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Actually it’s not what I want - it’s what He desires. And it isn’t the depictions you’re trying to sell.

Rather.......

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”.....Romans 8:1,2

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God”...Ephesians 2:8

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5;17

In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him. Ephesians 2:12

He is the mediator of a ‘new covenant’, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the ‘first covenant’ ...Hebrews9:15.

Actually it’s not what I want - it’s what He desires. And it isn’t the depictions you’re trying to sell.

Trying to sell? What the Bible?

No- You feel your inability to understand, and so refuse, the typology present in the Bible, where – “the New is concealed in the Old, and the Old revealed in the New” - of the Bible – allows you grounds to be dismissively ignorant…
and so your Jesus as fruit comeback to me.

No- your style is to parrot out lofty spiritual verses that you hope to think everyone believes makes your heart aflutter when you hear it… when all it really does is allow you to ignore the other parts of the Bible that are inconvenient for you.

So you want to jump in fine- but bring answers with you- not misdirection and pettiness.
You be ready tell me why - Paul an expert, observant Jew- who celebrated Passover reverently his entire life – that was celebrated for centuries - would be so heretically careless with the Sacred Jewish Ritual here - to espouse cannabalism:

For Christ, our paschal (Passover) lamb, has been sacrificed.

What was the Paschal Lamb for Paul and those Jews in those days?
It was the Sacrificed Lamb- that HAD to be eaten to worship God properly. Vegetarian? Soory- you must eat the Lamb's flesh to honor God. No flesh eaten- you disrespect God.
The Paschal Lamb had to be eaten for the Passover ritual to be complete. The Rabbi- or celebrant of the Passover Meal could not say – “It is Finished” after drinking the Fourth Cup – Until the Paschal Lamb had been eaten. Paul would know- the Paschal Lamb was Food. Why does he suggest Christ as Lamb? Likewise, in a similar manner, St. Pau preaches :

“This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

Cup? Blood? Drink it?
Even if symbolic- you won't convert Jews trashing their faith - telling them they are drinking a cup of Jesus' blood.
MANY Jews, early Christians, would go to the Temple on the Sabbath- and commune on the Lord's Day. How could they double-dip like this if they were preached to being cannibals?
Why does St. Paul go there, committing heresy- and encouraging cannibalism… having been an Observant Jew- highly regarded by other Jews- and willing to persecute- to death- those who would profane Judaism and his life-long held beliefs?

It makes no sense. Tell me how St. Paul gets there…