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The real presence, how does it work.

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Every material thing has a deeper reality than our senses can reveal to us. Yes, even matter is fundamentally mystery and only theory takes us down into the quantum level and even theory cannot take us beyond that. I think most of us here can agree that all matter has its origin in God. Some of us see that as not only temporal at point of creation but enduring and sustaining. Is it possible that at some deeper level a change takes place wherein the quality of divine presence is enhanced? I think so.
 
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That seems to be the implication of "transubstantiation". Unless we think of substance more idealistically. As in the substance of an argument or an explanation, the substance of a belief or a world view.
It seems to be that they "came up" with it at a time when nobody knew about atom's and then had to adapt to to something like 'this is a carbon atom specifically for human bone" or "specifically for bread" or specifically for "a certain person"... as if Carbon atoms are different depending on their source. They were clueless about the idea that food provides carbon atoms and we use them in our bodies.

In fact most of our cells get physically recycled every 7 years.
 
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All very interesting in its own way, but not very relevant to the question posed in the original post.

If I am not mistaken @BobRyan, Seventh Day Adventists do not teach the real presence in their doctrine about the Lord's supper. Is that correct?
 
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That seems to be the implication of "transubstantiation". Unless we think of substance more idealistically. As in the substance of an argument or an explanation, the substance of a belief or a world view.
It seems to be that they "came up" with it at a time when nobody knew about atom's and then had to adapt to to something like 'this is a carbon atom specifically for human bone" or "specifically for bread" or specifically for "a certain person"... as if Carbon atoms are different depending on their source. They were clueless about the idea that food provides carbon atoms and we use them in our bodies.

In fact most of our cells get physically recycled every 7 years.
All very interesting in its own way, but not very relevant to the question posed in the original post.
I was responding to Adita's specifica post - as my post shows.
If I am not mistaken @BobRyan, Seventh Day Adventists do not teach the real presence in their doctrine

Actually we do teach the real presence when "two or three are gathered in His name" as I posted earlier. #32


 
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Actually we do teach the real presence when "two or three are gathered in His name" as I posted earlier. #32
I see, so by "real presence" you mean "spiritually present among the people". One hopes that the difference between the ancient church's meaning for "real presence" and the kind of presence that you believe, is obvious to all.
 
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I see, so by "real presence" you mean "spiritually present among the people".

We mean that Christ says "I AM THERE in their midst".
One hopes that the difference between the ancient church's meaning for "real presence" and the kind of presence that you believe, is obvious to all.
Indeed I would hope so - since I am going with the NT text - and so the ancient church of the first century

sometimes when people see --
Matt 18:20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

They innexplicably reply "no".

I am not one of those.
 
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sometimes when people see --
Matt 18:20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

They innexplicably reply "no".

I am not one of those.
You reserve your "no" as your reply when our Lord says "Take, eat, this is My Body." (This is where you say "Nobody bit Jesus, hurr hurr hurr!" by way of reply.)
 
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rituals are not the way to grace.Jesus does not care for rituals like transubstantiation. He cares for purity of thought and feeling and action and faih in God ONLY and absolutely nothing else, least of all rituals.
'Only"? As if faith is somehow disconnected with anything else in our lives? Don't you understand that it is all interrelated? Let me suggest that faith is the fundamental unifying principle in the life of a Christian that gives order to thoughts, feelings as well as deed which include rituals. we can't avoid rituals. We have many of them in many aspects of our lives.

James 2:8 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
 
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You reserve your "no" as your reply when our Lord says "Take, eat, this is My Body." (This is where you say "Nobody bit Jesus, hurr hurr hurr!" by way of reply.)
I say "notice Bible details" in John 6 where Jesus talks about drinking his blood and eating his body as it is 'bread falling down from heaven' - bread that already came down out of heaven.

Nobody saw literal bread coming out of heaven in John 6
Nobody bites Christ in John 6.

This is NOT just "me" saying this - every single person on this board knows those two statements are true.

Hence this post


 
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Nobody saw literal bread coming out of heaven in John 6
Nobody bites Christ in John 6.

This is NOT just "me" saying this - every single person on this board knows those two statements are true.
And that's your argument against taking our Lord at His word.

Wow.
 
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Nobody saw literal bread coming out of heaven in John 6
Nobody bites Christ in John 6.

This is NOT just "me" saying this - every single person on this board knows those two statements are true.
And that's your argument
I am saying it makes no sense to complain that I am making statements that everyone admits are correct in the two examples above.
 
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The undeniable truth that you need so much to evade comes from our Lord Himself:

" Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you".

Your response? Feeble jokes.

BTW, still no response at all to this, I notice:

27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.

Guilty of what you deny is there?

28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
29For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.

Not only not discerning, but denying that there's anything there to be discerned?
 
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sometimes when people see --
Matt 18:20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

They innexplicably reply "no".

I am not one of those.
Nor is anyone else. The charge is nonsense.
 
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BobRyan said:
sometimes when people see --
Matt 18:20 For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst.”

They inexplicably reply "no".

I am not one of those.
Nor is anyone else.
Until you read a few posts in that regard.
 
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Indeed -- undeniable truth in that post.

The undeniable truth that you need so much
Not challenging a single statement I just made - shows us both sides agreeing to the same obvious details.

That is not rocket science.

The wild claim that basic details agreed to by all -- "is a joke" -- is never justified
 
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BTW, still no response at all to this, I notice:

27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
It was already addressed since John 6 is the context for that statement and not the other way around.

Here again - stating the obvious.

What 1 Cor 11 did not say was that the person that comes to the Lord's table without being fully repentant - then goes out and finds Christ to shed His blood again. IT is talking about claiming the blood of Christ for forgiveness of sins in a non-serious way.

In the same way we use statements like "you have blood on your hands" to refer to a prosecutor that lets criminals run free so they can "kill again". IT does not mean that their hands have literal blood on them.

Christ was slain "once for all time" as we see in Heb 10.
 
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