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==Eucharistic sacrifice==

==Eucharistic sacrifice==

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 before God the Almighty Father for the benefit of themselves and the whole world "''from the foundation of the 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>  

:"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>