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Christ is stated to be the Christian's paschal lamb.

†. 1Cor 5:7 . . For Christ, our Passover, has been sacrificed.

The law of the Passover clearly states that no one is permitted to eat the same lamb more than once; not even its leftovers.

†. Ex 12:8-11 . .That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and unleavened bread. Do not eat the meat raw or cooked in water, but roast it over the fire-- head, legs and inner parts. Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must incinerate it.

Point being, it is a violation of Passover principles to keep coming back to an altar over and over again to dine upon Jesus' body by ingesting consecrated host after consecrated host.

An additional stipulation is that paschal flesh cannot be eaten raw, which has led me to wonder if transubstantiation fans ever think to question if the flesh of the Lord's body they assume to be eating has been thoroughly cooked first.

Cliff
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Weber; That blood, and that body, are gone forever; having been supplanted by an altogether new, heaven-born body.

Then why was the tomb empty ??

Job understood “… And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God…” Job 19

Isaiah prophesying of the resurrection wrote “ Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.” Isa 26:19

Jesus said “Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will braise it up….he spake of the temple of his body” John 2

Thomas wouldn’t believe the Lord had raised from the dead until;

“ I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side”

So when the Lord appears to him Jesus tells him

“Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing” John 20

His resurrected body retained the scars from the cross.

In Luke 24 they handle his body and he ate with them. The miracle is the spirit gives life to the body and we can eat all we want without getting fat.

Obviously the body which went into the tomb is the one that came out.

Weber; Did the Lord's earth-born body ascend to heaven? No, it did not. He went up in a new, heaven-born body; ....

Where does it say that??

Luke wrote about the day Jesus ascended into heaven;

“… He was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days…while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

….And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

I don’t see anywhere there where it says he switched bodies or something.

It’s not that he took on a different body but that he changed the mortal one he had into an immortal one.

1Cor 15
“42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. “

The quickening spirit raises the corruptible mortal body which found it’s life in the blood and changes it into a spiritual body.

Yes, of course they beat their breasts; and you know why? Because they were having trouble catching their breath. The extent of that man's injuries were so horrific that they could scarcely tell he was the same man. If that's what his own Father did to him during those three hours of darkness on the cross; then just think what the Bible's God has in store for people who pooh-pooh its purpose as silly nonsense. At the very minimum; they too will be beaten and bloodied beyond recognition. I suspect that by the time some people's day in court is completed at the Great White Throne depicted at Rev 20:11-15; they will look as though they were dragged through a field of concertina wire and dropped into a cotton gin

I thought you were the same "Cliff" that once defiled beliefnets forums a few years back. Now I am sure of it. Wow.

~ Theophilus

Theo; We are to do it often, even as St. Paul said in 1 Cor 11:26 ... "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death till He comes."

Perhaps Theo we should look at the whole passage. He is telling these Christians you don’t come together to eat drink and be merry but to partake of the Lord’s sacrament.

23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.

25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.

26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.

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

28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.

29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.

That really is an argument against the once saved all ways saved doctrine.

The Lord gave us two ordinance for his new testament or covenant. The first is baptism. In Gal 3:27 he says those who have been baptized have put on Christ. Think about it, you go down into the water and are complete immersed while the baptizer says in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost. Then with this sacrament of bread and wine we are taking into our bodies as symbols of his body.

There is a total body and personal experience. Under the old covenant the priest would sprinkle the crowd but this way we are making a personal covenant & commitment.

In Mormon doctrine the sacrament is a renewing of the baptismal covenant in that as Paul said “But let a man examine himself”. We should each ponder the last week and ask ourselves have I taken on me the name of Christ, have I followed in his footsteps. If I haven’t then I need to repent and ask the Lord’s forgiveness least I “…..eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to” myself, not discerning the Lord’s body as I should.

1) Some Christians believe the Lord rose from the dead with the same body with which he was crucified. 2) Others believe he rose from the dead with a brand spanking new glorified body. 3) Others believe he rose from the dead as a spirit and that the human body he showed Thomas wasn't real; but rather one that the Lord materialized; viz: an apparition.

1) Historic Christianity teaches that Jesus died and rose again and afterwards ascended to heaven. In other words, we believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ; note the adjective - bodily, it was added in order to modify "resurrection" so everyone would know what kind of resurrection we believe in. Actually "bodily" is redundant, because there is only one kind of resurrection; the body that dies is the body that is raised.

In our Lord's case, Jesus died - physically, and was raised - physically, and thus the empty tomb. As for flesh and blood not inheriting the kingdom of God, that is also true. You see, Jesus was not only raised back to life, He was also glorified... meaning that His physical body was transformed into a spiritual body. When this happened for Jesus is debatable, but we know that presently, He is glorified man seated on the Throne of heaven, and we also know He was raised from the dead bodily. I believe Jesus was glorified sometime soon after His resurrection, when He ascended to God the first time... as He mentioned to Mary after His resurrection.

2) Who believes Jesus rose from the dead in a brand spanking new body? What became of His dead body? Frankly, I've been a Christian 37 years and have a degree in theology, and I have never heard of anyone, especially as representative of any group, who believes Jesus rose from the dead in a brand new body. I do know people who believe Jesus rose from the dead already immortal, i.e. glorified, but they believe it was the same body, only transformed.

3) JWs teach that Jesus was raised from the dead as a spirit, and that the body He appeared to His disciples in, was only manifested to prove to them that He really rose from the dead, only later did they come to understand that Jesus was raised "spiritually" and no longer had a body.

All that confusion only goes to prove just how un-obvious the particulars of the Lord's resurrection really are; and causes me to guffaw whenever I see someone describe their Bible quotes as the "plain teachings of scripture" when in reality some parts of scripture are more like smoke and mirrors.

All what confusion? Do you find it confusing that people have different opinions? Life must be very hard for you. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is clearly taught in the Bible, the problem is that too many people simply refuse to believe what historic Christianity says, but in as much as they still want to believe in something, they come up with their own original ideas... kind of like you.

~ Theophilus