Sorry friend ......God placed the jewish law into effect that blood was not to be consumed.. Jesus had to keep the WHOLE law perfectly if He was to be the spotless Lamb ...which meant He would not violate that law or encourage others to do so...
Did the apostles eat the real actual flesh of Christ at the last supper? Did they drink His actual blood?? Did He ??
Real (or True) Flesh, yes; and Real (or True) Blood, yes. We have it on His word:
John 6:51-56 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.Plwase pay close attention to v.63 where Jesus says "The flesh is of no avail," because He is obviously not referring to "His" flesh. He has just told us that "His" flesh is true food, and "His" flesh avails for eternal life.The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
No, rather He speaks of "the" flesh. Our fleshly-minded, or shall I say meat-headed, way of thinking about things, which is the sense in which he is using the term "flesh." He is speaking of un-regenerate thinking.
For instance, mixing this up with pagan cannibalism. That would be a fleshly, undiscerning error. Or saying it's not "real" or "true" flesh and blood because all of the appearances (including chemical characteristics) remain of bread and wine. That's another fleshly, undiscerning error.
You don't have to parse this all out. It's beyond human comprehension anyway.
It's sufficient that when you hear Jesus' blessed words, "This is My Body," you say "Amen."
Just "Amen".
Take every thought captive in obedience to Christ.