This Ancient Jewish Discovery Just Broke Protestantism

From Totus Catholica

This Ancient Jewish Sacrifice Pattern FORCES Protestants to Defend the Mass Protestants argue the Mass contradicts Hebrews' "once for all" sacrifice. But this misunderstands both Catholic teaching and ancient Jewish sacrifice. The Church has never claimed Christ dies again at Mass - the one sacrifice of Calvary is made present sacramentally, not repeated. 📌 The Point: The Todah sacrifice, Malachi's prophecy, and the unanimous early Church all point to the same conclusion: the Mass isn't a contradiction of Calvary - it's its eternal fulfilment. 📖 Core Sources The Todah Sacrifice (Ancient Israel): Four elements: a sacrificial lamb, consecrated bread, a cup of wine over which thanksgiving was pronounced, and psalms of praise. Offered when someone was delivered from mortal danger. The rabbis preserved a tradition in Vayikra Rabbah: when the Messiah comes, all sacrifices will cease except the Todah. When translating Hebrew into Greek, rabbis chose one word for Todah: Eucharistia - thanksgiving. The Last Supper - Jesus Fulfils Every Element: Became the Passover lamb (1 Cor 5:7: "Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed") Took bread, gave thanks (Eucharistia): "This is my body which is given for you" Took the cup: "This cup is the new covenant in my blood" Sang the Hallel psalms, including Psalm 116 - the Todah psalm: "I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving" Commanded: "Do this in remembrance of me" (anamnesis - covenant memorial making past events present) By consecrating bread and wine separately, Jesus mystically represented the separation of blood from body - precisely what occurs in violent death - sacramentally enacting His death before Calvary. Malachi 1:11: "From the rising of the sun to its setting, my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name and a pure offering." Characteristics: universal (every place), perpetual (as the sun rises), pure, offered by Gentiles, replacing the corrupt Levitical system. The Mass is offered on every continent at virtually every hour - no other Christian practice fits this prophecy with such precision. ⛪ Early Church Evidence Didache (late 1st century): Quotes Malachi directly - "On the Lord's day gather together, break bread and give thanks, for this is what was spoken by the Lord: In every place and time, offer me a pure sacrifice" St Justin Martyr (c. 150 AD): "God speaks about the sacrifices offered to him in every place by us Gentiles - that is the bread of the Eucharist and likewise the cup" St Irenaeus (c. 180 AD): "Christ taught the new sacrifice of the new covenant of which Malachi had signified beforehand" St Cyprian of Carthage: "That priest truly discharges the office of Christ who imitates that which Christ did... because we make mention of his passion in all sacrifices, for the Lord's passion is the sacrifice which we offer" 🛡️ Objection Answered "Hebrews says Christ offered himself once for all"? Catholics fully affirm: Christ does not die repeatedly, no additional victim is needed, the single sacrifice is eternally present in heaven. Hebrews 7:24,25: Christ holds his priesthood permanently because "he always lives to make intercession." An eternal priest perpetually offers. Revelation depicts "a lamb standing as though it had been slain" (Greek perfect tense - completed action with ongoing effects). Hebrews 13 explicitly mentions "we have an altar." The "sacrifice of praise" in Hebrews 13:15 is the exact Greek translation of Todah in Leviticus 7:12. The author of Hebrews is not rejecting liturgical sacrifice - he's reconfiguring it around Christ. 📺 Chapters 0:00 - The Objection: Does the Mass Contradict Hebrews? 1:54 - The Todah Sacrifice: Lamb, Bread, Wine, Thanksgiving 3:03 - Last Supper: Jesus Fulfils Every Todah Element 4:14 - Malachi 1:11: Universal Pure Offering Prophesied 4:46 - Early Church: Didache, Justin, Irenaeus, Cyprian 6:25 - Hebrews Answered: Eternal Priesthood, Once-For-All 8:09 - Conclusion: The Mass Is the Todah That Never Ends 🌐 Connect 📿 https://totuscatholica.org/rosary 🌍 https://totuscatholica.org/ ✉️ https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 https://catholicexaminationofconscien... 💬 Question If the rabbis said only the Todah sacrifice would remain when the Messiah came - and Jesus fulfilled every Todah element at the Last Supper - is the Mass a medieval invention or the messianic sacrifice the ancient Jewish tradition was always pointing toward?