The Holy Eucharist in the Old Testament...

[Bill_Pick]

.Consuming the Lamb Slain (Rev 5:6), or participating in the Eucharistic Meal, or Supper, is prefigured or “TYPED” in the Old Testament. The Lamb of GOD is depicted throughout the Bible as being Jesus Christ…
“Behold, the Lamb of GOD, who takes away the sin of the world.”
These are words spoken by John the Baptist in John 1:29 as he saw Jesus coming to him.In Exodus 12:1-22, the Israelites, in order to avoid the slaying of their firstborn by the “Angel of Death”, were commanded by GOD to take an unblemished male lamb (12:5)and slaughter it (12:6), and apply its blood to the two doorposts, and the lintels of every household which did partake of the Lamb (12:7). Now look at verse (12:8), and you will clearly see that in order for their firstborn to be saved, they had to eat the Lamb as well. Is this not what we do in the sacrifice of the Mass? Are we not to be saved by consuming the Body and the blood of the Lamb as shown in John Chapter 6:33-58?In Exodus 16:13-16, is the story of the quail and the manna which fed the Israelites as they proceeded through their desert trek. GOD provided the bodily food for the hundreds of thousands involved. Can you imagine how much food was required for all of these people every day? There were 600,000 men alone, not counting women and children. See Exodus 12:37.
The quail and the manna are "TYPED of the Holy Eucharist. See John 6:32.The prophet Malachi tells us what is to come regarding the Holy Eucharist. Malachi 1:11:
“For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, My name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to My name a CLEAN OBLATION.”
Malachi has said there will be no more bloody sacrifices to GOD as was done in the Old Testament. The Catholic Church offers the sacrifice of the Mass, and a “clean oblation”, the Holy Eucharist, all over the world, and around the clock. This prophecy of Malachi has been fulfilled.

 

[Robbinson]

.Consuming the Lamb Slain (Rev 5:6), or participating in the Eucharistic Meal, or Supper, is prefigured or “TYPED” in the Old Testament. The Lamb of GOD is depicted throughout the Bible as being Jesus Christ…
“Behold, the Lamb of GOD, who takes away the sin of the world.”
These are words spoken by John the Baptist in John 1:29 as he saw Jesus coming to him.In Exodus 12:1-22, the Israelites, in order to avoid the slaying of their firstborn by the “Angel of Death”, were commanded by GOD to take an unblemished male lamb (12:5)and slaughter it (12:6), and apply its blood to the two doorposts, and the lintels of every household which did partake of the Lamb (12:7). Now look at verse (12:8), and you will clearly see that in order for their firstborn to be saved, they had to eat the Lamb as well. Is this not what we do in the sacrifice of the Mass? Are we not to be saved by consuming the Body and the blood of the Lamb as shown in John Chapter 6:33-58?In Exodus 16:13-16, is the story of the quail and the manna which fed the Israelites as they proceeded through their desert trek. GOD provided the bodily food for the hundreds of thousands involved. Can you imagine how much food was required for all of these people every day? There were 600,000 men alone, not counting women and children. See Exodus 12:37.
The quail and the manna are "TYPED of the Holy Eucharist. See John 6:32.The prophet Malachi tells us what is to come regarding the Holy Eucharist. Malachi 1:11:
“For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, My name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to My name a CLEAN OBLATION.”
Malachi has said there will be no more bloody sacrifices to GOD as was done in the Old Testament. The Catholic Church offers the sacrifice of the Mass, and a “clean oblation”, the Holy Eucharist, all over the world, and around the clock. This prophecy of Malachi has been fulfilled.

Great post Bill.

See also Sirach 24:19-22.

Blessings,

Brian

 

[iona_scribe]

Malachi 1:11:
“For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, My name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to My name a CLEAN OBLATION.”

Wow, this is a mind-blowing verse that I’ve never come across before. It really seems to be a prophecy about the Mass. I looked it up in several different Bible translations. I’ll list them here, Catholic first and then Protestant:

Douay-Rheims:

For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts.

New Jerusalem Bible:

But from farthest east to farthest west my name is great among the nations, and everywhere incense and a pure gift are offered to my name, since my name is great among the nations, says Yahweh Sabaoth.

NAB:

For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, my name is great among the nations; And everywhere they bring sacrifice to my name, and a pure offering; For great is my name among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.

RSV Catholic:

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering; for my name is great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.

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New American Standard Bible:

For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts.

New International Version:

My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations," says the LORD Almighty.

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The translation seems to vary pretty widely across the board. Any scholars out there know the reason for the different word choices? Only a couple seem to explicitly use the word “sacrifice.” The word “offering” is pretty much equivalent though, it’s just a matter of which type of offering is being made as a sacrifice.

 

[Bill_Pick]

Most non-Catholics do not realize it, but Christ Himself offered the first Mass at the Last Supper. At the Last Supper He offered (sacrificed) Himself to His Father in an unbloody manner, that is, under the form of bread and wine, in anticipation of His bloody sacrifice on the cross to be offered on the following day, Good Friday. In the Mass, not now by anticipation, but rather in retrospect, Christ continues to make that offering of Himself to His Father–by the hands of the priest. And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat. This is my body. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this. For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.'' (Matt. 26:26-28). Christ ordered His Church to perpetuate that sacrificial rite for the continued sanctification of His followers, saying, Do this for a commemoration of me’’ (Luke 22:19)–so the Catholic Church complies with His order in the Mass. In other words, every Mass is a re-enactment of Our Lord’s one sacrifice of Calvary. The Mass derives all its value from the Sacrifice of the Cross; the Mass is that same sacrifice, not another. It is not essentially a sacrifice offered by men (although men also join in), but rather it is the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.