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 the Lord Jesus 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). See [[Real presence]] and [[Transubstantiation]].</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 the Lord Jesus 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). See [[Real presence]] and [[Transubstantiation]].</ref> |