The Blood
Why blood? So gory!  So gross!  Have you ever smelled it?  Fresh is not so good, not fresh...even worse!  I guess it always seemed a little strange to me that something so unclean, so full of disease, and something that is worthy of being labeled a biohazard would be God's choice for purification.  Seems like a contradiction sometimes, doesn't it?  That God would require blood to cover something so filthy as sin. Read more...