The first time that blood is mentioned in the Bible, the idea of drinking...
Quotes from G.W. North
“The first time that blood is mentioned in the Bible, the idea of drinking and not sprinkling was there; that the earth opened her mouth to receive the blood of Abel. ...we are to drink the New Covenant, and not degrade the precious blood by talking about sprinkling it here, there, and everywhere – using it as a talisman – instead of internally drinking in the life, and glory, and wonder, and marvels, of the soul of Jesus Christ. Amen. Once we do that we have no need to do the other thing. Praise His name. It was because they couldn’t do that in the Old Testament that they had to do the other thing. God save us from being copyists of the Old Covenant people who never knew any better.”