The Mosaic Law was passing away DURING the Last Supper. The passing away of the Old Covenant was COMPLETED when Jesus says so on the Cross.
Jesus knew that he was going to die, and how. He SAYS he is instituting a sacrament of the New Covenant. Notice that JESUS SAYS “Take this and drink. This is the chalice of my blood of the NEW COVENANT.” See? NEW COVENANT. The night BEFORE the Crucifixion.
You really should try reading the Bible sometime. In it, Jesus says a lot of interesting things.
Try again. Heb 8:13 Says the old covenant waxes old and is nigh onto passing away ... well after the cross. Elsewhere the time of it's passing is associated with heaven and earth passing away.
Before the crucifixion was still OT where eating blood was still a sin.
Additionally, the HOLY SPIRIT saw fit to reiterate the command against eating blood in the NT AFTER the day of Pentecost, well into the church age.
No matter how you try to spin it, *Don’t eat blood* means *Don’t eat blood*.
But I don’t expect Catholics to actually OBEY the clear direct commands of Jesus in the matter. They don’t with other issues, but instead rationalize their disobedience away.
Huh boy!!! The law was NOT fulfilled until the perfect sacrifice had been completed. There was no new covenant until Christ died on that cross. The "blood of the new covenant could NOT have been real blood because Jesus blood was spilled on the ground. There is no blood in the risen body. God is the life in the risen body. Blood was the life in the corrupt body. After the resurrection Christ said "flesh and bone" but not blood.
Luke 24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
There was no blood as we see when Jesus told Thomas to put his fingers in the holes in His hands and his hand into His side.
John 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
No blood flowing from those wounds. It had all been spilled on the ground as was required for any sacrifice as well as any animal slaughtered for food.
It still would have been a sin to eat the blood.
The Mosaic Law was not fulfilled until the Lamb was sacrificed and His Blood was spilled - on the Cross. As Jesus said, it would not pass away until "every jot and tittle" was fulfilled. So at the Last Supper, the Law was still in effect. No matter what word games you try to play, the words of Jesus make this clear.
No matter how hard you try to twist things, you cannot change the fact that at the time of the Last Supper, the Mosaic Law was still in effect, and the consuming of blood was a sin. So for your interpretation to be correct, Jesus would have been telling His disciples to commit a sin - which would have negated His ability to be a sinless sacrifice for OUR sins.
Arthur, Arthur, Arthur, think before you post. Catholics tell us all the time that Jesus was telling people to eat His flesh and blood already when He fed the five thousand. Now your telling us that "The Mosaic Law was passing away DURING the Last Supper." You even put DURING in all caps to emphasize the point. Is leading someone into sin a sin? I do believe the Catholic Church says yes to that question don't they?
And you had the audacity to tell CA he should read the Bible sometimes.