The consumption of blood is strictly prohibited in the Bible, as it is considered a sacred component of life. In Leviticus 17:11, God instructs the Israelites that the life of a creature is in its blood, and therefore it must not be eaten. This prohibition is rooted in the covenant with Noah, as seen in Genesis 9:3-4, where God allows humanity to eat meat but forbids the consumption of blood. The early Christian church, as recorded in Acts 15:20, also upheld this ban, recognizing the importance of respecting the sanctity of life and adhering to God's original command.
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For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things. But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,