"For the life of all flesh is in the blood." (Leviticus 17: 14)

     Some of the world's richest people are heavily investing in biomedical research to extend the human lifespan, most notably their own. From genetic engineering even to cryogenics (freezing bodies of the deceased in the hopes of reviving them and revitalizing them in the future), billions of dollars are being invested in scientific research to add decades of years to human survival. Among the means now offered as a possible "fountain of youth" is the practice of injecting the blood plasma of teenagers into the bloodstreams of adults. In one current trial, people 35-years and older are paying an introductory fee of $8,000 to receive four injections of teenagers' blood in the hopes it will physically rejuvenate them. There are gave risks involved, but the faint hope of adding a few years of life is worth the risks. Yet, even if their hopes are realized, they are merely prolonging their inevitable dying to the life of this world.

If only mankind would realize and accept the offer of everlasting life obtained for us by the sacrificial shedding of the Blood of Christ! There is truly the "Fountain of Youth." There alone is the Medicine which the Divine Physician has provided to human cure death as the consequence of sin. There alone is the effective antivenin to the venom of the vicious serpent who poisoned our race at its very beginning in Eden with the temptation to 'be as gods, knowing good and evil." Indeed, all life is in the Precious Blood.