Christ's Flesh & Blood

[Trevor]

You're getting pretty far out there.

Heb 4:15; For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

Adam and Eve didn't create Jesus, He created them. He existed before they existed, even before the world existed.

2Cor 5:21; He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Jesus never sinned. End of story.

If a priest has to do "Mass".. and the bread and wine represent Jesus's actual body... then they are re-crucifying Jesus everytime they perform Mass.
What was the purpose of a priest - confession and sacrifice. The sacrifice is no longer needed. (Neither are priests)

Heb 9:26; Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Heb 10:12; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

Hi B-A-C, Adam, who knew he had been forbidded to eat the forbidden fruit, chose to be influenced by Eve rather than God and ate the fruit she offered him, and in so doing, pledged alliegence to Satan through his disobedience to God, In doing this, not only did Satan gain influence over Adam but he gained authority over everything of Adams, including his dominion over the earth, that God had given him. Hence the statement that Satan made to Jesus in the desert regarding him giving authority of the kingdoms of the world, in exchange for Jesus' alliegence "it was given to me" was his claim. That was the moment Jesus could have sinned, but he didn't, and so whereas Adam disobeyed and died in spirit when God's Spirit left him at his removal from the garden, Jesus stood his ground, won, and gained authority over Satan. And was then able to lead believers, and teach them how to gain victory against him. I'm going on a bit here but I pray this makes sense, perhaps you have some thoughts on this. Bless you.

 

[Beetow]

FAQ: Well then; how might somebody go about eating and drinking the Lord's flesh and blood if not literally?

A: There's really only one sane way to go about it; based upon Jesus' statement that his words are life rather than his flesh (John 6:63). It's simply a matter of following the prophet Jeremiah's example.

"When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight" (Jer 15:16)

In other words: the correct way to eat and drink Jesus' flesh and blood is by swallowing his teachings hook, line, and sinker; so to speak.

● John 5:24 . . Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life, and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.

● John 6:47 . . I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.

FAQ: Which teachings?

A: Start with the one below.

● John 3:14-17 . . As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whoever believes may in him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The incident to which Christ referred is located at Num 21:5-9. Long story short: Moses' people became weary of eating manna all the time at every meal. But instead of courteously, and diplomatically, petitioning their divine benefactor for a different diet, they became hostile and confrontational; angrily demanding tastier food.

In response to their insolence, and their ingratitude for His providence; God sent a swarm of deadly poisonous vipers among them; which began striking people; and every strike was 100% fatal, no exceptions.

After a number of people died, the rest came to their senses and begged Moses to intercede. In reply; The Lord instructed Moses to fashion an image of the vipers and hoist it up on a pole in plain view so that everyone dying from venom could look to the image for relief.

The key issue here is that the image was the only God-given remedy for the people's bites-- not sacrifices and offerings, not tithing, not church attendance, not scapulars, not confession, not holy days of obligation, not the Sabbath, not the golden rule, not charity, not Bible study and/or Sunday school, not self denial, not vows of poverty, not the Ten Commandments, not one's religion of choice, no; not even prayers. The image was it; nothing else would suffice to save their lives.

As an allegory, the brazen serpent indicates that Christ's crucifixion for the sins of the world is the only God-given rescue from the wrath of God; and when people accept it, then according to John 3:14-17 and John 5:24, they qualify for a transfer from death into life. Those who reject his crucifixion as the only God-given rescue from the sum of all fears, are already on the docket to face it.

● John 3:18 . .Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

His son's "name" in this case is relative to the brazen serpent incident.
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