Looking in The Old Testament blood is never to be drank. In ceremony or observances is to be applied to either an object or the "OUTER" portion of a person but never ingested. So where is the blood of Christ applied then? It is spiritually applied to our hearts once we believe and receive Him as Lord and Savior. It is a Spiritual Baptism and cleansing. The Lord's Supper is a Remembrance a symbolic act for us to remember The Blood Covenant of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ for all time is The Sacrificial Passover Lamb. Was the blood of the Passover Lamb drank? No it was sprinkled. In the same manner the blood of The Passover Lamb's Blood on the doorway saved Israel from GOD's judgment of Egypt the Blood of Jesus Christ saves us from the judgment of our sins. GOD sees the blood of His Son.
Drinking actual blood was a serious sin in The Laws of Moses. Serious enough that ones who did such were to be cut off from the community.
Jesus blood was spilled literally as a sacrifice for our sins and accepted by GOD. Christ Blood was applied spiritually to our hearts/soul/eternal spirit being. That was what most could not comprehend. They had been taught taught Ritual rather than Spiritual salvation. Thus the New Covenant and the New Spiritual Church built not on traditions man could not uphold but revelation but The Holy Spirit as Peter received his knowledge when he said Christ is the Son of GOD. That is the new church and as such it has no denominational name. The fact any church has kept writs for centuries means nothing when The Holy Spirit is the ultimate teacher or truth and guide.
Jesus Christ even after entering into the heavens still talked to persons. It didn't take a Priest. It didn't take The Lord's Supper each time. The Word was given to the twelve not by Temple Priest but by The Holy Spirit. In the same manner Jesus revealed to others as well The Gospel and instructions.
The Lord's Supper is a remembrance observance. Just as The Passover Feast after the exodus was also a remembrance observance. To understand The Lord's Supper or communion fully it takes understanding the Passover.
Matthew chapter 24 Christ says 35Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will remain forever.
Indeed they still remain but not because of man. Yep The Catholic Church kept writings. So did others and the scrolls and documents are located every now and then in the Middle East. Think about it.
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--Catholic_Wannabe_Dude(Only WE have the CORRECT form of WORSHIP!!!)
you mention several old testament prohibitions against drinking blood....O.K., but are still under old testament laws when Christ gives us the direct order to eat of the flesh of the son of man and drink of his blood?????
you say that the church kept writings but so did others......how many copies of the original writings do you suppose there were??? If the church had the writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John as well as the apostles, that pretty much wraps it up. There were no others that had original and accepted writings of any kind. Things like the dead sea scrolls merely indicated that the old testament books were correct as we already knew them from official sources.
the Catholic church, like it or not, is the only source that you have for the new testament books. The old testament would have undoubtedly have been brought up to date and preserved by the Jews, but the Catholic church did that for you also....Be thankful...without the Catholic church you wouldn't even know what a bible was....in fact there wouldn't be a bible for you to know.