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To: Cronos; 1000 silverlings; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change; ...

When Jesus came to earth, was born, lived, and died, He existed IN time.

He died IN time.

Now outside of time, he’s seated at God’s right hand as stated in Hebrews 10.

THAT it the actual reality of what is going on now OUTSIDE of time.


1,181 posted on 01/28/2011 5:31:39 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
Yup, When Jesus came to earth, was born, lived, and died, He existed IN time. He died IN time. Now outside of time, he’s seated at God’s right hand as stated in Hebrews 10. He is the eternal sacrifice as seen in Revelations 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth.
The belief that Christ is there in bread and wine is shared by Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans, Copts, Armenians etc. -- this is NOT a remembrance (you are correct on that), this IS Christ.

Yet, the eucharist is NOT a re-sacrifice of Christ, this is participation in that ONE sacrifice of Christ which happened in the past and which God sees in heaven as shown in Revelation.

Jesus is eternally our priest, Christ whose eternal sacrifice that he offers is himself. This is why he appears in the book of Revelation as a lamb

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

The Mass is a participation in this one heavenly offering. The risen Christ becomes present on the altar and offers himself to God as a living sacrifice. Like the Mass, Christ words at the Last Supper are words of sacrifice, "This is my body . . . this is my blood . . . given up for you."

Remember also that 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 reflects the Real Presence: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread."
1,184 posted on 01/28/2011 5:36:44 AM PST by Cronos
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