"For the LIFE [of every creature] is in the BLOOD..." - Leviticus 17:11
"No one has GREATER LOVE than that he should give HIS LIFE in behalf of his friends." - John 15:13
"There is NO LAW AGAINST... (LOVE)..." - Galatians 5:23
So what does it mean to "abstain from blood"? It means, dear LQ (peace to you, dear brother!) not eating/drinking the blood of an animal/human merely for sake of attempting to "capture" the strength or SPIRIT... of such animal/human... so as to "consume" and have coursing [i]within oneself the life... or ESSENCE of such "creature" (created one).
Many ancient peoples believed that if you drank/ate the blood of a particularly strong/victorius animal or human, you took the life... and so the essence and so STRENGTH of such one into oneself. Hence, the heart, liver, kidney, etc., eaten immediately after being ripped (and so still "pumping," quivering... or ALIVE...) from the animal/human. Moreso before the animal/human has actually died.
Whatever "strength"... and not just physical strength... the creature possesed... was believed to become a part of the one who consumed it. Then strengthening the CONSUMER.
This consumption, however, disregarded the fact that such life essence... or SPIRIT... belonged to JAH. For which reason it was, under the OLD Law, to be poured out and returned. To the ground... which yielded it to JAH.
Under the NEW Law (of love), however, the Old Law"s requirement of giving the blood back to the EARTH... could be SURPASSED... indeed, covered OVER... by LOVE. Because love... is the Law's FULFILLMENT
If, then, one is giving their blood... LIFE... so that another might LIVE... there can BE no law AGAINST it. In the same vein, one who takes hiven blood... NOT so as to have the strength... life essence... of the one who gave it but perhaps so as to sustain their OWN life... if such blood was not TAKEN, but was given FREELY... then one can RETURN THE LOVE... by graciously, humbly, and most appreciatively ACCEPTING the GIFT.
JAH is merciful. He PARDONS error and does not, where love is involved... "keep account of the injury."
I hope that helps and as always, peace to you and your dear household!
YSSFS of Christ,
Shel
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