“It should be for their benefit. For here men do not bring a sacrifice to God through a priest, but the High Priest offers Himself as a sacrifice to God for the sake of men.”
^^But yet those of your religion claim that THEY offer the sacrifice of Jesus to the Father...Which of course is ridiculous...^^
False. In the Mass, JESUS offers himself to the Father. Jesus is the priest and victim.
“That Christ gives His blood to those redeemed by Him to drink is the strongest expression of the fact that He sacrifices Himself for men entirely, unreservedly, and completely. (Sasse 1985, 89-90)”
^^Nothing more than the musing of human philosophers...^^
Wow. You figured out that the writer is a HUMAN. That’s a real knock-down argument.
“To refuse to drink the blood of Jesus is to CLING TO THE OLD COVENANT AND THE OLD SACRIFICES, refusing to accept the life Jesus has given to us.”
^^Jesus told Paul to tell us to continue to avoid drinking blood...^^
The blood Paul was referring to was animal blood. Since an animal sacrifice is a sacrifice under the OLD TESTAMENT, the blood represents the life of the animal, which belongs to God. The Eucharist is the sacrifice of Jesus of himself, in which he gives his life to us and for us. Thus, his blood is poured out FOR US (as Jesus himself said at the Last Supper). Thus, unlike the blood of a sacrificed animal, the blood of Jesus BELONGS TO US. He gave it to us precisely to tell us that he has given his LIFE for us.
The OLD covenant has been replaced by the NEW covenant.
JESUS is not an ANIMAL.
He already did that Arthur ..on Calvary. He does not need to do it over and over ..
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him
The OLD covenant has been replaced by the NEW covenant.
I would be interested in what difference a Roman sees in the Old and the New Covenants
He already did that Arthur ..on Calvary. He does not need to do it over and over ..
Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 9:28
so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him
The OLD covenant has been replaced by the NEW covenant.
I would be interested in what difference a Roman sees in the Old and the New Covenants