To: Alamo-Girl; count-your-change; caww
There is only one altar on earth where blood sacrifices to God can be made --> yes, ON EARTH. There is no blood sacrifice ON EARTH in the mass.
Christ sacrificed His own blood not on the earthly altar in the Temple at Jerusalem but rather on the heavenly altar; spiritual not physical. --> yes, HEAVENLY altar -- as I said, The Mass is a participation in this one heavenly offering.
Christ is not just a priest. He is High Priest by authority of God the Father after the order of Melchizedek. --> yes, as I said, Jesus is eternally a priest, and a priests very nature is to offer sacrifice.
In the case of Christ, the eternal sacrifice that he offers is himself. This is why he appears in the book of Revelation as a lamb, standing as though he had been slain (Revelations 5:6).
The sacrifice - the Blood of the Lamb - is not like physical blood it never runs out, never fades, never weakens, never fails. --> true, that is why the participation in that ONE sacrifice can happen in our timeline whenever and wherever, the sacrifice, the Blood of the Lamb is not like physical blood, it never runs out, never fades, never weakens, never fails
For all eternity i.e. outside time He, who is out of time is appealing to the work of the cross, interceding for us (Rom 8:34), and bringing the graces of Calvary to us.
To God be the glory, not man, never man.
To: Cronos
Thank you for sharing your testimony, dear brother in Christ!
To: Cronos
To God be the glory, not man, never man.
That's rich coming from a catholic who promotes the catechism/man made doctrine.
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