tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11244887.post7926293242760942571..comments2023-10-03T06:59:25.428-10:00Comments on The Joshua Victor Theory: Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:14-22, for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany, "The Lord's Supper 2"The Joshua Victor Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03684296967627057287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11244887.post-73779846907130388182011-02-28T09:49:00.800-10:002011-02-28T09:49:00.800-10:00That's a very good point Michael. I do know th...That's a very good point Michael. I do know there are debates even among Lutherans who affirm the bodily presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper, about whether or not John 6 is talking about the Lord's Supper or about faith. I, like you, am inclined to read John 6 as referring to the Lord's Supper, and find it difficult to see how you could avoid the connection. One thing that the Lutherans did emphasize about the John 6 passage, however one understood it, was that some people falsely accused Christians of cannibalism because of their understanding of the Lord's Supper. The Lutherans emphasized that we don't believe in a "Capernaitic-eating" of Christ (referring to the people of Capernaum in John 6 who misunderstood Jesus to be teaching cannibalism), but we do believe that the flesh and blood of Jesus are truly received in hand and mouth, in a divine mystery (sacrament).The Joshua Victor Theoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684296967627057287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11244887.post-20082945805626457092011-02-22T00:29:39.225-10:002011-02-22T00:29:39.225-10:00EAT MY FLESH
The book of John was written in the ...<b>EAT MY FLESH</b><br /><br />The book of John was written in the Greek Language. And when the author recorded things down - when he said you must <b>eat my flesh </b>- he used the Greek word "trogo." <br /><br />Now in the Greek language, many words can be used for<b> "eat".</b> However, the word "trogo" was chosen; it's a very special word because it cannot be taken symbolically. When that word was chosen - when you trogo something, you actually gnaw on it. The definition is to aggressively or loudly munching, gnawing and chewing, as an animal would eat. <br /><br />This cannot be taken symbolically, and the author chooses this word so that later on when people read this - it's not a soft word - it's meant to actually <b>gnaw and to eat.</b> It's very important; it cannot to be taken symbolically.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com