Isaiah, when he spoke about the sprinkling of the blood on the nations, spoke about a priesthood, as we see in Exodus 29, that would be set apart and made holy unto the Lord, just like the blood had to be sprinkled on Aaron and his sons to enter into their priestly ministry. This ties into 1 Peter 2:9, where it says that we are called a royal priesthood.
Isaiah was also pointing to Leviticus 14:1–7, where it speaks of the blood and the sacrifice of the birds as a cleansing or declaration that the leper is cleansed once the priest has investigated and seen that he is healed. The blood would be sprinkled on him seven times to show that he is cleansed. Again, this points to us being cleansed of our sin, and we go from unclean to clean through the blood. But it also speaks of the healing that is in His wounds, according to 1 Peter 2:24: “By his wounds you have been healed.”
Isaiah is also referring to Numbers 19:14–19, where it speaks of anybody who touched the dead and how they would become unclean. Even the things in the room would be unclean, including the tent. Through the sprinkling of the water on the third and seventh day, this person would become clean. Here, the water points us toward the cleansing that comes through Christ. It also speaks of the washing of the Word, removing the stain of death.
Paul says in Ephesians 2:1–5 that we were dead in our trespasses and sins, but through Christ we are made alive. Colossians 2:13 also speaks of us being dead in our trespasses and the uncircumcision of our flesh, but being made alive together with Christ. This is the picture of moving from death to life, from unclean to clean.
These Scriptures are actually combined and explained by the writer of Hebrews 9 and 10, where he explains that if the blood of goats and bulls could have this effect, this purification effect on the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ cleanse us? Hebrews 9 points to Christ entering as the greater High Priest and offering His own blood, and Hebrews 9:14 asks how much more the blood of Christ will purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Then in Hebrews 10, it speaks of how the blood made a way for us through the veil that is Christ's body into the Holy of Holies. Now He sprinkles the heart with His holy blood, and it cleanses us, purifies us, and washes our conscience and cleanses us from an evil conscience. Our bodies are washed with pure water, as our hearts are sprinkled by the Lord Jesus.
So all of this is pointing to this magnificent picture of what the blood produces that was spilt by Christ on the cross for our sins, to cleanse, purify and heal us.
Isaiah was also pointing to Leviticus 14:1–7, where it speaks of the blood and the sacrifice of the birds as a cleansing or declaration that the leper is cleansed once the priest has investigated and seen that he is healed. The blood would be sprinkled on him seven times to show that he is cleansed. Again, this points to us being cleansed of our sin, and we go from unclean to clean through the blood. But it also speaks of the healing that is in His wounds, according to 1 Peter 2:24: “By his wounds you have been healed.”
Isaiah is also referring to Numbers 19:14–19, where it speaks of anybody who touched the dead and how they would become unclean. Even the things in the room would be unclean, including the tent. Through the sprinkling of the water on the third and seventh day, this person would become clean. Here, the water points us toward the cleansing that comes through Christ. It also speaks of the washing of the Word, removing the stain of death.
Paul says in Ephesians 2:1–5 that we were dead in our trespasses and sins, but through Christ we are made alive. Colossians 2:13 also speaks of us being dead in our trespasses and the uncircumcision of our flesh, but being made alive together with Christ. This is the picture of moving from death to life, from unclean to clean.
These Scriptures are actually combined and explained by the writer of Hebrews 9 and 10, where he explains that if the blood of goats and bulls could have this effect, this purification effect on the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ cleanse us? Hebrews 9 points to Christ entering as the greater High Priest and offering His own blood, and Hebrews 9:14 asks how much more the blood of Christ will purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Then in Hebrews 10, it speaks of how the blood made a way for us through the veil that is Christ's body into the Holy of Holies. Now He sprinkles the heart with His holy blood, and it cleanses us, purifies us, and washes our conscience and cleanses us from an evil conscience. Our bodies are washed with pure water, as our hearts are sprinkled by the Lord Jesus.
So all of this is pointing to this magnificent picture of what the blood produces that was spilt by Christ on the cross for our sins, to cleanse, purify and heal us.