. The blood of Christ is likewise "precious" in its preserving power. We are safe from the destroying angel under the sprinkled blood. Remember it is God's seeing the blood which is the true reason for our being spared. Here is comfort for us when the eye of faith is dim, for God's eye is still the same. The blood of Christ is "precious" also in its sanctifying influence.
Ian Brown succeeded Dr Ian Paisley as minister of Martyrs Memorial in August 2013. Prior to this he pastored the Free Presbyterian congregation in Northern Ireland’s Maiden City, Londonderry, from 1987 to 2013. He is the author of several books, notably: “Belfast Boat – Titanic,...
