Abstract
This article proposes an African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ which biblically explains and answers experiential questions raised in African historical and socio-cultural contexts. Through the process of conceptual analysis, articles on animal sacrifices in African Traditional Religions and articles in the theological fields of Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology are interrogated to propose an African Christian Theology of the blood of Jesus Christ. The proposed African Christian Theology of the blood of Jesus Christ posits that God acts on the basis of the vicarious shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ to incorporate believers into a Father-Child relationship that grants the believer access to a special divine benevolence. God’s benevolence is the means by which the believer experiences the transformative power of God that leads them to progressively experience improvements for their holistic well-being while anticipating the return of Jesus Christ to reinstate perfect holistic well-being for God’s people. Keywords: The blood of Jesus, Animal sacrifices, and African Christian Theology.
Highlights
The African pre-Christian worldview influences the African Christian formulation of the theology of the blood of Jesus Christ
This article proposes an African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ which posits that the shed blood of Jesus Christ serves vicarious purposes for the forgiveness of sins, incorporation of believers into a Father-Child relationship which grants the believer special access to a special divine benevolence as a means of experiencing the transformative power of God
The shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ is described as the means by which God makes provision for: 1. A vicarious atonement and divine forgiveness of sin
Summary
This article answers the question: What form of an African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ resonates with the universal divine message that the biblical theme of the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ communicates?. Contemporary African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ posits that the shed blood of Jesus Christ has inherent divine power that can be invoked by faith to address the challenges of life that contend with the holistic well-being of human beings.. This article proposes an African Christian theology of the blood of Jesus Christ which posits that the shed blood of Jesus Christ serves vicarious purposes for the forgiveness of sins, incorporation of believers into a Father-Child relationship which grants the believer special access to a special divine benevolence as a means of experiencing the transformative power of God
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