Posted on 12/19/2011 8:30:05 AM PST by Salvation
Gary Zimak is the founder of Following The Truth Ministries (http://www.followingthetruth.com), a lay apostolate created to assist Catholics in learning more about their Faith. He is a regular guest on EWTN Radio’s “Son Rise Morning Show”, Ave Maria Radio’s “Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo” and appears frequently on several other Catholic radio programs. In addition to writing for CatholicLane. Mr. Zimak hosts a daily program on BlogTalkRadio and posts frequently on his blog, Facebook and Twitter. He is a member of Catholics United For The Faith and the Knights of Columbus and resides in New Jersey.
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Seek YHvH in His WORD !
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
“Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you shall not have life within you.”
And if you remember, many of the disciples found that statement difficult to believe and the stopped following Jesus. Amazing things is that Jesus let them go.
I am sure you are aware that at every Mass Catholics celebrate the Liturgy of the Word as well as the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Thank you for this, Salvation. I am going to share this with my kids.
Enjoy your family as you get together over Christmas. I thought it was a wonderful post too.
Thank you!
That means Jesus lied to the thief on the cross.
Not at all. That is called baptism of desire.
Thanks for this simple and helpful post.
Usually after receiving I try to be present to the Presence in gratitude.
This is a different approach, and one I’ll try next time.
And if you remember, many of the disciples found that statement difficult to believe and the stopped following Jesus. Amazing things is that Jesus let them go.
It is clear Yah'shua was speaking metaphorically. But He was speaking literally about celebrating Pesach as He was. Putting the verse into context Yah'shua was stating: Seek YHvH in His WORD ! Those who left, had taken Him literally i.e. cannibalism.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Do this in remembrance of me. The point is that Jewish understanding allows for symbolic interpretation of “food and drink.” To eat the flesh of the Son of Man is to absorb his entire way of being and living. The Greek word “sarx” (“flesh”) is also used to refer to human nature in general, to the physical, emotional, mental and volitional aspects of human existence. Yeshua wants us to live, feel, think and act like him; by the power of the Ruach HaKodesh he enables us to do so. Likewise, to drink his blood is to absorb his self-sacrificing life-motivation and indeed his very life, since “the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Leviticus 17:11). Jews and Gentiles open to the truth of who Yeshua is will find this interpretation acceptable. Stern, D. H. (1996, c1992). Jewish New Testament Commentary : A companion volume to the Jewish New Testament (electronic ed.) (Jn 6:51). Clarksville: Jewish New Testament Publications.
One has to wonder why the commanded Feast of Pesach
was rejected by the Roman "church", when Yah'shua
clearly commanded that we remember Him by celebrating
Pesach. (Luke 22:19 & 1 Cor 11:24)
Jesus gave us the Sacrament, but is not bound by it.
The thief on the cross did not have benefit of this gift of His Grace, the Sacraments, we do. We do not have the “benefit” of being crucified alongside our Lord in the same way as the thief.
I think I’m grateful for both facts.
:)
If I remember correctly, you do not believe in the Holy Trinity.
So the gulf between your beliefs and Christian teaching, Catholic and Protestant, is much more fundamental than the Sacraments or the Real Presence.
MERCY!
His mercy will over ride in time. He still set-up commandment guide lines.
Matthew 23:23
23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
So the gulf between your beliefs and Christian teaching, Catholic and Protestant, is much more fundamental than the Sacraments or the Real Presence.
The wheels came off the cart at Nicea in 325CE, when Seek YHvH in His WORD. You are correct I follow the Jewish Messiah,
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
not the Jesus of Roman "church"
the Roman Pontiff Constantine created the Roman "church"
Thanks for your reply.
It’s not just the ‘Roman Church’ but Protestant and Catholic alike that share in the belief of the Most Holy Trinity.
So, in your teaching, Jesus was full human but not fully divine, correct? He was a vessel or temple for the glory of God the Father.
Besides being off the mark for orthodox Christians, this would explain why the Real Presence is not part of your teaching.
While I’m curious about your Unitarian theology, it’s so far apart that it’s rejected by Christians who believe in the Real Presence and those who do not.
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