The word "soul" is often misunderstood. It's use here helps us understand it. Many people think we are, or have, immortal souls but the Bible does not teach this. The first man was made “a living soul” and “soul” is used to mean a person himself. For example, when God said, “No soul shall eat blood” he meant “no person” should do so. Just as those in distress say “Save our souls”, meaning “save us, ourselves”.
The people of Israel were required to sacrifice animals in their worship of God. The regulations for these sacrifices were very precise because the main purpose was to point forward to the sacrifice of Jesus. The principal aspect of the sacrifices was the shedding of blood, for Jesus’ blood was shed for us. Jesus poured out his life for us, and this is well represented by the pouring out of animal blood because the life of men and of animals is in their blood. To respect this, the Jews were commanded not to eat, or drink, blood.
When the first man was created God breathed into his body the breath of life, and the first thing a baby does at birth is begin to breathe. This is essential for life because the lungs extract oxygen from the air and pass it into the blood which is then transmitted throughout the body to keep us alive. If any part of our body is cut off from the blood it dies because the life is in the blood. If the blood supply does not reach the brain we die immediately. If our hearts or lungs cease to function then we die, and this happens to everyone in the end. If we are to live for ever we must have bodies which contain life in something other than blood. Therefore the promise is of receiving a spiritual body. This is the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4)Waiting for response for 2 Peter 1:4 which Jesus now has. He has flesh and bones like us (Luke 24:39)Waiting for response for Luke 24:39 but not blood, for God’s Spirit keeps him alive for ever.
Verse 7
Waiting for response for Leviticus 17:7The word "devil" is often misunderstood. It's use here helps us understand it. Israel were commanded to stop sacrificing to “devils”. They had been worshipping the idols of other nations and this is what is meant here by “devils”. In fact this is a poor translation because the original Hebrew is “hairy he-goat” which was one of the heathen idols. It is worth knowing that the word “devil” in the singular does not appear at all in the Old Testament, because there is no such person as “the devil” of popular imagination. “Devils”, in the plural, occurs only four times and on each occasion refers to the gods of the heathen.