For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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… the last day of judgment. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Now, this is offensive to us. You can't even imagine how offensive this was to Galileans and Judeans who weren't even allowed to have the blood of an animal in their food. And here, I mean, this was just too much. So John is honest in his account. He says, I gotta tell you, I was there on hearing it. Many of his disciples, not the apostles, the general crowd that followed Jesus, many of his disciples said, this is a hard teaching. Who can accept it? We're like, no kidding. But a lot of Jesus' teaching is hard And some of it comes across as harsh. And John tells us what happened. He said, from that day, because of that one sermon, from this time, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. They did what I don't want you to do. They missed Jesus because of something they misunderstood. …
… that they don't realize that, yes, Jesus said the word, the words, my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink, but then he also gave the command to certain men to do this in memory of me. That Jesus established a new covenant priesthood. He established the New Testament priesthood. And the early church, this is crazy, the early church recognized this, right? If you look at any of the early church documents, all of them are saying that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, but also all of them are saying, not everyone, not anyone can offer the Eucharist. They have to be validly ordained priests. In fact, all the earliest creeds we have, proclaim this. I mean, so in high school, in college, I dated the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. And sometimes I go to church with them after mass and they would stand up and we'd say the same creed. I'm like, wow, we say the same Apostles' Creed. At the end, we'd say, we believe in one holy Catholic and apostolic church. …
… last day. For My flesh is food indeed, My blood is drink indeed. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. And as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so He who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Therefore many of His disciples when they heard this said, this is a hard saying. Who can understand it? And when Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, Does this offend you? What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life. …