Water and Blood. 1 John 5:6-13

The Certainty of God’s Witness 6 This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7 For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. 10 He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. 11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. As I read these verses I thought about water and blood. Jesus was born out of water just as we all are in amniotic fluid when our mothers carries us 9 months in the womb. It is our first experience in this life, surrounded by water, the first experience we have as we begin growth.  With birth there is also a time of blood for the mother. This blood is also a cleansing for the mother. So, we, like Jesus, are born of water and blood.  Water is mentioned many times in the Bible and used in many ways. There was the cleansing of the earth in the time of Noah with the flood. There was water from a rock in the desert as the Israelites wondered 40 years. John the Baptist baptized with water and there was the Samaritan woman at the well where Jesus introduced us to "living water". The first blood sacrifice involved  Adam and Eve. When they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil their eyes were opened. God sacrificed animals and used their pelts to make clothing for Adam and Eve. It was a blood sacrifice for Adam and Eves sin. Blood sacrifices are also mentioned throughout the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Ezekiel. It is also mentioned in Hebrews.  Jesus was the last blood sacrifice. He bled for the sins of all mankind. Isn't it interesting that after His death, as He hung on the cross, a Roman soldier pierced His side and out flowed water and blood? I find it a fitting ending of a perfect life, born of water and blood, to die a sinless death of water and blood.  Blessings, Cecilia