Did God Mean Blood When He Said, "Milk and Honey,"?
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God gave Israel to the Jews and it was inhabited when he gave it.  He then gave instructions how to conquor it.
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It was the fruits and vegetables that he had grown. \n\nIt displeased the god of the bible because it was not a sacrifice of blood.
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Apologies for pasting so many verses, but what better to answer this question then the book that holds the answer?\n\nHebrews 9:16-28 NIV\n\n16In the case of a will,[there is a note here in the NIV that the Greek word "diathēkē" that is translated "will" in both vs. 16 and 17 is the same word used in, for example, Heb. 8:9 that means "covenant"] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, 17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. 18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. 19When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. 20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."[Ex. 24:8]21In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. 22In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. \n\n 23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.\n\nAgain, sorry about the length of the pasting, but this should answer your question pretty well.  God bless!
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‘At the beginning of time, God was discussing the creation of the world with the Angel Gabriel. Leaning back in His golden throne, He told him of His plans for Scotland. \n“Gabriel,” said God “I am going to give Scotland towering mountains and magnificent glens resplendent with purple heather. Red deer will roam the countryside, golden eagles will circle in the skies, salmon will leap in the crystal clear rivers and lochs, and the surrounding areas will teem with fish. Agriculture will flourish and there will be a glorious coming together of water with barley to be known as whisky. Coal, oil and gas – all will be there. The Scots will be intelligent, innovative, industrious and …”\n\n“Wait a minute!” interrupted Gabriel. “Are you not being just a wee bit too generous to these Scots?”\n\nBut the Almighty replied, “Not really. I haven’t told you who their neighbours are going to be!”’
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becuase most religions say they believe the bible and follow it, but then they act on things contrary to its teachings. eating of blood can also be read is takin it in, and intraveniously is taking blood in. blood is considered sacred and in God's eyes, shouldnt be given out to anyone. And whwen Jesus said eat my blood, he was holding wine and meant it symbolically, not literally.
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my bible verses are rusty but...there is a verse where god lays out a spread of pork and tells someone to eat it...and the dude is like "no"..and god is like "go ahead...that's what it's for"....and the dude was like.."will you pass me the ketchup"...\nI'm going to Hell...aren't I....
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Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper. In the book of Matthew 26:26-29 Jesus says "this is my body" and "this is my blood".  \nIn the 6th chapter of John verse 41 Jesus says " I am the bread that came down from heaven."...the Jews murmured about this. He goes on to say in v.48, "I am the bread of life." He contrasted the manna that the Jews ate in the Old Testament saying that "they died",... "I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever..."The Jews asked How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" Jesus emphasizes..."Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. In v.55-"For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink."\n\nIf this was symbolic, why didn't Jesus explain it as he did with his many parables? Instead he repeated several times and emphazised with "Amen,Amen" Read the 6th chapter of John slowly and pray on it.\n\nIn 1st Corinthians 11:27 you see how St. Paul is teaching about the Last Supper and how the Church members in Corinth should examine themselves, meaning that those who unworthily ate the bread and drank the cup of our Lord will bring judgement on themselves. How could this be if this bread and wine were a mere symbols?\nThere is more going on here than meets the human senses. Remember the Jews in the 6th ch. of John, many of them left Jesus when he did not back down from his explanation and repeating of himself being the bread and blood that they must eat and drink for their salvation.\n\n"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?1 Corinthians 10:16\n\nThe Catholic Church has maintained the teaching of the Eucharist, the most extraordinary substance on earth, and has not wavered from this at all since Jesus instituted it 2000 years ago.
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Ah ...the soft-shoe routine you can get from people who believe in the "inerrant" Bible - when a text clearly states something so awful that it must be re-re-reinterpreted.\n\nSo .. a word from our sponsor:\nIsiah 45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and CREATE EVIL: I the LORD do all these things."\n\nAnd now let's hear the various (laughable) renditions of what "evil" means "in this context," or "the actual Hebrew means something totally different." - obviously it couldn't just mean "evil," .... could it? \n\nThere is no one answer to your question. Current theology, in a vain attempt at sidestepping the mystical trend that produced the citation above, holds that God did NOT do what He says He did, or that it's a "mystery to be revealed in the end to us all."
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It is clear in Luke 22:19-20 besides other passages\n\nAnd He took bread, gave thanks and broke it and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you, do this in remembrance of me.  Likewise, he also took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the New Covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
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Blood sacrifice/vegetable sacrifice  God rejected the one and accepted the other.  You come to God on his terms or not at all.  The commandment was a blood sacrafice. \nHeb 9:22  And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission of sin.
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The word heaven means happiness,..so with The LORD, you can have a bit of heaven on earth,...but the bible says that flesh and blood cannot enter The Kingdom of God.
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its not true what you said about God....HE DELIVERED THE PPL FROM SLAVERY THROUGH MOSES SO HE DIDNT LOVE IT.. but Satan doesnt care and I dont care what Satan thinks... THIS IS RELIGION HERE....
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Real.\n\nScripture:  Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (John 6:53).\n\nTradition:  "In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained" - the Catechism of the Catholic Church\n\nReason - It's certainly what St. Paul and the Early Church believed:  "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body."  Saint Paul - 1 Corinthians 11:29\n\nBesides all of that - Jesus was pretty clear when he said:\n\n"Hoc est enim corpus meum"\n\n"THIS IS MY BODY"
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God knew that Jesus would die for our sins, as well as Jesus knowing that he would die for our sins. As Jesus stated in the Garden...\n\nJesus prays: "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. . ." \n\nHe was speaking of the 4th cup of the passover meal, which he had not drank from the passover meal (which Christians refer to as the last supper), knowing full well what lay in store for him, only after He had fulfilled Scripture when he said on the Cross "it is finished" did he drink of the fruit of the vine again which was the 4th Cup of the Jewish Passover meal.
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Jesus' blood is what the Bible speaks about alone, it is the only way to God. God has no mother as the Bible states He is the Alpha and the Omega. The virgin Mary was a good woman but the Bible didn't put her above God or said that she was in Heaven. The Bible says that the only way to Heaven is through Jesus Christ. Follow Him only and what the Bible says.
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Numbers 14:20 \nThe LORD replied, "I have forgiven them, as you asked. \n\nMatthew 26:28 \nThis is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. \n\nThe answer to your question is yes, if you ask.
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Jesus was quoting Pslam 22, which is an account of his crucifixion, written a thousand years before it actually happened.\n\nHe did it just so people in this day and age could ponder such things, and hopefully, come to believe.\n\nAnd yes, Christianity is steeped in blood; the blood of the prophets, the blood of sacrifical animals, the blood of Christ, and the blood of the martyrs.\n\nBut it's only Christ's blood that saves and makes possible the forgiveness of sins.