Body of Christ

[OneJoe]

Luk 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.


In the above stated scriptures, do you believe the bread and wine were Christ's real body and blood or is it just a representation of his body and blood?

[BBYN]

I believe that it is a representaion. Bread represents Jesus' body.. and wine, His body. It is basically a memorial in which we remember the death of Jesus for our sins. Jesus Himself, the night before He died, instituted it with His disciples. I do belive that is in... Matthew 26:26-29.
The unleavened bread and grape juice each represent something related to His death. The bread represents (not actually is) His body. The grape juice, or.. whatever others use, represents (not actually is) His blood. As we eat the bread and drink the juice, we should remember His death for us.
Any way, that's what I belive, and how I was taught.
God bless :-)

-Blessed

[BBYN]

sorry, typo, i ment "blood"... wine represents his blood

[Katie]

Luk 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.


In the above stated scriptures, do you believe the bread and wine were Christ's real body and blood or is it just a representation of his body and blood?
Christ died for us ONCE...which was on the cross....which was AFTER..the last supper. The words at the last supper (in my opinion) must have meant a representation of Himself...or else He would have shed His blood TWICE..once at the last supper, if we are to believe His words were literal...and again on the cross. So to my mind, the words of the last supper were not literal....

[jesusrocksmypinksocks]

I have no idea what they both mean but yea

[christunione]

He was reflecting on what was in store for Him. Dying on the cross, shedding His blood was being symbolically represented in the bread and wine. But as always, with God there is a reason for the picture placed in our mind by the reading of those words, "Take eat..." It was for ceremonial rememberance, sort of like Christmas is to us.

[jargon5000]

It could never be literal. God did not make any vampires.

[Carol wis]

Very true, jargon, God did not make vampires. But your thinking this is shared by many when Jesus spoke of this very act in John 6:52. Read the whole chapter in fact. Not only did the crowd disperse, but so did His own Apostles, this was the first time and only time they ever walked away from something Jesus ever said. I know you have read the Bible in its whole, Usually the Apostles, in private would ask Jesus what He meant, and as we read, He always clarified for them. Remember, they"re Jews, It is forbiden to drink blood
Yes, this is the Real presence of Christ.From the beginning of the Church thru to the present as Christ established, not man, Christ. Go to your Bible and you'll see that eary Christians believed in the true presence. God Bless,
Carol wis

[LonelyWife]

Since Jesus said, "Do this in remembrance of me," I've always understood it as a representation. When I take comunion, I don't think of it as actually consuming His real flesh, but as a representation of how by eating it, I am completely consuming and accepting the sacrifice he made for me and letting it give me life, as food gives life.

[Snuffy17]

The bread and wine depends on what religion you are following. In the Catholic church the bread and wine are turned into Jesus' body and blood at the altar. In some others it is only a symbol.