The Eucharist is Not Jesus' Flesh and Blood; Jesus is Not the Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb for Our Sins. By Dr. Chapman Chen
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Contrary to the mainstream church’s doctrine, the Eucharist is not Jesus’ flesh and blood; Jesus is not the ultimate sacrificial lamb to atone for our sins.
1. Eating Blood, Even Symbolically, is a Taboo
Eating blood, even symbolically, is strictly forbidden by the Torah (cf. Tabor 2012; Leviticus 17:10-14), and Jesus came to fulfil the Law rather than to abolish it (Matt. 5:17). The Last Supper or the Eucharist is described in the Community Rule in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Didache, and even one of the canons (Luke 22:15-18; 22:28-30) as a vegan meal of bread and wine (grape juice) in anticipation of the reunion feast in the Kingdom of God. The Eucharist as Jesus’ flesh and blood is not mentioned at all in the first two writings (cf. Tabor 2015:150).
2. God Does Not Require Blood to Forgive Us
God shedding His own son’s blood in order to forgive our sins is absurd, bizarre, and incompatible with Jesus’ description of God as a merciful deity (Luke 6:36, 15:11-32; Matt. 5:7). God and Christ simply do not require blood and flesh to forgive our sins. King David and Bathsheba (2 Sam. 12:13), the adulterous woman (John 8:1–11), and the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32) are cases in point.
3. Jesus Died For Us But Not in Lieu of Us
As argued by Rillera (2024:243-4, 251), sacrifices in the Old and New Testaments are by no means substitutionary. Every person has to pay for their own debt (Deut. 30:19; Joshua 24:15; Proverbs 16:9). No one can die for anybody else (cf. Ezek. 18:20). As asserted by Peter, Jesus’ crucifixion means that He wants us to follow His cross, follow His example, and take part in His sufferings and resurrection (1 Pet. 2:21; 4:13; Phil. 3:10).
4. Jesus as a Martyr for Animal Liberation
Jesus died in order to liberate the animals from exploitation, victimisation, and consumption, and to liberate us from religious and political authorities. In emptying the Temple of innocent creatures about to be slaughtered for sacrifice, and in calling the Temple-turned-butcher-shop "a den of robbers/murderers" (Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46; Matt. 21:13 KJV), Jesus debunked the evil and fraudulent nature of animal sacrifice and disrupted the chief priests' and scribes' lucrative revenue stream. Immediately afterwards, they conspired to destroy Him (Mark 11:15–18), eventually leading to His arrest, trial, and crucifixion (cf. Akers 2000, 117–118).
5. Jesus Liberates Us from Religious and Political Mystification
Jesus also died for exposing the hypocrisy, abusiveness, and futility of religious and political institutions.
5.1. Ye are gods
He taught us that we do not need religious middlemen like the Pharisees or any other priests in order to reach God and attain eternal life. For the Kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21), and “ye are gods” / “children of God” (John 10:34; Ps. 82:6). To attain eternal life, we simply need to obey the commandments summarised by Jesus as loving God and our neighbours (Matt. 22:37–40), to pray piously (Matt. 6:6), to fast regularly (Matt. 6:16–18), to repent (Matt. 4:17), to do righteous deeds (Matt. 5:16), and to exercise compassion (Matt. 9:13; 12:7), rather than to offer bloody sacrifices to God or consuming Jesus’ flesh and blood.
5.2. Cannot Serve Both God and Mammon
Politically, Jesus warns us that we cannot serve both God and Mammon (Matt. 6:24); that His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36)—i.e., that the Kingdom of God operates according to principles like love and equality, very different from worldly kingdoms based on violence and domination. In Luke 4:18–19, Jesus proclaims release to the captives (presumably including both humans and animals), liberation of the oppressed, and the year of the Lord’s favour, i.e., the Jubilee Year in which slaves are freed (cf. Leviticus 25:10).
6. Paul the Anti-Vegan Apostate Cannibalises the Eucharist
The idea of eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking His blood in communion comes straight from Paul the anti-vegan apostate (cf. Tabor 2012:14-15). Relevant narrations about the Eucharist as a cannibalistic cult in the four Gospels (Matt. 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:19–20; cf. ) are almost word-for-word copies of Paul’s discourse (1 Corinthians 10:16-17, 11:23-26). Paul’s take is clear: no bloodshed, no remission (Heb. 9:22). He literally turned Jesus, who declared “I desire compassion, not sacrifice” (Matt. 9:13; 12:7), into the very thing He (Jesus) was protesting—a sacrificial lamb (cf. Thompson 2024)! Whereas Paul inherits the anti-vegan sacrificial cult of the high priests and scribes, Jesus succeeds the five vegan prophets in the OT.
7. God and Jesus Loathe Sacrifice
As a matter of fact, God Himself loathes sacrifice. In the OT, this is unequivocally pronounced by the five great prophets—Hosea, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, and Micah (Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 7:22-23; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21-22; Micah 6:6-8). Their vegan mission finds its culmination and actualisation in Jesus in the NT. “I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice” (Matt. 9:13; 12:7) is a direct quote from Hosea 6:6. All those brutal sacrificial rituals in the Old Testament must have come from the “lying pen of the scribes” (Jer. 8:8).
8. Three Cults in One
In the final analysis, meatism, animal sacrifice, and the Pauline cannibalistic Eucharist are the same idolatrous cult (Hyland 1993; Vujicic 2009; Hicks 2018). For meatism is animal sacrifice offered to the belly-idol (Proverbs 23:20–21; Phil. 3:19); and the Eucharist as Jesus’ flesh and blood is sacrifice offered to blood-thirsty Satan rather than to Yahuah.
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The Eucharist is Not Jesus' Blood and Flesh; Jesus is Not the Ultimate Sacrificial Lamb for Our Sins (Abridged Version). Dr. Chapman Chen
Contrary to the mainstream church’s doctrine, the Eucharist isn’t Jesus’ flesh & blood; Jesus isn’t God’s chosen lamb to atone for our sins.
1. Eating blood, even symbolically, is strictly forbidden by the Torah (cf. Tabor 2012; Leviticus 17:10-14), & Jesus came to fulfil the Law rather than to abolish it (Matt. 5:17). The Last Supper is described in the Community Rule in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Didache, and even one of the canons (Luke 22:15-18; 22:28-30) as a vegan meal of bread and wine (grape juice) in anticipation of the reunion feast in the Kingdom of God. The Eucharist as Jesus’ flesh and blood is not mentioned at all in the first two writings (cf. Tabor 2015:150).
2. God shedding His own son’s blood in order to forgive our sins is absurd, bizarre & incompatible w/ Jesus’ description of God as a merciful deity (Luke 6:36, 15:11-32; Matt. 5:7). God & Christ simply do not require blood & flesh to forgive our sins. King David & Bathsheba (2 Sam. 12:13), the adulterous woman (John 8:1–11), & the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11–32) are cases in point.
3. Jesus died for us, not in lieu of us. Sacrifices in the OT & NT are by no means substitutionary (cf. Rillera 2024:243-4, 251), Everyone has to pay for their own debt (Deut. 30:19; Joshua 24:15; Prov. 16:9). No one can die for anybody else (cf. Ezek. 18:20). As asserted by Peter, Jesus’ crucifixion means that He wants us to follow His cross, follow His example, & take part in His sufferings & resurrection (1 Pet. 2:21, 4:13).
4. Jesus died in order to liberate the animals & us. In emptying the Temple of innocent creatures about to be slaughtered for sacrifice, & in calling the Temple “a den of murderers" (Mark 11:17), Jesus disrupted the lucrative revenue stream of the high priests, who, immediately afterwards, conspired to destroy Him (Mark 11:15–18), eventually leading to His crucifixion (cf. Akers 2000, 117–118).
5. Jesus also died for exposing the hypocrisy, abusiveness, & futility of religious & political institutions.
Jesus teaches us that we don’t need religious middlemen like the Pharisees or any other priests in order to reach God & attain eternal life. For the Kingdom of God is within u (Luke 17:21), & “ye are gods” / “children of God” (John 10:34; Ps. 82:6).
Politically, Jesus warns us that we cannot serve both God & Mammon (Matt. 6:24); that His kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36). In Luke 4:18–19, Jesus proclaims release to the captives & the oppressed.
6. The idea of consuming Jesus’ flesh & blood in communion comes straight from Paul the anti-vegan apostate (cf. Tabor 2012:14-15). Relevant narrations about the Eucharist as a cannibalistic cult in the 4 Gospels (Matt. 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:19–20) are almost word-for-word copies of Paul’s discourse (1 Cor. 10:16-17, 11:23-26). Paul’s take is clear: no bloodshed, no remission (Heb. 9:22). He literally turned Jesus, who declared “I desire compassion, not sacrifice” (Matt. 9:13; 12:7), into the very thing He (Jesus) was protesting—a sacrificial lamb!
7. Indeed, God Himself loathes sacrifice. In the OT, this is unequivocally pronounced by the 5 great prophets (Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 7:22-23; Hosea 6:6; Amos 5:21-22; Micah 6:6-8). Their vegan mission is inherited by Jesus in the NT. “I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice” (Matt. 9:13; 12:7) is a direct quote from Hosea 6:6. All those brutal sacrificial rituals in the OT must have come from the “lying pen of the scribes” (Jer. 8:8).
8. Ultimately, meatism, animal sacrifice, & the Pauline cannibalistic Eucharist are the same idolatrous cult (Hyland 1993). For meatism is animal sacrifice offered to the belly-idol (Proverbs 23:20–21); & the Eucharist as Jesus’ flesh & blood is sacrifice offered to blood-thirsty Satan rather than Yahuah. #VeganChrist #VeganGod #VeganTheology
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