“Every Israelite knew that to escape the angel of death they needed to “eat the lamb.” It was a core belief of historical Judaism. The Passover was part of who they were as a people.
It would follow then, that Jesus, when he commanded us to “take and eat for this is my body” was doing nothing less than continuing the pattern that God had instituted from the beginning of salvation history.
So I need to ask again, why is the sacrament of the Eucharist a human invention? Christ came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. If you can accept the ancient Jewish paradigm that God required a spotless Lamb to be sacrificed for our sins, why not bring it to its logical completion?
Bottom line: You Gotta Eat the Lamb!” – Steve Ray
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So beautifully put.
Amen !!
I really don’t understand how people fail to see this connection. I find it so powerful and just reinforces the fact that eat the lamb of God during the Eucharist, it’s truly the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord. Simply Awesome!!!
Acts 2.46
They took their meat w gladness
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