Kevin do you believe the Eucharist IS the Body, Blood,Soul and Divinity of Jesus?
Is that what you are disputing?
Regarding
John 10.
When we read Biblical text we must read it in the context of the passages before and after it, the chapter it is in, and the Bible message itself.
So here Jesus is telling a parable about our salvation, and that He is our salvation. The parable is about sheep yarded for the night, safely, away from predators. The sheep are let out to freedom to graze and drink during the day. Under the watchful eye of the Shepherd.
Jesus is the shepherd, we are the sheep. Jesus is the gate, the door, the way into the safe harbour of the yard at night, and into freedom during the day.
Jesus says elsewhere that no one goes to the Father, except through Jesus.
John 10
10:1 ‘In all truth I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a bandit.
10:2 He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock;
10:3 the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out.
10:4 When he has brought out all those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow because they know his voice.
10:5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognise the voice of strangers.’
10:6 Jesus told them this parable but they failed to understand what he was saying to them.
10:7 So Jesus spoke to them again: In all truth I tell you, I am the gate of the sheepfold.
10:8 All who have come before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep took no notice of them.
10:9 I am the gate. Anyone who enters through me will be safe: such a one will go in and out and will find pasture.
10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.
10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
10:12 The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and runs away, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep;
10:13 he runs away because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the sheep.
About the last Supper
Jesus breaks bread, tells His Apostles it is His Body, pours wine, tells His Apostles it is the Blood of the new Covenant. His Blood.
At this stage Jesus is not speaking in parables any more. Jesus is telling His Apostles what is going to happen. Yet it is still hard for them to understand. Although they will be very aware the Jewish leaders want to kill Jesus.
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