Baby Jesus in A Manger Foreshadows the Eucharist?

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When asked for Scriptural support for the Eucharist, have you ever considered the following passage:

She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Lk 2:7)

A manger is defined as a trough or open box in a stable designed to hold feed or fodder (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary) Is it merely coincidence that Our Lord was laid in a feed trough at His birth, or does this foreshadow John 6 and the Institution of the Eucharist?
 
I can’t answer your question but it does give one “food” for thought. Also, did you know that Bethlehem means “house of bread”? I think you might be onto something here.
 
Wow. That’s an interesting thought. He calls himself the mana from heaven and the bread of life (?). But that was for human consumption. :hmmm:
 
Of course it was no coincidence. The foreshadowing begins even before His birth. The Early Church Fathers knew that the Ark of the Covenant was a foreshadowing of Mary. The Ark held the manna from the desert, the ten commandments(the word of God) and Aaron’s rod symbolizing authority. Mary held Jesus in her womb which is the living bread, the true Word of God and King of heaven and earth.
The whole idea of foreshadowing could fill books.
 
FYI,

Manger in French (pronouned MON-ZHAY) means “to eat” in english.

Don
 
Scott Hahn’s book* “A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God’s Covenant Love in Scripture”* is a must read if you are looking for foreshadowing in the Old Testament. I had a whole new appreciation for Mass and the Eucharist after reading this book.
 
One Christmas, my children gave me a poem which they had copied from a book. They drew their own artwork around it and framed it. I still cherish it.

Ave Verum Corpus natum

What little lambs and ewes
went running to peruse…

**What baby calves and goats **
and chickens out of shells
and heifers with their bells
And fillies lately born
espied among their oats…

What dull-eyed oxen saw
**co-mingling with their corn, **
strewn over with their straw…

What donkeys with dismay
found hiding in their hay…

**Abiding in Our Wheat, **
**In Mystery Complete, **
at a far-stranger manger
Is given us to eat.
 
Robert in SD:
When asked for Scriptural support for the Eucharist, have you ever considered the following passage:

She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. (Lk 2:7)

A manger is defined as a trough or open box in a stable designed to hold feed or fodder (Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary) Is it merely coincidence that Our Lord was laid in a feed trough at His birth, or does this foreshadow John 6 and the Institution of the Eucharist?
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Robert,

I love this. It’s awesome. Many protestants say that they understand Jesus’ “flesh” to be His Word - that when He tells us to eat, the protestant takes it to mean that His Word must be studied (consumed). However, has anyone ever considered John 1:14?? “…and the Word was made flesh…”

What say you?

Little Mary:)
 
I would say to start reading beginning from The Book of John verse 6, and take it from there… 👍
 
This is great. I don’t know why the passage is not quoted more often in support of the doctrine of the Eucharist. But I’d like to hear from Protestants on the issue. Does anyone out there see something different from the passage’s reference to Jesus in a manger?
 
While in the Protestant arena, this actually was used to show the truth of the symbolic nature in one of my churches.
 
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MariaG:
While in the Protestant arena, this actually was used to show the truth of the symbolic nature in one of my churches.
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I don’t mean to sound clueless, but could you please explain this a little further?
 
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