The twelve disciples found out that they had to hang out with Jesus for a long
time before they could figure out what He was talking about, or before He
revealed what He meant. Some thing's they did not understand until after His resurrection.
A disciple is just a follower. There were some that
followed Jesus but left when He said what they called a hard saying. They either
did not understand what He meant, or took it literally and found it to be disgusting.
Jesus said that if you don't eat of my flesh and drink of my blood you have no
part of me.
Jesus made it clear to the twelve Apostles some time
later in the upper room. While sharing the Passover meal He offered them bread.
He said this is my flesh, eat all of it. He then offered them wine and said this
is my blood, drink all of it. He also said to continue to do this in
remembrance of Me, because He knew He was going to die for our sins on the
cross shortly. He left part of Himself behind that we could touch and feel
until His return.
Even today we need to hang out with Jesus a long time
before we can figure out what He was talking about, or before He reveals what
He meant.
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