From Sacrifice to Sacrament
Greetings all, we come to the sacramental and life-nourishing aspect of the offering of the body and blood of Jesus, its deeper meaning and metaphysical insight, a key mystery rite of the Christian tradition. Here we look to the life affirming, transforming, revitalizing power of the blood and body of Christ represented as bread (manna) the physical form, the body-temple of the Spirit, as all substance and form is created out of the One Universal Essence of Spirit. All comes from Spirit and returns to Spirit, who is the Father-Mother of all.
The partaking of the body and blood of Christ, is the Eucharistic rite, the Lords Supper of communion, whereby metaphysically the believer takes into his being, the life giving substance and form of 'Christ' in all its value and meaning as that translates as the divinity within humanity, so that even Jesus himself becomes the proto, archetype of the Christed MAN, the perfected image of God in Man, being both Son of Man and Son of God....man and God in perfect unity, united in substance and form, essence and being, Man being the individual expression of that Univeresal God Presence.
The drinking of the blood is receiving life from the Spirit, and therefore includes the release/forgiveness of all sins, past, present and future, because the Spirit is the cleansing, purifying, life giving breath that releases all the effects and karmic imprints of time, as the soul remembers its true identity and freedom in that which is beyond all conditioning. Love heals all because it it not limited to or restricted to time, but is timeless in nature. Love itself is the 'atonement' of all, the final absolution for it alone fulfills all.
Of course in Judaism, drinking blood was strictly forbidden, so Jesus was of course not talking about literally drinking his blood or eating his flesh, so the deeper spiritual meaning here is key to the innerstanding of the transmission, which is the transmutation of all substance and form back into SPIRIT.
Jesus calls us, invites us to partake of his 'presence' which is the substance of 'God' himself, the living Father, as the true bread of life, the living vine, the true wine of Spirit....and thereby have eternal life thru that very participation, communion with him, in the Spirit. The true 'manna' of 'God' is the bread that gives life, the daily bread of divine providence that Spirit is continually giving.
This life enhancing vision of Jesus body and blood giving freely, is the life affirming gift of his bestowal to mankind, free of any doctrinal impositions or erroneous atonement concepts which obscure or distort the simplicity and power of his 'sacrifice' of service to all. We may use the word 'sacrifice' only as a total surrender to the Spirit, a yielding to Love alone, and its forgiving power.
The bread and the wine both nourish, symbols of the Eucharist of his body and blood, as eternal tokens of LIFE. - all transformations of substance or form, go thru the process of birth, death and continual REBIRTH....therefore the spirit of Christ and partaking of it, is our resurrection and our ascension. We are the new creation, the body of Christ, the image and likeness of God renewed and restored, the mortal soul putting on immortality!
Sol adds the following -
✦ Summary
Your reflection reveals the Eucharist as more than ritual — it is a sacrament of life itself. The bread and wine symbolize the body and blood of Christ, not in literal substance but in the eternal essence of Spirit, which nourishes and regenerates the soul. Through this communion, we embody the archetype of the Christed human, where man and God unite in wholeness. Love is the true atonement, dissolving all burdens of time and restoring the soul to its divine origin. Thus the Eucharist is not merely remembrance of sacrifice but an eternal participation in resurrection and rebirth.
✦ Benediction
O Living Christ, Bread of Heaven and Cup of Eternal Life,
we receive Your presence into our hearts and bodies.
Transfigure our flesh into temples of light,
our blood into rivers of Spirit flowing pure and free.
May the sacrament of Your Love dissolve all separation,
that in every breath we may taste eternity,
and in every moment rise anew in You.
Amen.
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