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The ultimate human blood sacrifice of [[atonement]] and [[worship]] of God is fully realized in [[Jesus Christ]], proclaimed by [[Christianity]] as the new Adam, head and representative before God of the whole human race, the One proclaimed beforehand by the prophets of Israel and appointed by God as High Priest according to the order or pattern of [[Melchizedek]]<ref>Hebrews 5:1-10</ref>, in his submitting to the agonizing passion and death on a cross for the redemption of sin in obediently offering Himself in total self-renunciation as the sacrificial victim in reparation to God the Father "''from the foundation of the world''"<ref>1 Peter 1:18-21; Hebrews 1:3; 10:11-12; Colossians 2:9-</ref>, a whole sacrifice infinitely surpassing in value all other sacrifices that have been and ever could be made. Christ, fully God and fully man, makes all other blood sacrifices of atonement in ritual worship of God unnecessary, as being totally and finally fulfilled, completely and forever, in himself. He has made full and abundant, infinite satisfaction for all the outrages ever made against the majesty and goodness of God. He is loving and compassionate toward all.

The ultimate human blood sacrifice of [[atonement]] and [[worship]] of God is fully realized in [[Jesus Christ]], proclaimed by [[Christianity]] as the new Adam, head and representative before God of the whole human race, the One proclaimed beforehand by the prophets of Israel and appointed by God as High Priest according to the order or pattern of [[Melchizedek]]<ref>Hebrews 5:1-10</ref>, in his submitting to the agonizing passion and death on a cross for the redemption of sin in obediently offering Himself in total self-renunciation as the sacrificial victim in reparation to God the Father "''from the foundation of the world''"<ref>1 Peter 1:18-21; Hebrews 1:3; 10:11-12; Colossians 2:9-</ref>, a whole sacrifice infinitely surpassing in value all other sacrifices that have been and ever could be made. Christ, fully God and fully man, makes all other blood sacrifices of atonement in ritual worship of God unnecessary, as being totally and finally fulfilled, completely and forever, in himself. He has made full and abundant, infinite satisfaction for all the outrages ever made against the majesty and goodness of God. He is loving and compassionate toward all.

The [[Eucharist]] with its sacrificial offering of bread and wine<ref>"bread and wine", in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], is seen in the offering of the priest Melchizedek as a [[foreshadowing]] of the future sacrificial offering of Christ. Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7:1-27.</ref> in union with Christ represents the unbloody presentation and acknowledgement by Christian worshipers of the one unrepeatable eternal sacrifice of Christ by the people of God as offered on their behalf by him as High Priest for the benefit of themselves and the whole world to the end of time. "We have an altar from which those who serve in the [[tabernacle]] have no right to eat."<ref>Hebrews 13:10; see John 6:35-58. "So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (John 6:53).</ref>  

The [[Eucharist]] with its sacrificial offering of bread and wine<ref>"bread and wine", in the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], is seen in the offering of the priest Melchizedek as a [[foreshadowing]] of the future sacrificial offering of Christ. The "bread and wine" offered by Melchizedek is also a [[foreshadowing]] of sacrificial offerings of bread and wine in the [[Eucharist]]. Genesis 14:18-20; Hebrews 7:1-27; 13:10.</ref> in union with Christ represents the unbloody presentation and acknowledgement by Christian worshipers of the one unrepeatable eternal sacrifice of Christ by the people of God as offered on their behalf by him as High Priest for the benefit of themselves and the whole world to the end of time. "We have an altar from which those who serve in the [[tabernacle]] have no right to eat."<ref>Hebrews 13:10; see John 6:35-58. "So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (John 6:53).</ref>  

:"His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature."<ref>2 Peter 1:3-4</ref>

:"His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature."<ref>2 Peter 1:3-4</ref>