The Bible is one of the most metaphorical works of literature ever published.
             One can find numerous symbols, double meanings and similes in most every
             chapter. They are employed through the use of animals, numbers, plants and
             even changes of weather. Though the metaphors are varied and expansive, it
             should not be disputed that the semblance of blood is one of the most
             significant. Blood is used from beginning to end to represent people, to show
             death, ancestry, sacrifice, the power of God, the love of Jesus, and especially
             Blood in the Bible took on its most important relevance with the
             introduction of Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Although blood appears to
             have a deeper meaning in the New Testament, blood has many metaphorical
             appearances in the Old Testament. Most passages referring to blood simply
             imply death, such as Joshua 2:19, "And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out
             of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head"; this
             is a conversation amongst spies with Rahab. Another is found in 1 Kings 2:31,
             "do as he hath said, and fall upon him and bury him; that thou mayest take
             away the innocent blood, which Johab shed, from me, and from the house of
             my father"; again, the blood merely refers to the dead or death.
             The image of blood can be used to describe a persons ancestry or where
             they are native to. The book of Ester E:10 states "For instance, Haman, son of
             Hammedatha, a Macedonian, certainly not of Persian blood...". Here the
             semblance of blood shows that Haman is not of Persian heritage but rather
             Another image of blood that is reoccurring in the Old Testament is that
             of sacrifice. Many people would sacrifice animals and such in their worship of
             God. This is shown in Leviticus 1:5, "He shall then slaughter the bull before
             the Lord, but Aaron's sons, the priests, shall offer up its blood by sp...