The Blood and Water from Jesus
The Lord Jesus spoke about receiving the living water in John chapter 4 and chapter 7.
John 19 is about the Lord’s crucifixion. Verse 30 records His death and verse 34 shows us a physical symbol of this spiritual water— “one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water.” The blood is for redemption, for forgiveness of our sins; this qualifies us to receive eternal life, symbolized by the water.
Two substances came out of the Lord’s pierced side: blood and water. Blood is for redemption, to deal with sins (1:29; Heb. 9:22) for the purchasing of the church (Acts 20:28). Water is for imparting life, to deal with death (12:24; 3:14-15) for the producing of the church (Eph. 5:29-30). The Lord’s death, on the negative side, takes away our sins, and on the positive side, imparts life into us. Hence, it has two aspects: the redemptive aspect and the life-imparting aspect. The redemptive aspect is for the life-imparting aspect*
The Lord’s death accomplished redemption not only for us but also for all creation. This universal redemption is also presented in Colossians 1:19-20, “in Him [Christ] all the fullness was pleased to dwell and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross — through Him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.”
Notice the word immediately in John 19. The Lord’s death fully accomplished redemption; no need to wait. This qualified us to receive the divine life in His resurrection (1 Peter 1:3), the life of New Jerusalem. Even there this redemption will be proclaimed through “the throne of God and the [redeeming] Lamb”!
* Part of footnotes 1 on John 19:34, in The Holy Bible, Recovery Version, published and © by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim CA, 2003.
Posted by Don on April 24, 2026
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