Apologetics for the Masses #330 - Was Jesus' Body on the Cross Real...or Symbolic?

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The Eucharist

Was Jesus' Body on the Cross Real...or Symbolic?

    In John 6:58, Jesus says, "He who eats this bread will live forever."  And, in verse 51 He says the same thing, "If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever."  Now, what bread is He talking about?  Well, He tells us what “bread” He is talking about in the second half of verse 51, "...and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world." 

     Jesus is talking about the flesh that He will give for the life of the world.  The question you need to ask is: “Was the flesh that Jesus gave for the life of the world real...or symbolic?”  And, when did He give His flesh for the life of the world?  On the cross.  So, the flesh that Jesus wants us to eat and the blood He wants us to drink is the flesh that He gave for the life of the world...in other words, the flesh that was nailed to the Cross and the blood that was spilled on the Cross.  That is the flesh that He wants us to eat and that is the blood that He wants us to drink. 

     The question I ask of you, and of anyone who says Jesus is speaking symbolically in John 6 or that Jesus is speaking symbolically at the Last Supper, is this: “Was Jesus' death on the cross real...or symbolic?”  Was the body on the cross...the flesh on the cross...real...or symbolic?  Was the blood shed on the cross...real... or symbolic?  If you believe Jesus is speaking symbolically in John 6 when He says eat my body and drink my blood, then the conclusion you come to is that Jesus did not really die on the cross...it was only a symbolic representation of the Body and Blood of Christ, not the real thing. 

     After all, the bread He is talking about us eating is the flesh that He will give for the life of the world.  If He’s talking about giving us His symbolic flesh to eat, then He is talking about giving us His symbolic flesh for the life of the world.  Again, if you believe Jesus is talking symbolically in John 6, then you must also conclude that the flesh that Jesus gave on the cross for the life of the world was only His symbolic flesh.  You cannot have it both ways...

     This IS my Body.  This IS my Blood.

 

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