At the Cross there is no record of anyone attempting to catch drops of His blood to drink later.
When they took Him down from the Cross....why did they not carve out pieces of His flesh....IF as you claim, we have to literally eat/drink His flesh? That would have been the time to do it....for it was the last time available.
Why not?
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Nonsense! You are being absurd. At the Last Supper Jesus showed that the way that we are to eat His Body and Drink his Blood is through the bread and wind made into His Body and Blood. I should also point out that, although they do not share our belief in Transubstantiation, the Lutherans also believe in the Real Presence and that it is indeed the Body and Blood of our Lord that is consumed with the bread and wine. I guess sola Scriptura is not enough to settle this question even among the Protestants.
Absurd? Hardly. Simply illustrating the wrongness of the RC position.
As I say....IF the disciples understood His words as Romans claim they would have wanted His real blood and flesh.
I mean we have Roman Catholics claiming to have relics from this saint or that saint because they believe they contain healing powers....some have even claimed pieces of the actual cross.
Why wouldn't they want His real flesh and blood.
Because they understood He was talking about believing in Him.
That is the message of the Gospel.
That is the message of the New Testament.
That is the message of Christianity.
As I say....IF the disciples understood His words as Romans claim they would have wanted His real blood and flesh.
His Body and His Blood under the forms of bread and wine are His real Body and Blood. This, and only this, is how Jesus told us to eat His Body and drink His Blood. The Apostles would have easily understood this and would not have done as you suggested. Even the Lutherans believe that at Communion we consume His Body and Blood, albeit through Consubstantiation rather than Transubstantiation.