The Biblical phrase, "blood of Christ," refers to the physical blood of the Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the atoning Work He accomplished while shedding that blood on the cross. There are more than three dozen New Testament verses that make reference to the blood of Christ. It is important to be able to distinguish when any given verse (e.g. John 19: 34) is speaking of the physical blood, and when (e.g. Romans 5: 9/1Cor. 11: 25) it is referring to or is including the atoning Work that He accomplished when He shed that blood on the cross.
What was it about Him that qualified His Humanity and His blood to be the sacrificial Lamb of God and the means through which the sin of the world (John 1: 29) was atoned? What qualified the shedding of His blood to be accepted by God the Father as full payment for the sin debt of the entire world (1John 2: 2)?
The short answer to these questions is that His humanity and blood was the result of His divine conception (Luke 1: 31, 35), circumventing the passing down of the sin nature that takes place when the male human partner takes part in reproductive process (Psalms 51: 5). Psalms 51: 5 does not teach that there is something sinful about the human reproduction process between married (Heb. 13: 4) partners.
God cannot command anyone to sin. He did command Man to reproduce before (Gen. 1: 28) and after (Gen. 9: 7) the flood of Noah's day.
It was through this divine (Luke 1: 35) conception that God enabled Mary bring forth the sinless humanity (and blood) of the Lord Jesus Christ at His birth. It was the Lord Jesus Christ, however, that had to maintain and retain the sinless character of the Humanity that He received, in order to reach the cross and accomplish the atoning Work that He came to do. Hebrews 4: 15 confirms that although He was tempted in every way that is common to Man, He did not sin. In dong so, He retained the qualifying status of the Lamb of God.
After (Matt. 1: 25) the birth of Christ, Joseph and Mary produced four sons and at least two daughters (Matt. 13: 55, 56/Mark 6: 3), all of whom, like Joseph and Mary (Luke 1: 47) themselves, received the sin nature that is passed down (through their biological fathers) during the reproduction process when the incoming humanity is conceived. By circumventing the passing down of the sin nature through Joseph, God could use Mary, but not Joseph, in the incarnation of the Son of God.
The much longer and much more detailed answer is found in the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union.
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Both Old Testament (Lev. 17: 11) and New Testament Scripture (Heb. 9: 22) made/makes it clear that in the spiritual realm, all things are cleansed with the blood of the sacrificed source, and that without the shedding of blood, there is no means of forgiveness. The shedding of the blood of the animal sacrifices during the Old Testament dispensation foreshadowed the final and atoning sacrifice that was made when the Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood on the cross (Heb. 10: 4-12). Just as the sin was symbolically transferred to the sacrificed animal of the Old Testament dispensation, so was the sin of the whole world (1John 2: 2) transferred to the sacrificed humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ while on the cross.
The animal sacrificed during the Old Testament dispensation had to take place on a qualifying altar and at specified times. The shedding of the Lord's blood had to take place ON THE CROSS, as this was when when the world's sin debt was placed on the Lord's humanity. The last qualifying altar that God acknowledged was the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Q.: If the shedding of His blood at any other time could have accomplished God's plan of salvation, why wasn't His atoning Work accomplished when He shed His blood while being circumcised as an infant?
A: It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Q.: If the shedding of His blood was the only requirement to complete God's plan of salvation, why couldn't God have just allowed the Lord Jesus Christ to be among the slaughtered infants resulting from Herod's plot (Math. 2: 16) to slay the reported "new king" born Bethlehem?
A.: It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Instead, Joseph was warned to flee to Egypt (Matt. 2: 13) in order to preserve the Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Work on the Cross, some thirty years later.
Q. : If the shedding of His blood was the only requirement to complete God's plan of salvation, why couldn't God just have allowed Satan's plan challenging Jesus to thrown Himself down from the high point of the Temple (Matt. 4: 5, 6), to succeed?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Instead, the Lord Jesus Christ refused to do anything that would have compromised His qualification as the spotless Lamb of God to be sacrificed on the cross within the next three years.
With less than twelve hours to go before the crucifixion, He had already shed His blood when He was beaten, scourged, and had a crown of thorns pressed down into His scalp.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
On the way to the execution site, He undoubtedly continued to shed His blood from the open wounds He received as He carried the cross.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
He shed His blood when His hands and feet were nailed to the cross before the cross was up-righted into position.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Yet, as a result of all these times that He had shed His blood, the atoning Work was not declared "finished (John 19: 30 NASB)" until around 3 pm, after spending six hours on the cross (9 am - Mark 15: 25 to 3 pm - Matt. 27: 45), shedding His blood.
I believe that it was from 12 noon to 3 pm (when darkness covered the land (Matt. 27: 45) and He cried out, "My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken Me ( 22nd Psalm) was when the spiritual weight of the world's in debt (1John 2: 2) was placed on His sacrificing Humanity as He continued to shed His blood, making atonement. I believe it was during the last three hours that He suffered spiritual death in our place, being separated from God the Father and God the Holy Spirit (My God (The Father), My God (The Holy Spirit -Psalms 22: 1). What we do know for certain, that is was NOT until 3 pm, just before He gave up His spirit, and died physically (John 19: 30), that He declared the atoning Work, "finished (John 19: 30 NABS)."
Once deceased, there is no more shedding of blood, as blood does not flow once when the heart stops). The draining of the blood and water that resulted from His side being pierced (John 19: 34) was for the purpose that He was in fact already dead.
*It is worth noting that His atoning Work was finished before He gave up His spirit and physically died. This is made clear by the fact that He Himself, made this announcement. This teaches us that the type of death that He endured in our behalf, while shedding His physical blood, was spiritual in nature.
Spiritual death is not a state of non-existence, by existing while separated from God. Spiritual death was the type of death that Adam and the woman, later named Eve, received ON THE DAY they sinned. The spiritual death part of the plan of God was "the cup" that the Lord prayed about in the Garden of Gethsemane.
"My father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt (Matt. 26: 39 NABS)."
When the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross quoted the 22nd Psalm, "My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me (Psalms 22 NASB),", He was NOT asking God the Father anything. He know all along that the cross and all it entailed was the very reason that He came to Earth in the first place (Matt. 16: 21). In quoting the 22nd Psalm He, was announcing that He was fulfilling MANY of the Messianic prophecies (e.g. vs.s. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) contained in that passage.
We all (should) know what it is like to feel the weight and spiritual pressure when we commit a sin. Just imagine the weight and spiritual pressure of having the weight of the sin debt of the entire human race placed on His sinless humanity.
It is beyond human comprehension to truly understand how great the impact there had to be when the spiritual weight of the world's sin debt was placed on the sinless humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Habakkuk1: 13), and for the firs time and only time the Lord Jesus Christ experienced separation (spiritual death) from God. If He hadn't done what He did on the cross, the entire human race would have experienced spiritual death (separation from God) in what the Bible calls the lake of fire for all of eternity. Spiritual death in the lake of fire (Rev. 20: 15) is what still awaits those who are not born again (John 3: 5, 7), no matter how otherwise "religious" he/she may have been while here on Earth, or how much human good he/she had produced.
One is born again IF and WHEN he/she chooses to believe, that is to place his/her full confidence and trust, in a presentation of the Gospel Message.
The devil knew the significance of the shedding of His blood ON THE CROSS. The devil endorsed all of the attempts to kill Him before reaching the cross., even though virtually all of them would have resulted in the shedding of His blood.
But shedding His blood on the cross, making full atonement for the sin of the world, was the last place that the devil ever wanted to see Him. While virtually everyone else, saw His crucifixion as a clear sign of His defeat, the devil knew it was the Lord's greatest victory and his (the devil's) defeat.
Those who choose to disbelieve (John 3: 18) in the atoning Work that He accomplished while physically alive, shedding His blood on the cross, will suffer spiritual death in what the Bible calls the lake of fire for all of eternity (Rev. 20: 15).
Many religious films have come out of Hollywood portraying the physical suffering and physical death that our Lord endured on the cross, but do not focus on what was taking place in the spiritual realm. Granted, it is much easier to portray what can be seen, than what can only be spiritually perceived.
Even children in Sunday School can tell you that they were saved by Jesus' dying on the cross. But advancing disciples have learned that there were two deaths, one spiritual and one physical, that He suffered, and the spiritual purpose for each one?
His three hours of spiritual death (separation from God) was a part of the Work on the cross when He was forsaken, having taking upon His humanity the sin debt of the world. It is because He was forsaken, that born again believers will never be. It was because He suffered spiritual death on the cross, that born again believers will NEVER encounter spiritual death in the lake of fire or anywhere (Purgatory) else.
The objective and purpose for His physical death was to set the stage for His bodily resurrection after three days and three nights in the tomb. The fact that He was raised and appeared to many witnesses provided tangible evidence that the atoning Work that had been accomplished on the cross had been fully accepted and approved by God the Father (Acts 17: 31).
Yes, dying physically (John 19: 30) and being raised from the dead (Matt. 16: 21) were certainly parts of the plan of God, but the atoning Work was accomplished and finished (John 19: 30) while He was physically alive, shedding His blood, on the cross!
Some areas of "Christian" religion have gone as far as promoting the concept that His humanity and His blood are physically reproduced during the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion). Christian religion has established various means as to what the Communion elements are to be, by whom they are to be distributed, distributed, and by whom they are to be received. Lost in the midst of all this religious smoke is the Biblical purpose for which the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to be celebrated. Scripture (1Cor. 11: 24, 25) teach that the purpose for celebrating the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to bring into remembrance the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Scripture teach that the celebration of the Lord's Supper is for *born again believers who have examined (1Cor. 11: 28) themselves.
Until one is born again (John 3: 5, 7) the soul is spiritually dead, regardless of whatever took place in the religious realm.
Just as physically dead men can do nothing (or have anything done that's going to benefit them) in the natural realm, spiritually dead men, or believers out of fellowship, can do nothing (that's going to benefit them) in the spiritual realm.
Man, through religion, has a long, long, history of engineering, promoting alternative means to secure the favor and blessings of God. Scripture (Luke 16: 15) teach that such things, while being held in high esteem by men, are "detestable" in the eyes of God.
This "examination" that is to take place before participating in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, is for the purpose of determining if there are any sins that need to be confessed (1John 1: 9) and/or forsaken (John 8: 11). In doing so, the participant is ensure that he/she is in fellowship (2Cor. 13: 14) with God when engaging in the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion) ritual.
"For he who eats (the bread) and drinks (the wine), eats and drinks judgment to to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly (1Cor. 11: 29 NASB)."
Neglecting to participate in the celebration of the Lord's Supper is an act of wilful disobedience to the "do this" commands (not options) of 1 Cor. 11: 24, 25. Any act of disobedience, be it an act of commission or omission, is a sin.
Any sin (James 2: 10) that becomes a lifestyle (habitual practice) is evidence that that the one involved is living in sin
Taking part in the celebration of the Lord's Supper when one has not first examined (1Cor. 11: 28) him/herself and then taken (James 1: 22) the appropriate action(s)(1John 1: 9/John 8: 11), opens the door to the most severe forms of divine discipline (Heb. 12: 6) that a Christian can receive here on Earth (1Cor. 11: 30).
"For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep (are dead) -1Cor. 11: 30 NASB italics mine."
Scripture (1Cor. 11: 24, 25) make is clear that the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion) is for the stated purpose of "bringing into remembrance" the Person and the Work of the Lord Jesus Christ that tool place ON THE CROSS.
Even if, for sake of argument, the symbolic representation vs. the transubstantiation of the elements were to be overlooked, nowhere is Scripture does it teach that ANY ritual can or should reproduce the shed blood and/or the atoning Work that was accomplished on the cross. Bringing into remembrance what took place on the cross (His atoning work; His spiritual death; followed by His physical death), until the risen (Acts 17: 31) and ascended (Acts 1: 9) Christ returns (1Cor. 11: 26) is the purpose for which the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to be celebrated.
In summary, the blood of Christ refers to physical blood of our Lord's Humanity AND the atoning work that He accomplished while shedding that blood on the cross. It is an important area of Bible Doctrine that one must learn and apply if he/she is going to reap its benefits and avoid the consequences associated with neglecting, taking lightly, or rejecting what the Bible is referring to when it speaks of the blood of Christ.
What was it about Him that qualified His Humanity and His blood to be the sacrificial Lamb of God and the means through which the sin of the world (John 1: 29) was atoned? What qualified the shedding of His blood to be accepted by God the Father as full payment for the sin debt of the entire world (1John 2: 2)?
The short answer to these questions is that His humanity and blood was the result of His divine conception (Luke 1: 31, 35), circumventing the passing down of the sin nature that takes place when the male human partner takes part in reproductive process (Psalms 51: 5). Psalms 51: 5 does not teach that there is something sinful about the human reproduction process between married (Heb. 13: 4) partners.
God cannot command anyone to sin. He did command Man to reproduce before (Gen. 1: 28) and after (Gen. 9: 7) the flood of Noah's day.
It was through this divine (Luke 1: 35) conception that God enabled Mary bring forth the sinless humanity (and blood) of the Lord Jesus Christ at His birth. It was the Lord Jesus Christ, however, that had to maintain and retain the sinless character of the Humanity that He received, in order to reach the cross and accomplish the atoning Work that He came to do. Hebrews 4: 15 confirms that although He was tempted in every way that is common to Man, He did not sin. In dong so, He retained the qualifying status of the Lamb of God.
After (Matt. 1: 25) the birth of Christ, Joseph and Mary produced four sons and at least two daughters (Matt. 13: 55, 56/Mark 6: 3), all of whom, like Joseph and Mary (Luke 1: 47) themselves, received the sin nature that is passed down (through their biological fathers) during the reproduction process when the incoming humanity is conceived. By circumventing the passing down of the sin nature through Joseph, God could use Mary, but not Joseph, in the incarnation of the Son of God.
The much longer and much more detailed answer is found in the Doctrine of the Hypostatic Union.
* * *
Both Old Testament (Lev. 17: 11) and New Testament Scripture (Heb. 9: 22) made/makes it clear that in the spiritual realm, all things are cleansed with the blood of the sacrificed source, and that without the shedding of blood, there is no means of forgiveness. The shedding of the blood of the animal sacrifices during the Old Testament dispensation foreshadowed the final and atoning sacrifice that was made when the Lord Jesus Christ shed His blood on the cross (Heb. 10: 4-12). Just as the sin was symbolically transferred to the sacrificed animal of the Old Testament dispensation, so was the sin of the whole world (1John 2: 2) transferred to the sacrificed humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ while on the cross.
The animal sacrificed during the Old Testament dispensation had to take place on a qualifying altar and at specified times. The shedding of the Lord's blood had to take place ON THE CROSS, as this was when when the world's sin debt was placed on the Lord's humanity. The last qualifying altar that God acknowledged was the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Q.: If the shedding of His blood at any other time could have accomplished God's plan of salvation, why wasn't His atoning Work accomplished when He shed His blood while being circumcised as an infant?
A: It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Q.: If the shedding of His blood was the only requirement to complete God's plan of salvation, why couldn't God have just allowed the Lord Jesus Christ to be among the slaughtered infants resulting from Herod's plot (Math. 2: 16) to slay the reported "new king" born Bethlehem?
A.: It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Instead, Joseph was warned to flee to Egypt (Matt. 2: 13) in order to preserve the Humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ for His Work on the Cross, some thirty years later.
Q. : If the shedding of His blood was the only requirement to complete God's plan of salvation, why couldn't God just have allowed Satan's plan challenging Jesus to thrown Himself down from the high point of the Temple (Matt. 4: 5, 6), to succeed?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Instead, the Lord Jesus Christ refused to do anything that would have compromised His qualification as the spotless Lamb of God to be sacrificed on the cross within the next three years.
With less than twelve hours to go before the crucifixion, He had already shed His blood when He was beaten, scourged, and had a crown of thorns pressed down into His scalp.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
On the way to the execution site, He undoubtedly continued to shed His blood from the open wounds He received as He carried the cross.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
He shed His blood when His hands and feet were nailed to the cross before the cross was up-righted into position.
Q. : Why didn't this accomplish the atoning Work?
A. : It wasn't the time or the place for His atoning Work to take place.
Yet, as a result of all these times that He had shed His blood, the atoning Work was not declared "finished (John 19: 30 NASB)" until around 3 pm, after spending six hours on the cross (9 am - Mark 15: 25 to 3 pm - Matt. 27: 45), shedding His blood.
I believe that it was from 12 noon to 3 pm (when darkness covered the land (Matt. 27: 45) and He cried out, "My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken Me ( 22nd Psalm) was when the spiritual weight of the world's in debt (1John 2: 2) was placed on His sacrificing Humanity as He continued to shed His blood, making atonement. I believe it was during the last three hours that He suffered spiritual death in our place, being separated from God the Father and God the Holy Spirit (My God (The Father), My God (The Holy Spirit -Psalms 22: 1). What we do know for certain, that is was NOT until 3 pm, just before He gave up His spirit, and died physically (John 19: 30), that He declared the atoning Work, "finished (John 19: 30 NABS)."
Once deceased, there is no more shedding of blood, as blood does not flow once when the heart stops). The draining of the blood and water that resulted from His side being pierced (John 19: 34) was for the purpose that He was in fact already dead.
*It is worth noting that His atoning Work was finished before He gave up His spirit and physically died. This is made clear by the fact that He Himself, made this announcement. This teaches us that the type of death that He endured in our behalf, while shedding His physical blood, was spiritual in nature.
Spiritual death is not a state of non-existence, by existing while separated from God. Spiritual death was the type of death that Adam and the woman, later named Eve, received ON THE DAY they sinned. The spiritual death part of the plan of God was "the cup" that the Lord prayed about in the Garden of Gethsemane.
"My father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as Thou wilt (Matt. 26: 39 NABS)."
When the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross quoted the 22nd Psalm, "My God, my God, why has Thou forsaken me (Psalms 22 NASB),", He was NOT asking God the Father anything. He know all along that the cross and all it entailed was the very reason that He came to Earth in the first place (Matt. 16: 21). In quoting the 22nd Psalm He, was announcing that He was fulfilling MANY of the Messianic prophecies (e.g. vs.s. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) contained in that passage.
We all (should) know what it is like to feel the weight and spiritual pressure when we commit a sin. Just imagine the weight and spiritual pressure of having the weight of the sin debt of the entire human race placed on His sinless humanity.
It is beyond human comprehension to truly understand how great the impact there had to be when the spiritual weight of the world's sin debt was placed on the sinless humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ (Habakkuk1: 13), and for the firs time and only time the Lord Jesus Christ experienced separation (spiritual death) from God. If He hadn't done what He did on the cross, the entire human race would have experienced spiritual death (separation from God) in what the Bible calls the lake of fire for all of eternity. Spiritual death in the lake of fire (Rev. 20: 15) is what still awaits those who are not born again (John 3: 5, 7), no matter how otherwise "religious" he/she may have been while here on Earth, or how much human good he/she had produced.
One is born again IF and WHEN he/she chooses to believe, that is to place his/her full confidence and trust, in a presentation of the Gospel Message.
The devil knew the significance of the shedding of His blood ON THE CROSS. The devil endorsed all of the attempts to kill Him before reaching the cross., even though virtually all of them would have resulted in the shedding of His blood.
But shedding His blood on the cross, making full atonement for the sin of the world, was the last place that the devil ever wanted to see Him. While virtually everyone else, saw His crucifixion as a clear sign of His defeat, the devil knew it was the Lord's greatest victory and his (the devil's) defeat.
Those who choose to disbelieve (John 3: 18) in the atoning Work that He accomplished while physically alive, shedding His blood on the cross, will suffer spiritual death in what the Bible calls the lake of fire for all of eternity (Rev. 20: 15).
Many religious films have come out of Hollywood portraying the physical suffering and physical death that our Lord endured on the cross, but do not focus on what was taking place in the spiritual realm. Granted, it is much easier to portray what can be seen, than what can only be spiritually perceived.
Even children in Sunday School can tell you that they were saved by Jesus' dying on the cross. But advancing disciples have learned that there were two deaths, one spiritual and one physical, that He suffered, and the spiritual purpose for each one?
His three hours of spiritual death (separation from God) was a part of the Work on the cross when He was forsaken, having taking upon His humanity the sin debt of the world. It is because He was forsaken, that born again believers will never be. It was because He suffered spiritual death on the cross, that born again believers will NEVER encounter spiritual death in the lake of fire or anywhere (Purgatory) else.
The objective and purpose for His physical death was to set the stage for His bodily resurrection after three days and three nights in the tomb. The fact that He was raised and appeared to many witnesses provided tangible evidence that the atoning Work that had been accomplished on the cross had been fully accepted and approved by God the Father (Acts 17: 31).
Yes, dying physically (John 19: 30) and being raised from the dead (Matt. 16: 21) were certainly parts of the plan of God, but the atoning Work was accomplished and finished (John 19: 30) while He was physically alive, shedding His blood, on the cross!
Some areas of "Christian" religion have gone as far as promoting the concept that His humanity and His blood are physically reproduced during the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion). Christian religion has established various means as to what the Communion elements are to be, by whom they are to be distributed, distributed, and by whom they are to be received. Lost in the midst of all this religious smoke is the Biblical purpose for which the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to be celebrated. Scripture (1Cor. 11: 24, 25) teach that the purpose for celebrating the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to bring into remembrance the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Scripture teach that the celebration of the Lord's Supper is for *born again believers who have examined (1Cor. 11: 28) themselves.
Until one is born again (John 3: 5, 7) the soul is spiritually dead, regardless of whatever took place in the religious realm.
Just as physically dead men can do nothing (or have anything done that's going to benefit them) in the natural realm, spiritually dead men, or believers out of fellowship, can do nothing (that's going to benefit them) in the spiritual realm.
Man, through religion, has a long, long, history of engineering, promoting alternative means to secure the favor and blessings of God. Scripture (Luke 16: 15) teach that such things, while being held in high esteem by men, are "detestable" in the eyes of God.
This "examination" that is to take place before participating in the celebration of the Lord's Supper, is for the purpose of determining if there are any sins that need to be confessed (1John 1: 9) and/or forsaken (John 8: 11). In doing so, the participant is ensure that he/she is in fellowship (2Cor. 13: 14) with God when engaging in the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion) ritual.
"For he who eats (the bread) and drinks (the wine), eats and drinks judgment to to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly (1Cor. 11: 29 NASB)."
Neglecting to participate in the celebration of the Lord's Supper is an act of wilful disobedience to the "do this" commands (not options) of 1 Cor. 11: 24, 25. Any act of disobedience, be it an act of commission or omission, is a sin.
Any sin (James 2: 10) that becomes a lifestyle (habitual practice) is evidence that that the one involved is living in sin
Taking part in the celebration of the Lord's Supper when one has not first examined (1Cor. 11: 28) him/herself and then taken (James 1: 22) the appropriate action(s)(1John 1: 9/John 8: 11), opens the door to the most severe forms of divine discipline (Heb. 12: 6) that a Christian can receive here on Earth (1Cor. 11: 30).
"For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep (are dead) -1Cor. 11: 30 NASB italics mine."
Scripture (1Cor. 11: 24, 25) make is clear that the celebration of the Lord's Supper (Communion) is for the stated purpose of "bringing into remembrance" the Person and the Work of the Lord Jesus Christ that tool place ON THE CROSS.
Even if, for sake of argument, the symbolic representation vs. the transubstantiation of the elements were to be overlooked, nowhere is Scripture does it teach that ANY ritual can or should reproduce the shed blood and/or the atoning Work that was accomplished on the cross. Bringing into remembrance what took place on the cross (His atoning work; His spiritual death; followed by His physical death), until the risen (Acts 17: 31) and ascended (Acts 1: 9) Christ returns (1Cor. 11: 26) is the purpose for which the Lord's Supper (Communion) is to be celebrated.
In summary, the blood of Christ refers to physical blood of our Lord's Humanity AND the atoning work that He accomplished while shedding that blood on the cross. It is an important area of Bible Doctrine that one must learn and apply if he/she is going to reap its benefits and avoid the consequences associated with neglecting, taking lightly, or rejecting what the Bible is referring to when it speaks of the blood of Christ.