The Holy Eucharist - The Priesthood
Although the Word Eucharist does not
appear literally in the Bible, we can see even from the Old Testament how the Sacrifice of
Thanksgiving for the forgiveness of sins is offered personally by the Lamb of God who
takes away
the sins of the world. He is the priest, the altar and the sacrifice.
On the night of the Last supper, He instituted two
Sacraments:
the Priesthood ( Holy Orders ) and the Eucharist.
Genesis 14:18
18 And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread
and wine; he was priest of God Most High.
Exodus 16:4
4. Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread
from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that
day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.
Numbers 25:11
11 "Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the
priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by manifesting such zeal among them
on my behalf that in my jealousy I did not consume the Israelites.
Numbers 25:12-13
12 Therefore say, 'I hereby grant him my covenant of
peace.
13 It shall be for him and for his descendants after
him a covenant of perpetual priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and
made atonement for the Israelites.' "
Psalm 50:23
23 Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me;
to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God."
Psalm 116:13
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and
call on the name of the LORD,
Proverbs 9:4-6
4 "You that are simple, turn in here!" To
those without sense she says,
5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the
wine I have mixed.
6 Lay aside immaturity, and live, and walk in the
way of insight."
Proverbs 14:9
9 Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy
God's favor.
Isaiah 6:7
7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and
said: "Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is
blotted out."
Jeremiah 33:17
17. For thus says the LORD: David shall never lack a
man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
Jeremiah 33:20-22
20 Thus says the LORD: If any of you could break
my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would
not come at their appointed time,
21 only then could my covenant with my servant David
be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my
ministers the Levites.
22 Just as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and
the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will increase the offspring of my servant
David, and the Levites who minister to me. (priests)
Lamentations 2:12
12 They cry to their mothers, "Where is
bread and wine?" as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as
their life is poured out on their mothers' bosom.
Ezekiel 39:17
17. As for you, mortal, thus says the Lord GOD:
Speak to the birds of every kind and to all the wild animals: Assemble and come, gather
from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great
sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you
shall eat flesh and drink blood.
Ezekiel 39:18
18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and
drink the blood of the princes of the earth -- of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Ezekiel 39:19
19 You shall eat
fat until you are filled, and drink blood until you are drunk, at the sacrificial feast
that I am preparing for you.
Ezekiel 39:20
20 And you shall be filled at my table with horses
and charioteers, with warriors and all kinds of soldiers, says the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 46:13
13. He shall provide a
lamb, a yearling, without blemish, for a burnt offering to the LORD daily; morning by
morning he shall provide it.
Malachi 1:11
11 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.
Malachi 2:1
1. And now, O priests, this command is for you.
Malachi 2:4-7
4. Know, then, that I have sent this command to you, that
my covenant with Levi may hold, says the LORD of hosts.
5 My covenant with him was a covenant of life and
well-being, which I gave him; this called for reverence, and he revered me and stood in
awe of my name.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong
was found on his lips. He walked with me in integrity and uprightness, and he turned many
from iniquity.
7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge,
and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of
hosts.
Malachi 2:8
8 But you have turned aside from the way; you have
caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says
the LORD of hosts,
Matthew 15:8
8 'This people honors me with their lips, but their
hearts are far from me;
Matthew 26:26
26. While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of
bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
Mark 6:51
51 Then he got into the boat with them and the wind
ceased. And they were utterly astounded,
Mark 6:52
52 for they did not understand about the loaves,
but their hearts were hardened.
John 6:53
53 So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I
tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and
drink his blood, you have no life in you.
Acts 2:42
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching
and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
1 Corinthians 10:16
16 The cup of
blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we
break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 11:23
23. For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to
you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread,
Hebrews 13:15
15 Through him, then, let us continually offer a
sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
 
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