Regarding communion.

[FreeinChrist]

I see the act of communion as a covenant act. I also see the bread and the cup as symbolizing the body and blood of Christ. Obviously,. those who beleive in ransubsantiation disagree.

My question is - is there any time in the OT when it was commanded to drink the blood of the sacrifice?

[Wags]

I see the act of communion as a covenant act. I also see the bread and the cup as symbolizing the body and blood of Christ. Obviously,. those who beleive in ransubsantiation disagree.

My question is - is there any time in the OT when it was commanded to drink the blood of the sacrifice?


Absolutely not!

Leviticus 3:17 This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood."

Acts 15:20 but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

Blood is not permitted - whether it is a part of a sacrafice or just part of an everyday meal.

[DrMcDonald]

Absolutely not.

Leviticus 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, [whether it be] of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.

Leviticus 7:27 Whatsoever soul [it be] that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 17:12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Leviticus 17:14 For [it is] the life of all flesh; the blood of it [is] for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh [is] the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

[FreeinChrist]

They did eat the sacrifice sometimes, right?

[Wags]

Yes, eating it was a part of some sacrifices, like the passover lamb for example. However the blood was drained from it. (still is from kosher meat). Blood did serve a purpose with in the sacrificial system, but it was NEVER for consumption.

[FreeinChrist]

Thanks for the responses!!:)


I didn't think that the blood was ever drunk.....which is why I see Christ's instructions about the cup as the cup being symbolic of the blood He was going to shed for us.

[Bananna]

Well I may be singular on this, but the word is Testament as in last will and testament. The bread and wine together are a memorial, not a new covenant.

diatheke is translated both ways, the context is defined by"Do this in rememberance of ME. The cup of redemption is traditionally thought to be the cup that he took.
bananna