MacArthur's position is that a) Christ had to die a bloody death as the price of atonement, in order to fulfill Scripture; and b) it is the fact of this bloody death, not some property of the blood itself, that saves.
And how did you ascertain his position as such? Certainly not from this video. He has never held ANY position requiring a "bloody death" as contrived by YOU in both a) and b)..
And I am not formulating a conclusive assessment based solely on this clip... I have listened to him address this issue countless times. He goes as far as believing, as I previously said, that Jesus could have been killed any other way WITHOUT shedding His blood to fulfill Scripture, such as drowning, suffocation,
And he is quite correct. "The blood of Christ" is a figure of speech, representing the kind of death he had to die. The literal tissue was not efficacious. It was Christ's perfect obedience in willingly going to the cross to die that appeased his Father's wrath against sinners.
No, he is quite wrong... As are you. "The blood of Christ" is no more a figure of speech than "the shedding of blood" is a euphemism. You fail to understand the doctrine of Atonement ...
Leviticus 17:11 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is THE BLOOD that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Hebrews 9:11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own BLOOD he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews 9:22 - And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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***And The Bible is not one big metaphor... Especially when it comes to things like The blood of Christ. It is quite literal throughout the Old and New TESTAMENTS (pun intended), and it is rarely even mentioned in the same breath as the word "death" -- although it was imperative that "Christ DIED for our sins ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES" (i.e., Gal 3:13, Deut 21:22-23) that The Gospel might be fulfilled.***
A few samples of references to Christ's literal blood:
1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Hebrews 9:14 - 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?
Romans 5:9 - Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
1 John 1:7-9 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Revelation 12:11 - And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Acts 20:28 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Revelation 1:5 - And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Hebrews 10:19 - Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Romans 3:24-25 - Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:7 - In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1 Peter 1:18-19 - Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
Revelation 7:14 - And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Hebrews 13:12 - Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Colossians 1:20 - And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.
Revelation 5:9 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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