Aaron told the children of Israel that the golden calf is the God that brought them up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:2-4 DARBY
2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden rings that are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] to me.
3 Then all the people broke off the golden rings that were in their ears, and brought [them] to Aaron.
4 And he took [them] out of their hand, and fashioned it with a chisel and made of it a molten calf: and they said, This is thy god, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt! |
The Catholic, Orthodox, and Episcopalian churches tell their followers that the Eucharist is the Lord Jesus Christ who died on the cross.
What is the Holy Eucharist?
The Holy Eucharist is a sacrament and a sacrifice. In the Holy Eucharist, under the appearances of bread and wine, the Lord Christ is contained, offered, and received.
(a) The whole Christ is really, truly, and substantially present in the Holy Eucharist. We use the words "really, truly, and substantially" to describe Christ's presence in the Holy Eucharist in order to distinguish Our Lord's teaching from that of mere men who falsely teach that the Holy Eucharist is only a sign or figure of Christ, or that He is present only by His power.
(b) All Christians, with but few minor exceptions, held the true doctrine of the Real Presence from the time of Christ until the Protestant Revolution in the sixteenth century.
(c) The word "Eucharist" means "Thanksgiving."
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Is the Eucharist an idol like the golden calf?
This abomination (idolatry) makes desolate indeed as it offers false worship to another god...
Those who actually thought He meant literally to cannibilize Him walked away...John 666 clarifies these who no longer follow Him...
John 6:
66From that time on, many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him
The matter needed to be addressed...
67So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
And Peter affirms he believed NOT in actually eating Him but:
68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life. 69We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”…
Peter did NOT say “you are the flesh of life to be eaten”.
I have actually heard catholics confirm that all flesh was made clean and thus cannibalizing Him is no issue...
The interesting thing about this superstious jewish cult of the first century is NOT that it was known to cannibalize its own god...
The church even now remains divided on whether or not the bread must be leavened (the East) or unleavened (the West)
And whether the last supper was the passover meal (the West) or not (the East) and thus further complicating the Easter thingy...which is now celebrated on two different calendars on two different days...
Rome is also in a bind as by church law the Host must be of wheat and thus it proves difficult for those who suffer celiac disease to consume the Host...
odd that ciliac disease is a biological allergic response to glutton...and not to flesh...human flesh...divine or not...one would think that having turned to flesh there would no longer be glutton...hmmmm
But because of continuing biological allergic responses to “His Flesh” the Romans must make provisions including “low gluten” flesh cakes...or even offering only the blood...of course all by special medical privilege and church permission from the pope...
Odd too that the typical tradition in the Roman church is that only the bread is offered and not the fruit of the wine...that stopped about the the time the Black Plague spread...from one unsanitary chalice mouth to mouth?
Our Master offered both bread and the cup...and it was understood as symbol or sign as when He said He is a door none looked for the handle or hinges or knocker...or as his followers do not include themselves when the recipe asks for salt...or hire themselves out as night time security lights...I mean we who are to be the light of the world..still need light at night right?
Yes it is tragic some of His disciples no longer walk with Him...but have devised false and counterfeit forms of worship...their abomination will indeed make desolate...as what is false has NO LIFE...
to whom else would we turn to? He indeed has the words of eternal life...
That WHOSOEVER believes and ate that bread of life...though they still died to their grave yet will live again...eternally
HalleluYah...