Transubstantiation

Can Jesus’ Flesh and Blood be eaten?

“ I am the living bread which came down from heaven: If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” –John 6:51

Does it mean that we are going to eat the body of Christ? No! Jesus was speaking about salvation. In John 10:9, Jesus claimed to be the “door”. How do we go through his door? If John 6:51 is to be taken as literal instead of spiritual in meaning, then John 10:9 would make no sense at all.

Now in John 3, Jesus tried to explain to Nicodemus that he needed to be “born again”. Nicodemus took Jesus literally and was confused. Nicodemus baffled, asking how can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born again. Jesus was trying to teach Nicodemus a spiritual truth, but Nicodemus didn’t understand Him since Nicodemus was not thinking on a spiritual plane but earthly. Nicodemus failed to understand the Word of God because he was walking on a physical ladder.

Jesus claimed to be the vine, the light, etc. Matthew 10:38 tells us that He who does not carry his cross and follow Jesus is not worthy of Jesus. Does it mean that we have to let the carpenters construct a literal cross and carry it? Of course no!

With these lines, I am quite concerned over some people’s teaching of transubstantiation. Transubstantiation means that the food taken at mass literally becomes the flesh and blood of Jesus. Some miraculous signs even happened. A host in room became a real flesh and it bleed. The flesh was being examined and the blood was type AB.

Jesus is the bread of life. In John 1:1 it states that :” In the beginning the Word already existed…and the Word was God”. In John 1:14, it states that the Word became flesh and dwelt amongst us. The “Word” pertains particularly to Jesus.

In John 6:68, Simon Peter said to Jesus:” You have the words that give eternal life”.

During the Lord’s supper, the Bible commands us to observe it only as a remembrance of Jesus shedding His blood suffering for our sins. The Lord’s supper is not a sacrament. Now where in the Bible can we refer the Lord’s supper as “Eucharist”.

Meditate upon these verses:

“See to it that no one takes you captive through hallow deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ”(Colossians 2:28).

The truth is Jesus- the only one who has the power to save. His Word is truth- it is found in the Bible: “ Indeed, there is no other gospel”(Galatians 1:7-10).