The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants what must soon take place; and he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is he who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written therein; for the time is near. (Revelation 1:1-3)
2021/11/01

11. The Body and Blood of Christ

The word Christ, described as "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ"1 and as "the authority of his Christ have come"2 in the Book of Revelation, indicates the Body and Blood of Christ. When, at the Mass, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ with the work of the Holy Spirit and God becomes present in it, and when the priest's hands raise it, God can continue to make the mystery of the Incarnation and the mystery of the Cross present events. The Eucharist inherited the prophecy about Jesus: "God is with us (Emmanuel)."3 The words of Jesus, "For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins,"4 can be understood by the Eucharist. The Eucharist is "the bread of life"5 of which Jesus talked. The Eucharist, when being eaten by the faithful, dies over and over again, which is God's fashion to give all that Jesus accomplished once for all to each faithful just as Jesus himself healed people putting his hands on each of them.6 The following words of Jesus are living in the Eucharist: "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."7 Our garments are washed with the blood of the Lamb, the new covenant, at every Mass and become whiter.8 The image of the Eucharist like this corresponds with the worldview of Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation. So, in the Book of Revelation, the above two phrases, which represent the Body and Blood of Christ, are each located intentionally before and after the description of the two portents that appeared in heaven.9

Reference 1. Revelation 11:15, 2. Revelation 12:10, 3. Matthew 1:23, 4. John 8:24, 5. John 6:35, 6. Luke 4:40, 7. Mark 10:45, 8. Revelation 7:9-17, 9. Revelation 12:1-3

Maria K. M.


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