A modern Christian expression indicating salvation; Christians are expressing that we are saved (from Hell & eternal death) because of Christ's sacrifice on the cross, thereby "shedding his blood".
13, For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14, How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Prior to Christ, atonement for sin could be made by shedding the blood of an animal in a sacrifice to God. By dying on the cross, Jesus, who was without sin, made atonement for all mankind's sins, even those that had not yet been committed.
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