Thanks for your response and we understand what Jesus taught us, except that many believe that John 6:53 was not meant literally.
Even many Catholics do not fully believe because they do not understand or were not taught. There is a National Eucharistic Revival to help Catholics better understand Jesus in the Eucharist.
I understand that many have been taught that this message is a symbol.
What if Jesus did not mean this as a symbol? and wants us to abide in Him and Jesus in us. John 6:56
Can you imagine having Jesus (God) living inside you because He wants to be there? Jesus wants us to be one like the Father and Jesus. (Luke 17:21)
Jesus told us He was the living bread that came down from Heaven. At the Last Supper and on the road to Emmaus *Luke 24)
My understanding is that Jesus gave His human and Divine Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity (Resurrected) and authorized the Apostles and their successors to continue this sacrificial (unbloody) offering to God the Father as He told us to do this in reembrace of Me.
Why would Jesus say this symbolically if his disciples left because they understood Him Literally? He said that He knew that many didn’t believe, even Judas who would betray Him.
I understand that many have been taught that John 6:53 is a symbol as their religion disagrees with this teaching and can not provide the consecrated Body and Blood to their members.
The Eucharist is one of God’s mysteries that we may not fully understand, but we should accept it as the Word of Jesus. Peter spoke for the Apostles in belief as he said “you have the words of eternal life”.
Thank you for an open discussion and I am not convinced that when Jesus told us to “Eat and Drink” His Body and Blood was symbolic.
Consider spending some time with Jesus at a Catholic Church in the Tabernacle, exposed in the Monstrance or at a Catholic Mass. One can pray or just listen. It can be very peaceful.
God’s Peace be with you.
—> Can you imagine having Jesus (God) living inside you because He wants to be there?
If this is literally true, does this not also mean you are excreting God into the toilet and sewers??
—-> authorized the Apostles and their successors to continue this sacrificial (unbloody) offering to God
No. There remains no need for sacrifice ever again.
—> in the Tabernacle,
Not a biblical thing for His Church.
—> exposed in the Monstrance
Not a biblical thing for His Church. Just idolatry.
—> or at a Catholic Mass
Not a biblical thing for His Church
—-> and can not provide the consecrated Body and Blood to their members
It isn’t in Scripture, so one can.
Never will He be sacrificed again.
“It is finished.”