Questions
14. Do you believe the bread & wine turn into Jesus' flesh & blood when blessed?
The bread and wine symbolize Jesus
' body broken and blood shed on
the cross but remain bread and wine physically, and this is clear from
the words of Jesus about the bread and wine during the Last Supper:
"When the
hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. Then He
said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover
with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it
until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then He took the cup, and
gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I
say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom
of God comes.” And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it
to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in
remembrance of Me." (Luke 22:14-19).
Notice that Jesus clearly identified the content in the cup as
"fruit of the vine" - wine - and said we were to take
it - the wine - and the bread
"in remembrance" of
Him. Per Jesus
' own words then, the bread and wine remain exactly that: bread
and wine.
(Claiming to turn bread and wine into the human flesh and blood of Jesus, and
then inviting people to eat and drink them to be saved in effect tries to repeat Jesus
' sacrifice on the cross. The
notion of eating and drinking human flesh and blood is not only repugnant but
also demeans Jesus
'
sacrifice and makes Jesus a
liar for having declared,
"It is finished!"
(John 19:30) on the cross.
The
Bible also clearly says
that Jes
us died "once" for all:
"Not with the blood of
goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for
all, having obtained eternal redemption... By that will we have been sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Hebrews
9:12 & 10:10))
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