our friend says the Scriptures prohibit drinking blood.
but we must take ALL the Scriptures, not cherry pick.
we are commanded to drink the blood of Christ, if we do not, we have no life in us. ( as some are making a fine point of proving )
so again, I ask CB and iscool, chapter and verse where the Scriptures say it is a sin to drink the blood of Christ??
Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
and from blood. No exceptions.
What a goofy question...
Lev 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Lev 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Lev 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Lev 17:14 For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
The shed blood is for an atonement, not to drink...
Jesus threw a horsehoe into the your wringer when he switched around here...
Luk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Just as Jesus tells us that the blood is really the fruit of the vine, Mat_26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom., Jesus tells us that it is the CUP, not its contents that are significant...
When in fact it really is fruit of the grape, it could well be anything...It could be tomato juice or hot chocolate...Just as the bread could be Japanese rye bread or a Brazilian bagel...
What's important is that we break bread and eat it and take a cup of some liquid and contemplate the death of Jesus while doing so...
And it's possibly somewhat magical in a sense since every time we eat some bread or a sandwich and drink some liquid, we have the opportunity to be reminded of Jesus on the Cross...
Heb 9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
It is by the shedding of his blood, not drinking it that we have been redeemed...
Heb 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, (not drinking blood) for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance
Heb 9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Heb 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Your religion offers this so-called sacrifice to God numerous times every day (which is odd since the apostles did not offer Jesus as a sacrifice)...All sin was put away from that one time sacrifice...
Your religion would fold like a cheap deck of cards if it accepted and taught that truth of the scriptures...
Zec 9:11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
So you figure when Jesus went down to Abraham's Bosom and set the captives free he was carrying a bottle of Mogan David and a loaf of French bread in his spiritual pockets??? Or was the shed blood on the Cross enough to set these prisoners free???