The truth that God is a covenant-maker who restores us to a right relationship with Him through the blood of the covenant is central to the Bible. Thus, the many other religions which teach that one can have a relationship with God apart from the blood of the covenant must be false. Hinduism and Buddhism teach that a blood sacrifice is not necessary and that man and God can have a relationship through man’s good works. Yet the Bible teaches that man and God can only come together through the blood