here is another thing I do not understand. My wife's father is a preacher, I heard him talk about "if i pick up a squirt gun and pull the rigger and a bullet comes out and kills someone, I am guilty of murder by law, but God would forgive me: I did not know it would kill them I only thought to get them wet. however: if i pull the trigger on a real gun and water comes out and the person gets wet then by law i am free to go but in God's eyes I am a murderer, since I thought it would kill them." now... if drinking blood is an abomination to God... wouldn't drinking a substitute be just as heinous? you are drinking it because it symbolizes his blood. therefore: drinking blood. __________________
i dont understand how your story of murder fits with drinking blood . but Jesus said to eat of his "body" and drink of his "blood" as a symbol. doing this means you accept Christs broken body (bread) and his holy blood (wine, juice, ect) as a sacrifice for your sins and you accept Him. Drinking blood is an abomination...nowhere did Jesus command them to literally drink His blood and eat His flesh. its called symbolism. the people that did actually eat flesh and drink blood used it as a pagan cerimony to worship false gods. That is why God said it was an abomination because we are to worship and obey the ONE TRUE GOD not lifeless false idols.