Imagery XVIII – BLOOD

The symbol of blood is clearly important in the book of Revelation as demonstrated by the number of occurrences (nineteen) and it use throughout the book in a variety of contexts. And it is not a "static" or one-dimensional literary motif here either, like God's throne. Rather it is a dynamic symbol of life and death, which draws the reader's attention to issues of sacred and profane, purity and pollution, deliverance and judgment.