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TRANSUBSTANTIATION
What is it?
Transubstantiation or transubstantiation is, according to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the Body of Christ, and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of His Blood.
How did it originate?
Transubstantiation or transubstantiation, this conversion, takes place in the Eucharistic prayer with consecration, through the efficacy of the word of Christ and the action of the Holy Spirit. However, the sensible characteristics of bread and wine, that is, the "Eucharistic species", remain unaltered. Meaning "species" for these purposes, the "accidents" of bread and wine: color, taste, quantity, etc.
The doctrine was dogmatically defined at the Council of Trent, although at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 the term was used to designate the change of bread in the body of Christ; the doctrine itself had already figured since the fourth century, since Cyril of Jerusalem had already written it in the catechism to catechumens.
Explanation:
We will notice different points about this subject, but as a first point we will notice that history says "dogmatically" referring to "Dogma", at the beginning of this book we defined what a Dogma is, what it consists of and how it goes against God, having that and all the verses of support should instantly eliminate all kinds of dogma because they are teachings that man affirms but that are not in the Gospel. the Bible, and we must know whom it is necessary to obey God or Men. We also saw the point of verses taken out of context or misinterpreted if that were the case, the whole Bible should be taken as a single unit and not a single verse.
Second, it is necessary to know that the Last Supper was given during the Passover:
Frameworks 14:12-16 |
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when they were sacrificing the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?" And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and where I enter, say to the master of the house, 'The Master says, 'Where is the room where I shall eat the Passover with my disciples?' And he will show you a large upper room already ready; Prepare for us there. His disciples went and entered the city, and found as he had told them; And they prepared the Passover. |
(Matt. 26:17-29; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:21-30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)
ORIGINS OF EASTER
The day the Lord Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper was the 14th day of the month of Abib or Nisan, on the Jewish Passover, which is approximately April. Passover is the main feast of the Jews. It was celebrated in conjunction with the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and lasted for seven days. The name comes from the Hebrew word pesakh, which literally means "to overlook" or "over", and figuratively "to preserve", "to show mercy".
The main biblical passages in which the institution and mandate of Passover are narrated are Exodus 12:1-28; Leviticus 23:1, 2, 4-8; Numbers. 9: 1-14; Deuteronomy 16:1-8.
The Passover commemorates for the Israelites their own deliverance by divine intervention, and the day when Jehovah God brought them out of slavery in Egypt, by the hand of Moses, into Canaan, the land of promise. However, the Passover was not only reminiscent of deliverance itself, but also of the lamb or sacrificial victim, whose blood, smeared on the doorposts and lintel of Israelite homes, prevented the angel of death from killing the firstborn of every family of God's people. So Passover is also God's greatest redemptive act, as far as His ancient people are concerned.
Moses instituted Passover, by God's command, on the same night that the people of Israel left Egypt, after being slaves for more than 400 years. It was to be celebrated by all Israelites, including circumcised foreigners living among them, by perpetual statute (Exodus 12:24).
Exodus 12:19-24 |
19 For seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; for whoever eats leavened, whether a foreigner or a native of the land, shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel. 20 You shall not eat any leavened thing; In all your rooms you will eat unleavened bread. 21 And Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Take out and take lambs for your families, and sacrifice the Passover." 22 And take a bundle of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that will be in a basin, and anoint the lintel and the two posts with the blood that will be in the basin; and none of you leave the gates of his house until morning. 23 For the LORD will pass by smiting the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two posts, the LORD will pass through that door, and will not let the wounder enter your houses to smite. 24 You shall keep this as a statute for yourselves and for your children forever. |
CHARACTERISTICS OF EASTER
● The Passover was celebrated at sundown on the 14th day of the month of Abib or Nisan (Exodus 13:4; 34:18; Esther 3:7), which roughly corresponds to April. This was the first month of the Jewish holy calendar and the 14th coincided with the night of the full moon.
● On the 10th of that month, each family had to set aside a lamb or a goat, male, one year old, without any defect. If the family was small, several families could be brought together for whom one lamb was enough.
● The lamb had to be immolated and with its blood smeared the posts and lintel of the houses (this was only in the first).
● The lamb was to be roasted, and its flesh was to be eaten with bitter herbs and unleavened bread. The Passover lamb was to be eaten along with the unleavened bread (Exodus 12:8). In the Bible, leaven usually represents sin and corruption (Exodus 13:7; Matthew 16:6; Mark 8:15), this unleavened bread represented the separation of the redeemed Israelites from Egypt, that is, from the world and from sin. Likewise, God's redeemed people are called to separate themselves from the sinful world and to dedicate themselves only to God.
● The father of the family was the one who presided over the celebration and Moses gave precise orders so that when the children asked what the Passover was, the father of the family explained its meaning. (Exodus 12; Deuteronomy 6:20-23).
● Whatever was left over from the lamb, whose bones could not be broken, was to be burned that same night (Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12).
● If someone for some justified reason could not celebrate Easter on the appointed date, he was allowed to celebrate it in the second month; but if the neglect was voluntary, the offender was punished with death (Numbers 9:6-14).
● Women were allowed to participate in the celebration (1 Samuel 1:3, 7; Luke 2:41).
THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER IN THE BIBLE
In the Old Testament |
In the New Testament |
The one that was held in Egypt (Exodus 12:28) |
Those that Jesus attended are mentioned (Luke 2:42 and 43; John 2:13) |
One in the Sinai Desert (Numbers 9:1-5) |
The one that for Him was the last, in the upper room, on the night of the eve of His death (Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-23; John 13). |
The first in Canaan (Joshua 5:10 and 11) | |
That of King Solomon (2 Chronicles 8:13) | |
That of King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 30:1-22) | |
That of King Josiah (2 Kings 23:21-23) | |
The one that was celebrated after the captivity, in the time of Ezra (Ezra 6:19-22). |
TYPOLOGY OF EASTER
For Christians, Easter encompasses significant prophetic symbolism that points to Jesus Christ. The New Testament teaches that the Jewish feasts are "a shadow of things to come" (Colossians 2:17 and Hebrews 10:1), that is, redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ. In Exodus 12, it reminds those who believe in Him of the Savior and His will. The most important thing about the Easter event was God's saving grace. God brought the Israelites out of Egypt not because they were such a worthy people, but because He loved them and because they were faithful to His covenant (Deuteronomy 7:7-10). Likewise, the salvation received from Christ comes to the believer through God's wonderful grace.—Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:4-5).
The purpose of the blood applied to the doorposts was to save the firstborn sons of each family from death. This points to the shedding of Christ's blood on the Cross in order to deliver believers from death and God's wrath against sin (Exodus 12:13,23,27; Hebrews 9:22).
The Passover lamb was a "victim" (Exodus 12:27) who functioned as a substitute for the firstborn. This points to Christ's death as a substitute for the believer's death (Romans 3:25). Paul explicitly calls Christ "Our Passover... sacrificed for us" (1 Corinthians 5:7).
The male lamb that was prepared for death had to be "without blemish" (Exodus 12:5); this foreshadows the sinlessness of Christ, the perfect Son of God (John 8:46; Hebrews 4:15).
The act of eating the lamb represented the Israelite community's identification with the death of the lamb, a death that would save them from physical death. Likewise, partaking of the Lord's Supper represents the believer's participation in Christ's death, a death that saves from spiritual death (1 Corinthians 10:16-17) as in the case of the Passover, only the initial sacrifice, i.e., his death on the Cross, was an efficacious sacrifice. The Lord's Supper is seen as a remembrance of Him, "in remembrance" (1 Corinthians 11:24).
The sprinkling of the blood on the doorposts was done in obedient faith (Exodus 12:28; Hebrews 11:28) that response of faith brought about redemption through blood (Exodus 12:7, 13, 21) salvation through the blood of Christ is obtained only through obedience to faith (Romans 16:26; 1:5).
According to the New Testament, Christ meets the following conditions of the Passover lamb:
● He is the Lamb of God (John 1:29).
John 1:29 |
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. |
● He was slain for our spiritual freedom "before the foundation of the world" (1 Peter 1:18-20).
1 Peter 1:18-20 |
18 Knowing that you were redeemed from your vain way of life, which you received from your fathers, not with corruptible things, such as gold or silver, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, 20 Already destined before the foundation of the world, but revealed in the last times for your sake, |
● In Him there was no blemish (Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19b).
Hebrews 9:14 |
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your consciences from dead works so that you may serve the living God? |
1 Peter 1:19b |
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, |
● He volunteered (John 10:17, 18; Acts 8:32-35).
John 10:17, 18 |
17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life to take it up again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I put it in of myself. I have power to put it in, and I have power to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father. |
Facts 8:32-35 |
32 The passage of Scripture that I read was this: He was led like a sheep to death; And like a dumb lamb before the one who shears it, So he didn't open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation justice was not done to him; But his generation, who will tell it? For his life was taken from the earth. 34 The eunuch answered and said to Philip, "Please tell me, 'Of whom does the prophet say this?' of himself, or of someone else? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth and began from this scripture and preached the gospel of Jesus to him. |
● His bones were not broken (John 19:36).
John 19:36 |
For these things came to pass that the Scripture might be fulfilled: His bone shall not be broken. |
● Unleavened bread symbolizes the moral cleanliness with which Christians should approach the Lord's table (1 Corinthians 5:8).
1 Corinthians 5:8 |
So let us celebrate the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. |
As a third point we will meditate on what happened at the last supper of the Lord Jesus Christ, since many times, as in this case, only parts of the verse are used and not complete, or misinterpreted:
HOLY COMMUNION
The night before His crucifixion, Jesus Christ met with His Apostles and instituted the sacrament (Luke 22:19–20).
Lucas 22:19–20 |
And he took bread, and 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. In the same way, after he had supper, he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." |
1Corinthians 11:23-26 |
23 For I received from the Lord what I also taught you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night that he was betrayed, took bread; 24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body that is broken for you; Do this in remembrance of me. 25 And he took the cup after he had supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 So as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. |
(See also Mark 14:12-16, Matthew 26:26-29, Luke 22:14-23)
Today, the sacrament is an ordinance in which Church members partake of the bread and wine in remembrance of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. This ordinance is an essential part of worship and spiritual progress. Through it, the members of the Church in remembrance of the Lord Jesus Christ take this sacrament, it is only in remembrance as the Lord Jesus Himself said, we take it accepting the price He paid for us and waiting for His Second Coming.
When He instituted the sacrament, Jesus Christ said, "This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me... This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you" (Luke 22:19–20). The sacrament offers Church members an opportunity to ponder and gratefully remember the life, ministry, and Atonement of the Son of God. The broken bread is a reminder of His body and His physical suffering, particularly His suffering on the cross. It is also a reminder that through His mercy and grace, all people will be resurrected and have the opportunity to live eternally with God.
As we have emphasized many times, this is a "sacrament" that Jesus Christ instituted to be done in remembrance of Him (said by Himself), one of the misunderstood points is that in partaking of the sacrament food (today) many Christians do so thinking that it is literally the flesh of Christ and His blood that they will take, that is, they think that in such a case the "host" and the wine become their flesh and blood, and this is something very serious to say since we know two things:
- It is in memory of him alone.
- The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ was Once and for All.
By taking food like this, it is as if Christ is sacrificing Himself over and over again because they are doing it at every Mass. Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself once and forever and with that sacrifice He paid for our past, present, and future sins. I don't have to be crucifying Christ again just because I "sinned again" or other reasons. Christ was not just any lamb like the ones that the people of Israel would offer from time to time, Christ is God Himself, the perfect lamb declared by John the Baptist (John 1:29 "The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."), and His sacrifice has value forever for this reason I must not be taking of the food of the Holy One Dine as if it were literally his flesh and blood, but only in memory.
Hebrews 9:25-26 |
and not to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the Holy of Holies every year with the blood of others. 26 Otherwise it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times from the beginning of the world; but now, at the consummation of the ages, he appeared once for all by the sacrifice of himself to remove sin. |
Hebrews 10:12-14 |
12 But Christ, having offered once for all one sacrifice for sins, has sat down at the right hand of God, 13 From then on waiting until his enemies are made his footstool; 14 For by one offering he made those who are sanctified perfect forever. |
Romans 6:10 |
For as soon as he died, he died to sin once for all; but in so far as he lives, he lives for God. |
Hebrews 7:27 |
that he has no need every day, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, offering himself. |
Hebrews 9:28 |
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, unrelated to sin, to save those who are waiting for him. |
Hebrews 10:10 |
In that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. |
Hebrews 9:12 |
and not by the blood of goats or calves, but by his own blood, he entered once for all into the Holy of Holies, having obtained eternal redemption. |
Now, the time of the Lord's Supper was a moment before Christ's Crucifixion, before all His suffering. After His Resurrection and Ascension, the apostles and all the churches that arose practiced the sacrament as a memorial remembering the redemptive work of Christ. A very important point to note is that in some churches (such as the one in Corinth) they took the foods of the sacrament as strong foods, that is, dinner food. Paul called their attention because they were drunk, they went only to support themselves, they did not do it from the heart (as we do, waiting for the Second Coming of Christ "1 Corinthians 11:26"), etc.
1Corinthians 11:17-34 |
Abuses in the Lord's Supper 17 But when I tell you what follows, I do not praise you; for you do not gather together for the better, but for the worst. 18 For in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be dissensions among you, so that those who are approved may be made manifest among you. 20 Therefore when you come together, this is not eating the Lord's Supper. 21 For when he eats, each one goes ahead to eat his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunk. 22 What, then, have you not houses in which you eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God, and shame those who have nothing? What shall I tell you? Shall I praise you? In this I do not praise you. Institution of the Lord's Supper (Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:14-20) 23 For I received from the Lord what I also taught you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night that he was betrayed, took bread; 24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body that is broken for you; Do this in remembrance of me. 25 And he took the cup after he had supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood; Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 So as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. Taking the Supper Unworthily 27 Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily will be blamed for the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Therefore let every man prove himself, and eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For he that eateth and drink unworthily, without discerning the body of the Lord, eateth and drink judgment unto himself. 30 Therefore there are many sick and weak among you, and many sleep. 31 If we examined ourselves, we would not be judged; 32 But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33 Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. 34 If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you do not gather together for judgment. The rest of things I will put in order when I come. |