The Testimony of Yeshua (or New Testament) has more than twice as many references to the death of Yeshua (more than 99 references) than to his resurrection (approximately 49 references). Why is this? Why did the apostolic writers emphasize the death of Yeshua the Messiah more than his resurrection? This fact has perplexed some of us for years. We now will briefly explore why this may be.

To be sure, the resurrection of Yeshua is a momentous event in the history of the world not to be minimized or understated in any way, and is not sub par to the importance of his incarnation, life or death. Furthermore, had Yeshua not resurrected from the dead, there would be no hope of the resurrection of the saints, for as Paul writes,

And if Messiah is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of Elohim, because we have testified of Elohim that He raised up Messiah, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Messiah is not risen. And if Messiah is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Messiah have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Messiah, we are of all men the most pitiable. (1 Cor 15:14–19)

Adding to the perplexing fact that the Testimony of Yeshua emphasizes the death of Yeshua over his resurrection is that notable fact that of the seven biblical feasts mentioned in Leviticus 23 and elsewhere in Scripture, there no feast that specifically points to the resurrection of Yeshua. The day of Passover addresses Yeshua’s death and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the next biblical feast completely skips past the resurrection altogether. This is the Feast of Weeks, which corresponds to the day of Pentecost in Acts chapter two, which also occurred fifty days after Yeshua’s resurrection. 

So why is there no biblical holiday, contrary to popular but ill-informed opinion, specifically portraying the resurrection of the Messiah? In answer to this question, some Bible students will point to the so called  “Feast” of First Fruits (Lev 23:9–13) as the biblical holiday that answers to the resurrection of Yeshua. While First Fruits Day (the correct biblical name for this occasion) does definitely point prophetically to Yeshua’s resurrection and ascension to heaven, this day, according to the Torah, was neither a biblical feast or miqra kodesh or a high holy day Sabbath. Rather, it was a moed or divine appointment (all biblical feasts are moedim [the plural of moed], but not all moedim are feasts) on which the Levitical priest performed the ritual of offering up a sheaf of the barley first fruits before Elohim. But for the rest of the Israelites, First Fruits Day was not a Sabbath-day of rest or holy or sacred assembly (Heb. miqra kodesh). Rather it was a common work day when the Israelites went into their fields to harvest the newly ripened barley. (I discuss this subject at length in my 23 page article on this subject available at https://www.hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/firstfruits.pdf.) To call First Fruits Day a feast is a misreading, if not a twisting, of Scripture. Facts are stubborn things for some people to deal with, but facts are truth, and truth is still truth regardless of people’s opinions to the contrary.

So now let us attempt to answer the question of why there is no biblical feast that specifically commemorates the resurrection of our Master and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah, and why the apostolic writers of the Testimony of Yeshua emphasized the death of Yeshua more than twice as much as his resurrections. First, it is the death of Yeshua and the shedding of his blood that saved humans from their sins, not his resurrection. Scripture is clear on this in both the Tanakh or Old Testament and the Testimony of Yeshua, for the Word of Elohim teaches us that the shedding of blood atones for man’s sin (for scriptural proof, see my article on this at https://www.hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/atone.pdf). The New Testament Scriptures clearly state that Yeshua’s shed blood and not his resurrection is what redeemed or saved man from sin’s death penalty. One passage that specifically states this is Romans 4:25,

Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. 

Other scriptures that confirm this fundamental biblical truth include,

Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Matt 20:28)

For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matt 26:28  )

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. (John 12:32) 

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. (Rom 5:9)

Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” (Gal 3:13) 

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace… (Eph 1:7)

[I]n whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (Col 1:14)

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to Elohim, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living Elohim? (Heb 9:12–14)

So, as we can see from the Word of Elohim, it is the blood of the Messiah through his death that sinful men are saved. 

But there is another point to consider that may help us to answer the question of why there is no biblical holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Yeshua. It is this: The Bible clearly teaches that death came on all humans because of his sin (e.g. Ezek 18:4; Rom 6:23). Had Adam and Eve not sinned, they would have lived forever (Gen 32:17). But because of the sin of our first parents, sin and its penalty of death spread to the whole world (Rom 5:12). From this basic truth, it should be self-evident to the nominally informed Bible student that if one does not sin, he will live forever. This is a simple logical deduction. This would have been a most elementary and basic biblical conceptual understanding among the apostles and their disciples. The Levitical sacrificial system that was still operating while most of the apostles lived and wrote pointed to the coming Messiah (e.g. Isa 53). Every time an animal without spot and blemish was offered under the sacrificial system, the Messiah’s sinlessness was dramatically proclaimed. In continuation of this theme, the apostles taught that Yeshua was without sin. This fact was amazingly evident in his resurrection, which they had all witnessed. His resurrection was proof-positive that he lived a sinless life or else he would not have resurrected. Had he sinned, his own death would have atoned for his own sins and that would have been the end of that. Had he been a sinner, he would not have resurrected. This fact was as basic and self-evident to his disciples as one saying that water is wet, or fire is hot, or that if you drop an object it will fall to the ground. These facts are obvious to all and don’t need to be stated much less over-emphasized. 

So the fact that the apostolic writers and the biblical feasts emphasized the Messiah’s atoning death over his resurrection should not be shocking. The fact that Yeshua saved man from the penalty of sin by his sinless life and his atoning death is a fact that is indivisible from his resurrection. His death and resurrection are two sides of the same coin and go hand-in-hand, for one cannot exist without the other. His death atoned for man’s sin, while his resurrection demonstrated his victory over the power of Satan, death, hell and the grave. It then follows and goes without saying that all humans who are redeemed by the shed blood of the Savior’s death will automatically follow in Yeshua’s footsteps and experience the eternal life and the victories that come with it including being resurrected from the grave to immortal life even as he was.

That the Bible emphasized the crucifixion over the resurrection may be a hard concept to accept for those coming out of a mainstream Christian church background in light of the church’s traditional emphasis on the resurrection as commemorated by the Easter holiday.  So why did the early church fathers emphasize the Messiah’s resurrection over his death? There are several reasons for this, but the one of most interest to us in this study is that it was good marketing to do so. After all, the early church fathers likely realized that emphasizing the Messiah’s resurrection over his death was a more successful plan for drawing the heathen to the message of the gospel rather than emphasizing Yeshua’s horrific death at the hands of angry sinners, and one’s need to repent of sin. This approach is not surprising when we consider the history records that demonstrates the early church fathers of the late fourth century wooed the pagans into Christianity by superimposing the birth of Yeshua over the top of their heathen winter solstice celebrations calling it Christmas. Although, this was a clever marketing tool, this is not the method that the disciples of Yeshua used to spread the message of the gospel in the first century. They neither watered down the message of the cross to better attract adherents to the original Christian faith nor syncretized Christianity with any pagan holidays to lure in the masses. Rather they preached the undiluted message repentance of sin, faith in the Messiah as the Savior of man from the sin’s death penalty and then living a godly, obedient life to the Torah-laws of Elohim in preparation for heaven’s coming kingdom. The gospel message stands on its own and is backed by the power and authority of heaven; it needs neither the help of pagan practices such as various heathen winter solstice traditions (as is the case with Christmas and its lights, tree, mistletoe, etc.) or the perverse Babylonian sexual rites (as is the case with Easter and its rabbit and eggs) to advance its truth.

So what is the bottom line here? When sharing the gospel with others, let’s not reconfigure the message of Scripture differently than the way the biblical authors present it. We cannot improve on the manner and method by which the early apostles, the direct spiritual descendents of Yeshua the Messiah, preached the gospel. The fact is that in the short time of the early church, it was said that they had turned the world upside down with the gospel message (Acts 17:6). All this was without the help of all of the extra and unbiblical traditions and methodologies for spreading the gospel that slowly crept into churchianity. Sadly, the church has spent the better part of 2,000 years reinterpreting and reinventing how the disciples of Yeshua preached and spread the  gospel all the while claiming, largely errantly, to be walking in their exact footsteps. Claiming and doing are to different animals. Instead of just talking about Yeshua and the early disciples, let’s simply do what they did and emphasize what they emphasized. What a concept! Whatever you do, say or teach, before claiming apostolic authority for it, search all the Scriptures to ensure that what you do, say, teach, think and practice lines up with the Word of Elohim first. This is a tall order and requires rolling up one’s sleeves and delving into the Word of Elohim rather that just accepting unquestioningly the traditions of men that are continually and perennially vomited from the pulpits of church the world. Let these warning words of Yeshua our Master ring clearly in our ears:

He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of Elohim, that you may keep your tradition.…making the word of Elohim of no effect through your tradition which you have handed down. And many such things you do.” (Mark 7:9, 13)

Thus you have made the commandment of Elohim of no effect by your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ‘THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.’ “ (Matt 15:6–9)

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 49 NT Scriptures on the Resurrection of Yeshua

99 New Testament Verses on the Death of Yeshua

61 NT Scriptures on the Crucifixion of Yeshua

• Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matt 20:28
• John 10:17-18 – Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.   
• John 19:30 – When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
• God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. For David says concerning him, “‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ … (Act 2:24–36)
• For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. (Rom 6:10)
• Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— (Gal 3:13)
• In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (Eph 1:7)
• Colossians 2:14 – Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
• Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (Heb 2:14)
• 1 Peter 3:18 – For Messiah also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
• 1 John 3:16 – Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the brethren.
• 1 John 2:2 – And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
• Mat 26:2  “You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”
• Mat 27:22  Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Messiah?” They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
• Mat 27:23  Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”
• Mat 27:26  Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.
• Mat 27:31  And when they had mocked Him, they took the robe off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him away to be crucified.
• Mat 27:35  Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “THEY DIVIDED MY GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS.”
• Mat 27:38  Then two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right and another on the left.
• Mat 27:44  Even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him with the same thing.
• Mat 28:5  But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
• Mar 15:15  So Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and he delivered Jesus, after he had scourged Him, to be crucified.
• Mar 15:24  And when they crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots for them to determine what every man should take.
• Mar 15:25  Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.
• Mar 15:27  With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.
• Mar 15:32  Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Even those who were crucified with Him reviled Him.
• Mar 16:6  But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.
• Luk 23:23  But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed.
• Luk 23:33  And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
• Luk 24:7  saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ “
• Luk 24:20  and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to death, and crucified Him.
• Joh 19:16  Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. Then they took Jesus and led Him away.
• Joh 19:18  where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center.
• Joh 19:20  Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
• Joh 19:23  Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece.
• Joh 19:32  Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.
• Joh 19:41  Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
• Act 2:23  Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death;
• Act 2:36  “Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
• Act 4:10  let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Messiah of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole.
• Rom 6:6  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.
• 1Co 1:13  Is Messiah divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
• 1Co 1:23  but we preach Messiah crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
• 1Co 2:2  For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Messiah and Him crucified.
• 1Co 2:8  which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
• 2Co 13:4  For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
• Gal 2:20  I have been crucified with Messiah; it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Gal 3:1  O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Messiah was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
• Gal 5:24  And those who are Messiah’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
• Gal 6:14  But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Messiah, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
• Rev 11:8  And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
• Mat 20:19  and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”
• Mat 23:34  Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
• Mar 15:13  So they cried out again, “Crucify Him!”
• Mar 15:14  Then Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they cried out all the more, “Crucify Him!”
• Mar 15:20  And when they had mocked Him, they took the purple off Him, put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.
• Luk 23:21  But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
• Joh 19:6  Therefore, when the chief priests and officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, for I find no fault in Him.”
• Joh 19:10  Then Pilate said to Him, “Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?”
• Joh 19:15  But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
• Heb 6:6  if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

38 NT Scriptures on the Atoning Blood of Yeshua

• Mat 26:28  For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
• in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
• Mar 14:24  And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
• Luk 22:20  Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
• Joh 6:53  Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
• Joh 6:54  Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Joh 6:55  For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
• Joh 6:56  He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
• Act 20:28  Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
• Rom 3:25  whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
• Rom 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
• 1Co 10:16  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Messiah? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Messiah?
• 1Co 11:25  In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
• 1Co 11:27  Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
• Eph 1:7  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
• Eph 2:13  But now in Messiah Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Messiah.
• Col 1:14  in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
• Col 1:20  and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
• Heb 2:14  Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
• Heb 9:12  Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
• Heb 9:13  For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
• Heb 9:14  how much more shall the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Heb 9:20  saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU.”
• Heb 9:22  And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
• Heb 10:19  Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
• Heb 10:29  Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
• Heb 12:24  to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
• Heb 13:12  Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
• Heb 13:20  Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 1Pe 1:2  elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Messiah: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
• 1Pe 1:19  but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
• 1Jn 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Messiah His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• 1Jn 5:6  This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Messiah; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
• 1Jn 5:8  And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
• Rev 1:5  and from Jesus Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
• Rev 7:14  And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Rev 12:11  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
• Rev 19:13  He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.

15 NT Verses that state Redemption/Salvation is through the death/blood of Yeshua

• Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Matt 20:28)
• Mat 26:28  For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
• And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” (John 12:32)
• Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. (Rom 4:25) — This verse shows that Yeshua’s death atoned for his sins and that he was raised up for our justification).
• Rom 5:9  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
• Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”— (Gal 3:13) 
• In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, (Eph 1:7)
• Col 1:14  in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
• Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, (Heb 2:14)
• Heb 9:12  Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
• Heb 9:13  For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
• Heb 9:14  how much more shall the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Heb 9:22  And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
• 1Jn 1:7  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Messiah His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• Rev 1:5  and from Jesus Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood.