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Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
The wine given at Communion is symbolic for his blood shed, the bread symbolic of his body that was broken for us and symbolic of the Bread of Life
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
It always amazes me how the correspondences between the OT and the NT unify the whole document. I'd like to add that the Bread of Life, Jesus, was born in Beth-lehem, the House of Bread.
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by FlyersFan
Not everything in the bible was meant to be taken literally. Some allegorical, some metaphorical, some parable and the entire thing was written with prophetic language laced throughout. The majority of Christ's teachings were spoken in parable, very few things did he ever speak plainly about when the pharisees went on his trail.
You cannot partake of his blood and flesh physically, it is a spiritual application. Consumption of human flesh and blood is sin, and were forbidden at the Council of Jerusalem by all the apostles remaining alive. Transmuting the bread and wine into his flesh and blood is sorcery. Communion was to be done in remembrance of him when it is done.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
Funny how Christian fundamentalists thump the bible as the literal word of God ... until that absolute word of God is too much for them to be able to deal with so they suddenly say that Jesus didn't really mean it when He said - amen amen .. I sure as heck mean it.
Originally posted by Azadok2day
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by FlyersFan
Not everything in the bible was meant to be taken literally. Some allegorical, some metaphorical, some parable and the entire thing was written with prophetic language laced throughout. The majority of Christ's teachings were spoken in parable, very few things did he ever speak plainly about when the pharisees went on his trail.
You cannot partake of his blood and flesh physically, it is a spiritual application. Consumption of human flesh and blood is sin, and were forbidden at the Council of Jerusalem by all the apostles remaining alive. Transmuting the bread and wine into his flesh and blood is sorcery. Communion was to be done in remembrance of him when it is done.
Christ became our Passover ,the sacrificial lamb by whos blood we are protected from the angel of death ( Satan) . The idea of the Catholics use to convert bread and wine to flesh and blood is an abomination . We were to remember Christ as the Passover lamb not flesh and blood to be cruxified at every mass.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
The wine given at Communion is symbolic for his blood shed, the bread symbolic of his body that was broken for us and symbolic of the Bread of Life
If you take the bible literally as the absolute word of God, then you MUST take all the words literally .. including these ...
John 6:53 ....
Jesus said to them AMEN AMEN, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
He makes it clear that it isn't a metaphor and it's not symbolic. It's real.
Even when all the people walked away saying it was 'too hard to hear',
he didn't say ... 'hey, I'm just using this as a symbol'. Nope.
He was very clear. It's real ..
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
Funny how Christian fundamentalists thump the bible as the literal word of God ... until that absolute word of God is too much for them to be able to deal with so they suddenly say that Jesus didn't really mean it when He said - amen amen .. I sure as heck mean it.
Originally posted by autowrench
Originally posted by FlyersFan
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
Funny how Christian fundamentalists thump the bible as the literal word of God ... until that absolute word of God is too much for them to be able to deal with so they suddenly say that Jesus didn't really mean it when He said - amen amen .. I sure as heck mean it.
Yeah, and it is really funny when one says "it's the literal words of God," then when you ask certain questions, they fall back and say, "We don't take every word in a literal way." It is also very amusing that when you argue with one, and begin to win the argument, they resort to anger. I have made a few so angry their faced turned read as fire.