09/03/2021
MYSTERY OF THE BLOOD AND FLESH
Jesus instructed us to eat His flesh and Drink His blood, Where can I find the Blood and Flesh of Jesus?
This words are not to be taken literal as our Lord said it. Every word of His has a deeper and spiritual meaning.
Now, why will Jesus ask you to disobey God?
If this is what He meant then He will be contradicting Himself. Because the injunction not to drink blood was given by God long before the sojourn of the incarnated Son of God.
Leviticus 17:10, 12-14 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.
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.
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
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.
So you see drinking of Blood was a sin, and the people that left after Jesus spoke of it, understood this but wrongly misunderstood what Jesus meant.
John 6:53-58, 61, 63, 65-69 Then 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.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
This 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.
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Jesus was saying the only way to life or having eternal life was to drink His blood. In their misunderstanding they walked away. But He has told them before they left that His words are Spirit and gives life.
What was He saying?
To grasp this we must first ask ourselves this question, Who is Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ remains a mystery to many people. Some question His Sonship to God, others can't even believe He is the Sent one to redeem man.
In the Garden God gave His word of His plan to redeem the falling man, this word was confirm and prophecied about its fulfilment by the prophets down to John the Baptist who revealed this promise of God's word to be the person of Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ is the incarnate Word of God. When God says a thing, it fulfil in its time according to His purpose. In the Garden His word went out and became Flesh when He planned.
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
Isaiah 45:24-25 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
The Word of God became Flesh and blood, and dwelt among men and that incarnate word of God that now has flesh and blood in the material realm is Jesus Christ.
John 1:1–2, 14, 34 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
When Jesus was speaking out drinking His blood, He was referring to taking in the Word into our lifes. Same when He said you must eat my flesh.
Except a man dines with the Words of Jesus which leads them to truth, that man can not be saved. It is the dining with the Word that we are saved, this Word is Spirit, it deals with every issues in the Spirit and gives life to the adherent.
It is not the drinking of wine and taking of wafer that saves; this act was to be a reminder of the importance of His Word. It is the eating of the word that transforms us.
Job 23:12
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.