Ruth, for instance, was added to the right bloodline and changed her life forever, but we can add that it was her faith and loyalty that allowed her entrance into a royal bloodline. Consider that in church﹘the body of Christ (Ephesians 1:22; Colossians 1:24)﹘when we are added to the church (Acts 2:47, 1 Corinthians 12:27), we are added to His body, or into His bloodline.
There is a special characteristic that's recognizable among God's royal family. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:16-20 that we will
“know them by their fruit.” God’s people, those who are part of His bloodline, will demonstrate distinct characteristics that mimic
our Maker. The Israelites wanted a bloodline to rule over them made up of “kings like everyone else has.” But more
often than not, those of the human royal bloodline didn't fit the mold; they hardly had any of the faith and loyalty that Ruth modeled.
It's in Christ (His bloodline) that we now have hope to be what God wants from His children. We are redeemed from an old
way of life, and a powerful change takes place in the blood. Apart from that bloodline, we are hopeless.
Throughout the Bible, blood redeems us from the price against us that we could not pay. 1 Peter 1:18-19 says, "For you
know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold (you were redeemed) ... but with the precious blood of
Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
Blood is life! (Genesis 9:4) "But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far away, have been brought near by the blood of
Christ." (Ephesians 2:13). Colossians 1:20 says, "And [God] reconciles to Himself all things… by making peace through His blood, shed on the
cross." Jesus made a divine bloodline available for us, and it changes our life. Praise God for life-giving blood
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