The Blood Before Us: Curse or Life
Bible StudyThe Blood is Life
“Life is in the Blood.” The cry of the crowd before Pilate in Matthew 27 is often seen as a curse. But when read through the lens of Isaiah, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy, it reveals the covenant choice Yahweh sets before us all: life or death.
Introduction
Yahushua and I have this beautiful dance together. I love to sleep with the Bible playing and when I wake up, He shares the hidden Manna. I usually start the app in whatever I happen to be studying, and let it run until morning. But last night, I felt like listening to the Psalms as I slept.
My body is still in full detox mode—tapering off medications and flushing out inflammation—but that’s another story, for another post. I just slept and slept, waking and going back to sleep. His Word is healing. It is Life!
This morning’s gift was the choice of Life or death.
For days I’ve been hearing Him whisper the same truth: “Life is in the blood.” I’ve caught myself writing it in responses on blog posts and YouTube comments—knowing the message was for someone: everyone. It’s been echoing everywhere.
This is how He speaks—through repetition, weaving a word into your heart until you finally realize it’s Him, and His intended message. If you ever find phrases circling in your spirit, pay attention. He is always going before us, beside us, and within us. And He is trying to get your attention so you can participate in what He is doing, and the realization to come. It’s through this weaving that He writes the message on our heart and changes us in the Spirit—this is sanctification wrapped up in revelation.
Today, I woke up in Isaiah—always a good place to wake up! Specifically Isaiah 60. But as I traced back to see where the thread began, I landed in chapter 57, and verses 3–4 really gripped me.
“Who are you mocking?” Immediately I thought of Yahushua on the cross and the mockers. Then I could hear the Spirit speak: “What about the verse where the Pharisees curse themselves?”
As I came to the verse in Matthew—it felt different than before. They claimed responsibility for the blood—I always saw this as a curse. But this morning it hit differently. This claim, the claim we all must make, carries blessing—LIFE—not simply a curse.
Those verses sent me spiraling through Matthew, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and John, until the whole picture came together in a single revelation:
“Life is in the Blood!”
So here’s my encouragement: go to sleep with the Word. Let it wash over you in the night. And watch for the hidden Manna He lays before you in the morning. Truly, truly, every morning is a blessing, and never a curse.
Isaiah 57: The Accusation
Isaiah 57:3–4 (TS2009):
“But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, offspring of the adulterer and the whore! Against whom are you sporting? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of falsehood—”
Yahweh confronts the leaders of Israel: spiritual adulterers, children of lies, scoffers against the righteous. Their mockery reveals their hearts. They boast against Yahweh even while condemning the innocent.
Connection to Matthew 27
Matthew 27:25 (TS2009):
“And all the people answering, said, ‘His blood be on us and on our children.’”
The Pharisees and priests fit Isaiah’s indictment perfectly. While Yahushua, the Righteous One, stood condemned, they taunted, manipulated, and stirred the people to cry for His death.
Isaiah 57: The Two Roads
Verses 1–2 show the righteous one perishing, misunderstood, but entering peace.
Verses 3–13 expose the wicked: pursuing idols, shedding blood, choosing curse.
Verses 15–16 reveal Yahweh’s heart: He dwells with the humble and revives the crushed.
Isaiah lays down the fork in the road: curse or mercy, rebellion or peace.
The Covenant Choice
Whether the Pharisees realized it or not, Yahweh was speaking through them. In their cursing, they actually spoke life over their children. They pled the blood of Yahushua over their children — and in their children, Israel shall yet have life.
Deuteronomy 30:19 (TS2009):
“I have called the heavens and the earth as witnesses today against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed.”
Moses’ words echo into Matthew: the blood of Yahushua is the ultimate choice between life and death. While their parents chose death, what lay before the children was Life. So choose life!
The Brazen Serpent (c. 1896-1902)
James Tissot (French, 1836-1902)
Leviticus: Accepting Responsibility
Leviticus 1:4 (TS2009):
“And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.”
Every sacrifice required humility: acknowledging, “this innocent life dies for me.”
When we come to Yahushua, we confess: “His blood is shed because of my sin.”
And this is precisely what the Pharisees did. They claimed the blood for themselves and for their children.
John 11: The High Priest’s Prophecy
John 11:49–51 (TS2009):
“But one of them, Kayapha, being high priest that year, said to them, ‘You know nothing at all, neither do you consider that it is better for us that one man die for the people than that the entire nation should perish.’ But he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Yahushua was about to die for the nation.”
Though spoken in corruption, Caiaphas’ words were prophetic. Yahweh had already decreed it: one man would die in place of the people. The question is: will His death be curse or life to you?
Matthew 27: The People’s Cry
Matthew 27:25 (TS2009):
“And all the people answering, said, ‘His blood be on us and on our children.’”
This was covenant language. By rejecting Him, they claimed guilt for innocent blood — a curse, as Deuteronomy warned. Within one generation, the nation fell (70 CE).
But in Yahweh’s mercy, the very same blood became blessing for those who repented and believed. And this is what Yahweh does through the entire Bible—He corrects the curses of the past through the Blessing set before us.
Our choice is the same: see blessing or curse, love or hate, forgiveness or resentment. Which will you choose?
The Resolution in Yahushua’s Blood
For the wicked: His blood = curse, death, guilt, hatred.
For the humble: His blood = covering, life, forgiveness, mercy.
The dividing line is not the blood itself, but the posture of the heart in receiving the blood.
Isaiah 57:15 reminds us: Yahweh dwells with the crushed in spirit, to revive and restore. The blood covers the broken, not the scoffer or the mocker.
The First Nail (1886-1894)
James Tissot (French, 1836-1902)
The Call Today
Just as Moses cried: “Choose life!” so Matthew and Isaiah cry out in unison: Do not mock the blood. Do not reject it.
Bow low. Lay your hand on the head of the Lamb. Confess your guilt. And let His blood be upon you — not as curse, but as eternal life.
Declaration:
We choose life, ABBA! We receive the blood of Yahushua not as guilt, but as mercy. His blood is on us and on our children for covenant, covering, and eternal life. In Yahushua’s Mighty Merciful Name, Amen + Amen!
GRACE Method Reflection
And Here We Find Grace…
GRACE perfectly encapsulates the transition from striving, to resting, in God's presence—which is at the heart of the message. Grace is the unmerited favor of God, and it's through His grace that we are able to move from struggle to peace. I invite you to pause and reflect on God's presence, how you can connect to God’s grace in a meaningful way.
Our GRACE Method™ is meant to encourage you so you can experience YHWH, Immanuel, and the Holy Spirit, in a deeper way, on a regular basis, through thought provoking Bible Study, Prayer, education, and Worship.
G — Ground in Scripture:
Read Matthew 27:25 alongside Deuteronomy 30:19.
What does Yahweh set before His people?
How is Yahushua the living fulfillment of this covenant choice?
R — Reflect on Context:
The people claimed His blood in mockery.
How does this contrast with the Levitical posture of laying hands on the sacrifice in humility?
A — Apply to Your Life:
Where are you tempted to see Yahushua’s blood as condemnation rather than covering? What would it look like to choose life daily?
C — Commune with God:
Ask Yahweh to search your heart. Invite His Spirit to write His words on you as hidden manna, shaping you in sanctification.
E — Exalt God:
Give thanks aloud: “Life is in the Blood of Yahushua! I choose life, and I choose You!”
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