Class Day # 4....
Basic Theology...
DAY # 4 of 7:
BASIC THEOLOGY
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Study Aid: Chart # 7, Faith & Common Sense, as a review
for day # 3.
THE MASS:
1.
Mass, in Latin, is Ite Missa Est = Go it is the dismissal, the last words
of the Latin Eucharistic service.
2.
The Last Supper:1COR 11:19-27, MATT 26:26-29, LUKE 22:14-20, JOHN 6:, MARK
14:22
3.
The Mass is the only infinite and unlimited sacrifice. The victim is offered
to GOD for sin. The Mass is love in action. Jesus Christ is both the High
Priest and the victim.
4.
To understand the Mass, we must understand:
JESUS while dying in HIS human nature, was living in HIS Divine nature.
*TB 92, *TS 240-241.
OFFENSE AND
APOLOGY:
1.
After Adam and Eve sinned, an offense against GOD was made.
a. Satans' power became effective.
b. Sin now has an infinite effect because an offense is measured by the
one offended.
c. From the beginning of time, man offered sacrifice, a victim, to GOD
for sin. This is the Apology of man.
2.
The Offense:
How is it measured? It is measured by the one offended.
3.
The Apology:
How is it measured? It is measured according to the one making the apology.
GOD IS TIMELESS
AND SPACELESS: *TS 62-69,146-148, *TB
12-20
1.
HE is eternal presence. HE is NOW! GOD has no past and no future.
From CREATION >-----------TO----------->THE LAST JUDGEMENT, all in
between is NOW with GOD. (omnipresent, immutable - not subject to change)
2.
GOD and CREATOR is unlimited and infinite. Man and creature are limited
and finite.
THE BIBLE:
THE GENESIS OF JESUS:
1.
Chapter 1, GOD made man.
2.
Chapter 2 and 3, man fouled up and disobeyed GOD.
3.
Chapter 3, GOD will send a Redeemer, born of woman, and HER seed will crush
satans' head. "I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN".
MARY was involved in redemption. That makes HER a co-redeemer from the
very beginning. *GEN 3:15 (?)
4.
*GEN 4:1-8 Cain killed Abel because he was jealous of Abel's sacrifice.
5.
Abraham and Sarah had Isaac. GOD told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac which
he almost did, *GEN 22:1-14 (?). Isaac wed Rebekah and had twin sons, Esau,
the firstborn, who was to receive the blessing, and Jacob. Rebekah deceived
Isaac and obtained the blessing for Jacob. GOD renamed Jacob, Israel. *GEN
32:29
6.
*EXODUS 19: GOD made the 'Old Covenant' with Moses. GOD said: "I WILL
BE YOUR GOD AND YOU WILL BE MY PEOPLE (EX 6:7)." The people made sacrifice
by the bloodshed of animals. Joshua, Hebrew for JESUS, leads the Jews into
the promised land. At 'The Last Supper', the 'New Covenant' was made. *MATT
26:28, *MARK 14:24, *LUKE 22:20
7.
CHRIST comes from *PS 110:4, a Priest forever according to Melchisedek,
also *HEB 5:6. HE (JESUS) will be both KING and PRIEST, the only one in
the New Testament to be both. HE comes from the Priestly order of Melchizedek,
from the tribe of Judah of the house of David, by GODS' appointment, HEB
5:1-6, and not by descent. Old Testament priests were from the tribe of
Levi (Levitical priests) by descent.
JESUS (THE)
CHRIST:
1. JESUS
came after MARY. JESUS, means savior. HE came into existence at the Annunciation:
LUKE 1:31, "YOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS". JESUS is not mentioned
in the Old Testament. *TS 233
2.
CHRIST, in Greek is CHRISTOS, in Hebrew - MESSIAH, *JOHN 1:41, the one
set aside for sacrifice, the Anointed one. CHRIST is the 2nd person of
the HOLY TRINITY and HE always existed. HE is mentioned in the Old Testament.
*DAN 9:25-26.
JESUS HAS FOUR
BODIES:
a. HE has a Physical Body. LUKE 2:6-7
b. HE has a Mystical Body, the Church. ROM 12:4-5, 1COR 12:20-27, EPH 1:22-23,5:30,
COL 1:24
c. HE has a Eucharistic Body. MATT 26:26, 1COR 11:23-29
d. HE has a Glorified Body. JOHN 20:24-29
SACRIFICE AND
ATONEMENT:
1. The
Jewish temple had different sections within it:
a. The Holy of Holies section was used for sacrifice. On Fridays at 3 P.M.
many lambs were sacrificed.
b. The Synagogue had scripture readings, prayer, and no sacrifices. Ten
or more families had to have a synagogue. This is where JESUS started.
2.
You must have infinite sacrifice to balance infinite offense. GOD must
do it, for man cannot. Man must be at one with GOD, at-one-ment (atonement).
JESUS is the atoner. *TB 81, *TS 197
3.
GOD becomes JESUS, the CHRIST, the one set aside for sacrifice.
4.
*2COR 5:21, GOD made JESUS to be sin, to bear the sins of mankind. GOD
could not die for sin as GOD. HE had to take on human nature to represent
the offender and to suffer. *CCC 612-623
5.
*JOHN Chapter 6: is about the promise of the last supper.
6.
At "The Last Supper" or "Last Passover", where HE gave
us eternal sacrifice, JESUS said, "THIS IS MY BODY", and "THIS
IS MY BLOOD", MATT 26:26-28 (read). This is true because JESUS said
it. The bread is HIS body broken, and the wine is HIS blood, shed.
7.
*1COR 11:23-29 (read), is the tradition of the institution of the Last
Supper. Vs25-26, is the NEW COVENANT. You are proclaiming the death of
JESUS until HE comes again, proclaiming the eternal sacrifice. The Mass
is a memorial. HE said, "DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME". As often
as this is done we are making Calvary come alive on the altar. MALACHI
1:11, DAN 12:11 refer to the MASS.
8.
Calvary was the sacrifice unlimited where CHRIST shed HIS blood. HE offered
HIMSELF as the sacrifice unlimited. This had to happen to make up for unlimited
sin against GOD.
9.
The support for the offertory of the Mass, the bread and wine, bought with
our money represents us. Through the consecration, we are all united with
CHRIST on the cross. The bread and wine are united with CHRIST. We bring
the bread and wine and go out with the living CHRIST. Communion is the
living CHRIST. *opt (our money is turned into CHRIST)
10.
*HEB 7:, Melchizedek is a figure of CHRIST.
*HEB 7: thru 10:, is all about the Priesthood and the Mass. *1PET 2:5-9,
'We Are All Priests',
*CCC 1546-1547,1591, *REV 1:6,5:9-10, *HEB 7: and 9:.
*NOTE:*TBxxx is THEOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS,
*TSxxx is THEOLOGY AND SANITY
*CCCxxx is THE NEW CATECHISM.
STUDY AID: Chart # 7, Faith and Common sense
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