Some might’ve freaked out a little at our last post on reading the whole Bible. Jesus lost some disciples when He spoke of this concept too. So here’s a short explanation of what we think Jesus means by “eating His body and drinking His blood.”<\/p>\n
Jesus describes the new covenant in the gospel of John in a different way. He calls it \u201ceating (His) flesh and drinking (His) blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. 58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. (John 6:53-58<\/a> KJV)<\/p>\n Remember, this was said at a time when there was no New Testament. You might think Jesus is talking about a so-called sacrament here. But the Protestant crackers and grape juice ceremony hadn\u2019t been created. Neither had the mystical wafer the Catholics favor. It isn\u2019t the feast of Passover or Unleavened Bread (1 Corinthians 10:16<\/a>), and He\u2019s not saying we should nibble His fingers, or tap His main artery like Dracula. There is life in His flesh and blood, but He doesn\u2019t mean the tissue and corpuscles (although we could argue that point).<\/p>\n 63\u201cIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. (John 6:63<\/a> NASB95)<\/p>\n All Jesus is talking about is consuming God\u2019s Words for our souls like we do food for our bodies. Not such an odd concept. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 15:16<\/a>) Ezekiel (Ezekiel 3<\/a>) and John (Revelation 10:9<\/a>) did it. Our new hearts of flesh are fed by the Word and it\u2019s pumped to our limbs for action. This \u2018reading and doing\u2019 (hear or see and obey) the whole of the Word is the basis of whole Bible Christianity. His Words \u2013 all of them \u2013 are His body and blood. It\u2019s not just the words in red that we colored in later. The word \u2018obey\u2019 is pretty much the same as \u2018abide\u2019 or \u2018remain\u2019 and goes along with \u201chear and see,\u201d and \u201ceat and drink His blood.\u201d Life comes with abiding in God\u2019s Word (John 6:35<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Law is part of His body and blood. Real communion is to hear and follow. Salvation is faith in action – to hear, obey, abide, and exchange our ways of death for God\u2019s Way of Life. To abide in His love through His Word. Jesus isn\u2019t talking about a picnic, or mystic wafers and wine. He is talking about obedience.<\/p>\n ‘Whole Bible Christianity’ chapter 1<\/a> section on The Believer’s Daily Bread<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some might’ve freaked out a little at our last post on reading the whole Bible. Jesus lost some disciples when He spoke of this concept too. So here’s a short explanation of what we think Jesus means by “eating His … read more