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
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