His blood was the sign of the covenant. Moses had inaugurated his covenant by sprinkling the book of the law of the Word of God with the blood of calves and goats (Heb 9:19–20). But now the Lord Jesus, whom John tells us was the incarnate Word of God, is Himself to be sprinkled with blood. What a dramatic foreshadowing of the bloody suffering of Jesus had been Moses’ sprinkling of the book of the law with the blood of the sacrifice! What an encouragement is the example of Jesus to us His people to