The context of the Eucharist is everywhere in scripture.
As one time protestant it was noticeable how myopic the reformers were.
The cherrypicking of single verses made them lose the big picture.
A few pointers
Blood sacrifice was part of the old covenant .
It was a sacrifice in a temple done only by a priest.
It was eaten in a ceremony
The old covenant had a Passover sacrifice.
Only unblemished animals “ not a bone broken” note the crucifixion.
Abraham was challenged to sacrifice his only son.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem translation “ house of bread”
Jesus was placed in an EATING trough.
The institution of the Eucharist was a Passover Seder.
The third cup of the Eucharist , after eating flesh of the sacrificial lamb , was called the cup of blessing.
Jesus elsewhere is called the lamb.
Paul says “ is not the cup of “blessing “ we bless, a sharing in the blood of Jesus”
If you do not study holistically, via rabbinic sources you would miss how specific Paul’s phrase was referring to the third cup of the 4 cup Seder,.
He said “ some are sick, some have died”, profaning it, so NOT a aymbol
You cannot profane a symbol,
Jesus said “ this IS my body “ not “ represents”
He said this “ this is my blood”not represents
He used the word meaning “ gnaw “ ( as of meat ) not consume in saying “ unless you eat my body,
And Jesus clearly makes eating his body a condition of eternal life!
( OSAS believers please note - He tells you to stuff, not just say I believe !)
A cup is always metaphor for sacrifice. Jesus and Paul use the word “ cup “
Then parts people miss, unless they study holistically,
The Seder does not end in the 3rd cup of blessing , it ends in the fourth, which was not taken in the upper room.
Jesus said he would not drink of the vine again until the kingdom comes
On the cross He says I thirst, and is given wine vinegar on hyssop, hyssop also refers back to Passover
He drinks wine, then says “ it is finished”
So what is finished?
Clearly he has not resurrected yet.
He means the Passover Seder and sacrificeis ended in the fourth cup and his death!
“ for this I was born “
The kingdom has come!
So the Eucharist as new covenant version of Passover sacrifice of an unblemished lamb is everywhere in scripture,
ALL the early fathers are united in saying that the Eucharist is a sacrifice, real flesh and blood valid only if done by someone authorised by bishop in succession.
An endless series of validated Eucharistic miracles show that it really is the flesh of Jesus. Onky the Catholic Church and orthodox have a valid Eucharist. Only the Catholic Church has valid Eucharist theology.
Catholics do not resacrifice Christ, they understand the Eucharist the same way the first fathers did.
They are participating in the once , eternal , never ending sadrifice that is the mass : marriage supper of the lamb.
The symbolic Eucharist is one more piece of the apostasy that was rhe reformation .
It’s also why I went back to the Catholic Church .
As one time protestant it was noticeable how myopic the reformers were.
The cherrypicking of single verses made them lose the big picture.
A few pointers
Blood sacrifice was part of the old covenant .
It was a sacrifice in a temple done only by a priest.
It was eaten in a ceremony
The old covenant had a Passover sacrifice.
Only unblemished animals “ not a bone broken” note the crucifixion.
Abraham was challenged to sacrifice his only son.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem translation “ house of bread”
Jesus was placed in an EATING trough.
The institution of the Eucharist was a Passover Seder.
The third cup of the Eucharist , after eating flesh of the sacrificial lamb , was called the cup of blessing.
Jesus elsewhere is called the lamb.
Paul says “ is not the cup of “blessing “ we bless, a sharing in the blood of Jesus”
If you do not study holistically, via rabbinic sources you would miss how specific Paul’s phrase was referring to the third cup of the 4 cup Seder,.
He said “ some are sick, some have died”, profaning it, so NOT a aymbol
You cannot profane a symbol,
Jesus said “ this IS my body “ not “ represents”
He said this “ this is my blood”not represents
He used the word meaning “ gnaw “ ( as of meat ) not consume in saying “ unless you eat my body,
And Jesus clearly makes eating his body a condition of eternal life!
( OSAS believers please note - He tells you to stuff, not just say I believe !)
A cup is always metaphor for sacrifice. Jesus and Paul use the word “ cup “
Then parts people miss, unless they study holistically,
The Seder does not end in the 3rd cup of blessing , it ends in the fourth, which was not taken in the upper room.
Jesus said he would not drink of the vine again until the kingdom comes
On the cross He says I thirst, and is given wine vinegar on hyssop, hyssop also refers back to Passover
He drinks wine, then says “ it is finished”
So what is finished?
Clearly he has not resurrected yet.
He means the Passover Seder and sacrificeis ended in the fourth cup and his death!
“ for this I was born “
The kingdom has come!
So the Eucharist as new covenant version of Passover sacrifice of an unblemished lamb is everywhere in scripture,
ALL the early fathers are united in saying that the Eucharist is a sacrifice, real flesh and blood valid only if done by someone authorised by bishop in succession.
An endless series of validated Eucharistic miracles show that it really is the flesh of Jesus. Onky the Catholic Church and orthodox have a valid Eucharist. Only the Catholic Church has valid Eucharist theology.
Catholics do not resacrifice Christ, they understand the Eucharist the same way the first fathers did.
They are participating in the once , eternal , never ending sadrifice that is the mass : marriage supper of the lamb.
The symbolic Eucharist is one more piece of the apostasy that was rhe reformation .
It’s also why I went back to the Catholic Church .
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