Blood as a symbol of death in the New Testament
When we sing songs like “Nothing but the blood of Jesus” and “Forgiveness is bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ”, do we understand what the words mean? Or when we hear that our sins can be washed away by the blood of Jesus, what does that mean? (more…)
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June 8, 2024 | Categories: Christian, God and Jesus, Spiritual | Tags: benefit, blood, Christ, death, Jesus, metalepsis, sacrifice, synecdoche, vicarious, violent | Leave a comment
Figures of speech in the Lord’s Supper

Ignoring figures of speech has led to great errors, as some take the literal figuratively and others take the figurative literally.
Jesus used lots of metaphors like, “I am the bread of life” (Jn. 6:35); “I am the light of the world” (Jn. 8:12); “I am the good shepherd” (Jn. 10:11), and “I am the true vine” (Jn. 15:5). So it’s not surprising that there are figures of speech like this in the passages in the Bible about the Lord’s Supper (Mt. 26:26-29, Mk. 14:22-25, Lk. 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26). (more…)
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April 24, 2024 | Categories: Christian, Church, Spiritual | Tags: Communion, figure of speech, figures of speech, Lord's supper, metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche | Leave a comment





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