Eucharist

What the Eucharist is and isn't is of great importance in Christianity today.  Biblical Christians view communion as a statement of faith in Jesus, in His death and resurrection, and as a body of believers we partake of bread and juice in remembrance of His new covenant.

The Last Supper was when Jesus was participating in the Jewish Passover with His disciples, "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.  And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;  For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." (Matt 26:26)  Jesus is telling the Jewish people that the Passover feast of bread and wine is being fulfilled in Him.  Not only is Jesus the Passover lamb who takes away the sins of the world, He also is going to bring a new meaning to the bread and wine.  When participating in the Passover, they were now to break the bread and drink the cup in memory of Jesus, not just to remember the first Passover and escape from Egypt.

Roman Catholics believe that the bread and wine transform into Jesus' body and blood and when they take the Eucharist they are taking in Jesus in a mystical experience.

 "1376 The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring: "Because Christ our Redeemer said that it was truly his body that he was offering under the species of bread, it has always been the conviction of the Church of God, and this holy Council now declares again, that by the consecration of the bread and wine there takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ our Lord and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood. This change the holy Catholic Church has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation." (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p2s2c1a3.htm#1376)

This is an important difference, because Catholics worship and adore the Eucharist that they believe is actually Jesus. 


Roger Oakland from Understand the Times gives a wonderful presentation on what this means, and how it relates to this false "Christ" in the church today.
















During the Dark Ages the Roman Catholic church tortured Christians who refused to accept that the eucharist was Christ. About 9 min into this video, but I recommend watching the whole thing.


Could this happen again?