This Jewish Wedding Ritual Just Broke All Protestant Arguments

From Totus Catholica

This 3,000-Year-Old Jewish Wedding Cup Proves the Eucharist When Jesus said "This cup is the new covenant in my blood," He was using the exact words of a Jewish wedding ceremony - and that changes everything about the Real Presence. In first-century Israel, the betrothal (Kiddushin) began when the groom offered his bride a cup of wine. If she drank, she was legally bound to him as his wife. The cup wasn't a symbol of commitment - it was the instrument that created the covenant itself. 📌 The Point: If that cup was only a symbol, then Jesus is only a symbolic husband to a symbolic bride, which contradicts His entire mission. The forgotten betrothal cup proves the Eucharist is Christ's real, substantial, bodily presence. 📖 Core Sources Jewish Wedding Structure: Kiddushin (Betrothal) - Couple exchanged vows and a cup of wine; groom presented the cup to his bride in front of witnesses; if she drank, she was legally bound to him as his wife - the cup was not a symbol, but the instrument that created the covenant itself Nissuin (Wedding) - Groom took his bride to his father's house; between betrothal and wedding, the bride waited (sometimes a year or more) while the groom prepared a place Scripture: Luke 22:20 - "This cup is the new covenant in my blood which is poured out for you" - covenant is legal, binding, marital language rooted in the OT where God describes His relationship with Israel as a marriage covenant Jeremiah 31:31,33 - God promises "I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel," distinct from the old Sinai covenant John 13-17 - Jesus describes the marriage union with His Church Ephesians 5 - Paul describes Christ and the Church as bridegroom and bride 1 Corinthians 10:16,17 - "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?" - Greek word koinonia (participation) means communion, intimate sharing, union of two becoming one Jesus's Covenant Language: "This is my body... This is my blood of the covenant" - Used the verb "is" (language of identity and substance), the same language the groom used when handing the betrothal cup: "You are consecrated to me according to the law of Moses and Israel" "Do this in remembrance of me" - Greek anamnesis means not merely recollection of past events, but the proclamation of mighty works that "become in a certain way present and real" (CCC 1363) Catholic Teaching: CCC 611, 610 - The Eucharist Christ institutes is the memorial of His sacrifice; Jesus gave supreme expression of His free offering at the meal with the Twelve - not mere remembrance, but making present of Christ's once-for-all sacrifice given as wedding gift to His bride, the Church CCC 1374 - The mode of Christ's presence under eucharistic species is unique; He is "truly, really, and substantially contained in the Eucharist" - language of marriage: total, permanent, substantial gift of self CCC 1365 - "The Eucharist is thus a sacrifice because it represents (makes present) the sacrifice of the cross... Christ is thus really and mysteriously made present" Council of Trent - By consecration, there takes place "a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ... and of the whole substance of the wine into the substance of his blood" (transubstantiation) Church Fathers: St. Augustine - "Every celebration of the Eucharist is a celebration of marriage where the Church's nuptials with Christ are celebrated and the bride is joined to the bridegroom in the flesh" St. John Chrysostom - Through baptism and Eucharist, we become "partakers of the divine nature," entering the intimate union the bride has with the bridegroom Why Metaphor Fails: Jesus never used metaphor when establishing a covenant - God really passed between animal halves with Abraham (Genesis 15); Moses sprinkled real blood on the people at Sinai (Exodus 24); covenants in Scripture demand concrete physical binding acts, not symbols 📺 Chapters 0:00 - The Forgotten Jewish Wedding Cup (Kiddushin Betrothal) 2:02 - Scripture Makes the Betrothal Pattern Unmistakable 3:37 - The Real Presence Flows from Covenant Love 5:46 - Objections: "It's Metaphorical," "It's Just Poetry" 7:16 - Practical Application: Approaching the Eucharist as Bride to Bridegroom 🌐 Connect 📿 https://totuscatholica.org/rosary 🌍 https://totuscatholica.org/ ✉️ https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 https://catholicexaminationofconscien...