Catholic Typology
The Eucharist the new Bread of the Presence
Bread of the Presence | The Eucharist | |
God’s visible presence with his people | symbolic (Ex 25:30) of the Glory Cloud in the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle (Ex 40:34-35) and in the first Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8:10-11) | Jesus's real presence (Mt 26:26 & Jn 6:48-51) at mass and in church tabernacles throughout the world |
Bread accompanied with wine | drink offering (Ex 25:29) | Jesus's blood (Lk 22:19-20) |
Memorial of sealing an eternal covenant with God | with Israel at Mount Sinai (Lev 24:7-8) | Jesus’s new and eternal covenant with us (Lk 22:19-20) |
Sacrificed | a food offering to God (Lev 24:7) | Jesus offered his body and blood for us (Lk 22:19-20) |
Eaten | by Levitical priests only (Lev 24:9) | by kingdom priests (1 Pet 2:9) who are baptised and in communion with the Church (1 Cor 10:16-18) |
God’s visible presence with his people: the bread of the Presence is symbolic (Ex 25:30) of the Glory Cloud in the Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle (Ex 40:34-35) and in the first Temple in Jerusalem (1 Kgs 8:10-11); the Eucharist is Jesus's real presence (Mt 26:26 & Jn 6:48-51) at mass and in church tabernacles throughout the world
Bread accompanied with wine (Ex 25:29 & Lk 22:19-20)
Memorial of sealing an eternal covenant: God's covenant with Israel at Mount Sinai (Lev 24:7-8); Jesus’s new covenant with us (Lk 22:19-20)
Sacrificed: a food offering to God (Lev 24:7); Jesus offered his body and blood for us (Lk 22:19-20)
Eaten: by Levitical priests only (Lev 24:9); by kingdom priests (1 Pet 2:9) who are baptised and in communion with the Church (1 Cor 10:16-18)