Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the chosen ones who are living as strangers in the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
And sprinkling of the blood of Christ ...  This also has reference to a post-conversion quality leading to a greater degree of sanctification. Practically all scholars agree that this "refers back to the establishment of the Mosaic covenant in  Exodus 24:7";[7] but, true as this is, it looks only to the typical sprinkling of blood, to the sanctification of the old Israel, What is the Christian application of these words?  How are we sprinkled with the blood of Christ?  It will be agreed by all that something typical is meant, but what is it?  Perhaps no better answer to this has ever been given than that of James Macknight, as follows: "So all who receive the gospel are emblematically sprinkled with the blood of Jesus in the Lord's Supper."[8] Full agreement is felt with this, for on the very night of the institution of the Lord's Supper, the Saviour said of the cup, "This is the blood of the new testament shed for many for the remission of sins"  (Matthew 26:26).