LOL Arthur do you make this stuff up as you go along ???..So we can drink his blood now because it looks and tastes like wine?? That is just foolishness.. almost a childish reply to metmom..
Scripture say "the life is in the blood" It also then forbid the jews from consuming it
Do you remember what was done to the blood of the sacrificed lamb on the day of atonement ( the day Jesus was fulfilling)? It was completely poured out on the MERCY SEAT
To me it was not a casual comment when Jesus told told His disciples.. "8And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
"See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." 40And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet.…(Luke24:39)
No mention of blood here Arthur.. His life was no longer in blood.. He lived before them now a new Christ ..a risen Christ..that" had poured out His blood on the Mercy seat"
I hope you are aware that the New Covenant differs from the Old Covenant.
Can’t you tell the difference between JESUS and an ANIMAL?
When an animal was sacrificed, its life, symbolized by the blood, belonged to God.
When Jesus sacrificed himself, he gave his life as a gift to US. Jesus commanded us to drink his blood precisely as a sign that he gave his life for us.