Jesus’ Blood Shed

At the institution of the Lord's Supper, Jesus had spoken these words, "For this is My blood of the new testament which is shed for many, for the remission of sins" (Matt. 26:28). He could speak of His blood as already shed, for He is the foreordained "Lamb slain before the foundation of the world." John the Baptist did too, introducing Jesus not only prospectively but actually taking (bearing) away the sin of the world (John 1:29). How do we speak of the blood of Christ? In the Modernist...