I have donated blood often in my life. I know some are afraid of needles and don’t donate at all, however, blood is always in demand. Often we hear that the Red Cross or United Blood Services is in short supply of blood because of a large-scale crisis or because not enough blood has been donated. Sometimes, the Red Cross will give out statistics on blood and blood types to read while one gives blood. Here are some percentages of those who have different blood types.
O Positive 39% A Positive 34% A Negative 7% B Negative 2% AB Negative 0.5% Unknown 17.5 %
AB Negative is the rarest of all blood types with only 0.5% of the population having this blood type. The blood collectors love to see me in the blood bank. Why? I happen to be AB Negative. Yet, in an emergency, AB Negative is not there when it is needed.
We read in 1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” It was the death of Christ, the shedding of His blood, that satisfied the demand of a holy God as restitution for our sins (Hebrews 9:12-22). So now, whenever someone obeys the plan of salvation (faith or belief, repentance, confession and baptism), that person obtains salvation by the blood of Christ. Jesus gives us salvation when He takes away our sins. I am so thankful that the blood of Christ is never in short supply.
