The NATIONAL PRAYER ALTAR
MARATHON PRAYERS
Monday 8th - Sunday 14th April 2024
BLOOD GROUPS AND THE POLLUTION OF THE LAND
Medically, there are four major (or eight broad) blood groups, each classified according to whether or not the A and B antigens are present on the surface of the red blood cells. They are blood groups A, B, AB, and O. In spiritual hematology, there are five broad blood groups, classified according to the circumstances of their spillage:
i) Blood of War, spilled by law-enforcement agencies in the course their civil duties or by others in the course of self-defense (1 Kings 2:5),
ii) Innocent Blood - the blood of the guiltless shed in rituals, extra-judicial murders, assassinations, robberies, and by tyrants as well as by greedy professionals who cut corners and bring fatal accidents upon innocent people in open wells and collapsed buildings (Matthew 27:4; 1 Samuel 19:5; Deuteronomy 19:11-13),
iii) The Righteous Blood of saints and prophets martyred for their faith (Matthew 23:34-35),
iv) Accidental Blood of Manslaughter and other accidents not intended by the causer of death (Deuteronomy 19:4-7), and
v) The Guilty Blood of those who bring their death upon themselves through rebellion (Ezekiel 18:10-13).
Against the backdrop of all these, the Bible warns, “So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it” (Numbers 35:33). Something defiled and polluted cannot produce maximally. Might that also explain some of our national and communal and personal retardations? Political bloods, ritual bloods, jihadist bloods, abortions, etc.!
What is our answer to these? Nothing but the blood of Jesus (Hebrews 12:24).
Prayer Points
1). 1 Kings 2: 31-33 – May the Guilty Bear the Bloods
Solomon had to declare his ancestry’s innocence in the blood implications of Joab the Army Chief under his father David. Next, he sent the consequences back upon the guilty. Let us declare our innocence (where we are), and send blood back upon all the sponsors of jihad, kidnapping, political assassinations, etc.
2). Numbers 35:33 – Discernment
May we pray for proper diagnosis of our many national and family crises, so we can apply proper therapies. It is waste of time cleansing a polluted land with fresh but ineffective fertilizers and helpless farming tractors. Ask discernment for spiritual and other leaders in handling the multiple crises of the time.
3). Numbers 35:33; Blood for Blood
May all who have loved blood, who have profited from the blood and tears of others, begin to drink of their own cups as God gives them blood to drink – in their palaces and in their caves. “For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy” (Rev 16:6).
4). Luke 22:38 – Enforcing the Right to Self-Defence
The enemies of justice and peace have systematically disarmed the innocent and strengthened their killers against them. Peter carried a sword for physical defence all the time he followed Jesus the Son of God (Luke 22:38; Matthew 26:52-54), and Heaven had an army with weapons of war ready before the war came there (Rev 12:7). May there begin to be administrative enforcements of people’s armed rights to self-defence against their marauding killers, and a reset to the theologically-induced passivity that makes people unfortunate preys.
5). Hebrews 12:24 – Invoking Blood against Blood
To the extent that it takes blood to cleanse or answer blood, may we as kings and priests apply the Blood of Jesus to every desolation and pollution arising from blood on the land.
THE VOICE OF BLOOD
The series of teachings titled "The Voice of Blood" ( Part 1 - 3) are available below:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMNl-9DvS_7Iz5TBMMkPIGreoPrTwEj7
