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To: piusv
The poster was referencing the Passover. If you want to cite the Passover you have to include the aspect of how the blood was used in the Passover.

It was NOT consumed.

No where in the OT was blood ever consumed.

I've already referenced the Council of Jerusalem's ruling on this bringing this under the New Covenant.

If you want from the New Covenant perspective we can do that also.

Catholics claim the mass is the same sacrifice as the Cross.

Q. 920. Is the Mass the same sacrifice as that of the Cross?

A. The Mass is the same sacrifice as that of the Cross.

Yet they contradict themselves by stating:

Q. 917. What is the Mass?

A. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ. http://www.baltimore-catechism.com/lesson24.htm

However, both of these go against the NT teaching on Christ being offered as a ONE TIME sacrifice. There is no need of another on-going sacrifice as taught by catholicism.

And don't just think of the Mass conducted at your local church.

This is happening who knows how many times during just one day around the world. Christ is being sacrificed again and again and again and again, etc.

31 posted on 04/19/2016 5:50:26 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ealgeone
At the Mass we are present at THE sacrifice of the Lamb. It is not a repeat. It is the actual event.

Christ's sacrifice is once and for all. At the Mass, faithful to His command - we become engaged with - we become part of - His sacrifice. We become witnesses to His Passion.

Christ's sacrifice is once and for all. God is not bound to time and space, and His great act of salvation was not done in a corner, hostage to a moment in time.

Christ's sacrifice is once and for all. The Passion of God is the greatest event in time and in eternity - it fills reality like water fills a river. We just need to reach out and touch it.

Christ commands us to eat His Body and drink His Blood. His life, His death and His resurrection - the most important events that ever were or ever could be - are waiting for us at Mass.

We are drawn into God's presence. The veils of time and space are removed like the veil of the temple. We become present at His sacrifice, which is indeed once and for all.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.



Hope this is helpful.

39 posted on 04/20/2016 1:12:52 AM PDT by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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