The Blood Covenant Part 10

Blood Covenant Overview

In this powerful tenth installment of the Blood Covenant series, the pastor of NTC Ministries delivers a rich, doctrinally grounded message exploring the seven-fold shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ and its transformative power for every believer. Drawing from Ezekiel 16:1-6, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 5:17, Psalms 103:2-3, and several prophetic passages in Isaiah and Zechariah, the message traces how God looked upon humanity struggling in corrupt blood and declared life. The pastor unpacks the biblical significance of the number seven as divine perfection, then walks methodically through each shedding of Christ’s blood, from the sweating of blood in Gethsemane to the piercing of His side at Calvary. Along the way, listeners encounter compelling accounts of healing evangelist John G. Lake, whose ministry in Spokane produced over 250,000 miracles in three years, and the faith of Smith Wigglesworth. A central theme throughout is that the same covenant that forgives sin also heals disease, and that believers are called to grow from miracle healing into divine health and ultimately into divine life that overflows to others.

Blood Covenant Outline

• 0:00 – Introduction to the Blood Covenant Series: The pastor recaps the series on the blood of Jesus Christ and establishes that the blood covenant is the defining line of Christian faith, contrasting the blood of animals in the Old Testament with the perfect blood of Christ.
• 8:30 – The Problem of Bad Blood in Humanity: Bad blood inherited through Adam manifests as violence, sickness, arrogance, and moral corruption. The pastor explains that the root problem of humanity is corrupt blood and that Jesus came to supply pure, holy, living blood.
• 18:00 – Ezekiel 16 and the Picture of Israel in Blood: An exposition of Ezekiel 16:1-6 reveals a prophetic type of God passing by a people struggling in their own blood and declaring life, foreshadowing Christ’s redemption of the church.
• 26:45 – Three Levels of Healing and Divine Life: Using the example of John G. Lake, the pastor outlines three progressive levels available to believers: miracle healing, divine health, and divine life, encouraging the congregation to pursue revelation and growth in each stage.
• 36:00 – Biblical Numerology and the Significance of Seven: The number seven is explored as the numerical equivalent of perfection throughout Scripture, appearing in creation, the book of Revelation, and Jesus’ seven miracles performed on the Sabbath.
• 44:00 – The First Three Shedings of Blood: The pastor details the first shedding of blood in Gethsemane when Jesus sweat blood, the second when He was struck with rods before the high priest, and the third through the brutal Roman scourging producing at least 117 lacerations.
• 53:30 – The Fourth and Fifth Shedings of Blood: Drawing from Isaiah 50:6 and Genesis 3, the pastor covers the plucking of Jesus’ beard and the crown of thorns pressed into His scalp, connecting the thorns to the curse of the ground and Christ’s redemption of all creation.
• 1:02:00 – The Sixth Shedding: Crucifixion: The nailing of Jesus to the cross is examined with historical detail, noting that the nails were placed at the base of the wrist to bear the body’s weight, fulfilling multiple Old Testament prophecies.
• 1:08:00 – The Seventh Shedding: The Spear in His Side: The final shedding of blood through the soldier’s spear releases blood and water from the pericardial sac. The pastor connects this to Zechariah 12:10 and the unbroken bones of the Passover lamb in Numbers 9:12.
• 1:13:00 – The Believer’s Inheritance and Call to Action: The message closes with a call for believers to receive revelation of the blood covenant, to declare life over those around them still struggling in corrupt blood, and to walk boldly as heirs of every promise purchased at the cross.

Scripture References

Ezekiel 16:1-6, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:15, Romans 5:17, Psalms 103:2-3, Hebrews 11:6, Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 52:14, Micah 5:1, Matthew 26:67, Matthew 27:26, Matthew 27:27-30, Matthew 27:35, John 19:31-36, Zechariah 12:10, Numbers 9:12, Mark 7:13

Key Takeaways

• The blood of Jesus Christ does not merely cover sin as animal sacrifices did in the Old Testament but completely removes sin and its penalties, including the full wrath of God, for every believer who receives the covenant.
• Because sin and sickness share the same root in corrupted blood inherited from Adam, the stripes of Jesus that purchase forgiveness simultaneously purchase physical healing, as confirmed in 1 Peter 2:24 and Psalms 103:2-3.
• Believers are called to grow progressively from receiving miracle healing, to walking in divine health, to becoming channels of divine life who freely impart God’s healing power to others around them.
• The number seven represents divine perfection throughout Scripture, and the seven-fold shedding of Christ’s blood signifies a complete and perfect atonement that covers every category of human need spiritually and physically.
• Human traditions, whether religious creeds or inherited habits, can make the word of God ineffective in a believer’s life, just as Jesus warned in Mark 7, and must be replaced by personal revelation received from God.
• Jesus voluntarily chose every aspect of His suffering, from entering the earth to enduring the scourging and the cross, demonstrating that redemption was an act of deliberate mercy and love rather than passive circumstance.
• Every believer is a beneficiary and heir of the blood covenant, meaning the same righteousness, healing, and abundant life that Jesus secured at Calvary are available now as present realities, not only as future heavenly promises.

Blood Covenant Notes

Corrupt Blood Roots All Human Problems

The pastor makes a striking theological claim that the fundamental problem of humanity is not social, economic, or psychological but biological and spiritual: corrupt blood inherited through Adam’s sin. This manifests in violence, arrogance, addiction, deception, and disease. Rather than condemning individuals caught in these behaviors, the message frames them as people struggling in their own blood, just as God described Jerusalem in Ezekiel 16. This perspective reshapes how believers are called to view the lost around them, not as enemies or moral failures but as people in need of the same life-giving blood of Christ that once rescued every believer.

John G. Lake and the Power of Revelation

One of the sermon’s most vivid illustrations comes from the ministry of John G. Lake, under whose apostolic lineage the pastor was ordained. Lake ministered in Spokane, Washington, where over 250,000 healings occurred in just three years, drawing people from around the world on death’s door. Insurance companies awarded the city recognition for its remarkable health record. Even more dramatically, Lake entered plague-ridden regions of Africa and placed infected foam under a scientist’s microscope, where it was observed dying upon contact with his skin. The pastor uses this account to demonstrate that divine life, the highest level of spiritual maturity, produces visible, measurable, supernatural results.

Seven Shedings Accomplish Perfect Redemption

The theological heart of the sermon is the seven-fold shedding of Christ’s blood, each event corresponding to a specific dimension of human need. Blood shed in Gethsemane under the weight of divine wrath, blood from rod beatings, blood from the scourge’s 117 lacerations, blood from the plucked beard, blood from the crown of thorns driven into the scalp, blood from crucifixion, and finally blood and water from the spear piercing the pericardial sac together constitute a complete and perfect sacrifice. Seven, as the pastor demonstrates from biblical numerology, represents divine perfection, assuring believers that nothing was left unpurchased and no need remains uncovered.

Traditions That Weaken the Word of God

The pastor delivers a pointed pastoral warning about the danger of tradition, quoting Jesus in Mark 7:13 that human traditions make the word of God ineffective. Using a memorable story about a young wife who cut the ends off a ham simply because her grandmother once did it to fit a small roasting pan, the sermon illustrates how inherited religious habits can persist long after their original context is irrelevant. Applied to faith and healing, this means believers may repeat confessions, attend services, or perform religious rituals while never pressing into the personal revelation that transforms head knowledge into lived experience and genuine testimony.

Declaring Life Over Those in Their Blood

The sermon’s most urgent practical application is the call for believers to recognize people around them who are still living in corrupt blood and to declare life over them just as God declared life over Israel in Ezekiel 16. The pastor references Smith Wigglesworth, whose presence on a German train was so saturated with God’s life that priests and nuns fell to the floor under conviction and were born again. The application is not dramatic confrontation but a posture of compassion, seeing coworkers, neighbors, and family members through the lens of the blood covenant and speaking life, healing, and the hope of Christ into every encounter.

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