In the doctrine of Transubstantiation, it is taught that in the eucharist the whole substance of the bread and wine partaken of at communion are changed into the body and blood of Christ. This is done by the priest at every mass, day after day, for the sins of the catholic people. This ceremony is called the “sacrifice of the mass”. Please consider with me, however, this practice in the light of these scriptures taken from the book of Hebrews.
“So much more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant... Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people, because this he did once and for all when he offered up himself.” Hebrews 7:22-27
“Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all ... But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant...” Hebrews 8:4-6
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, a mere copy of the true, but into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God for us. Nor was it that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year after year with blood not his own. Otherwise, he would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself... So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear a second time without sin unto salvation.” Hebrews 9:24-28
“Then he (Jesus) said, ‘Behold, I have come to do thy will’. He takes away the first [a priesthood who would offer sacrifices continually] in order to establish the second [one priest, Jesus, who offered one final sacrifice for sin]. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus once and for all. And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But he, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God. Waiting from that time onward until his enemies be made a footstool for his feet. For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:9-14
We can clearly see as we read these scriptures that it is only this perfect sacrifice of the body and blood of Jesus that is able to destroy the power and effects of sin in the life of any person whose true desire is to be ser free. Being the perfect sacrifice, it needed only to be offered once. It is also clear through these scriptures that this doctrine of Transubstantiation is blasphemy and in heresy to the perfect sacrifice of Jesus in requiring that it be offered over and over again.
This doctrine is not a teaching of Jesus, but instead was invented by a counterfeit Christian church for a backslidden and lukewarm people who have no desire to be set free from all their sins, here and now. People who are believing in a lie, that in some other place [that does not exist] and at some other time [after they die] they will be purged from their sinful nature. For the time being, though, they can continue to live in sin, while offering to God a continual sacrifice for that sin. However, the scripture tells us that we have a high priest whom we can draw near to now, to have our hearts cleansed and set free from sin, and if we do not take that opportunity now, there is only a fearful and fiery judgment that awaits us.
“Since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water ... For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries ... How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified and has insulted the Spirit of grace?” Hebrews 10:21-29
The “Unbloody Sacrifice”
The Catholic church refers to the sacrifice of the mass as the "unbloody sacrifice" that needs to be perpetually offered. This again was a ritual taken out of the pages of ancient paganism and not out of the gospel of Jesus Christ nor His apostles. There is also evidence to show the Babylonian origin of this "unbloody sacrifice."
The pagan world worshipped the goddess of Babylon under many different names. She was worshipped as the "Queen of Heaven" and "Mother of God." She was also referred to as a "mediatory" in some places. All are names that the Catholic church has bestowed upon Mary.
God even rebuked the Israelites in the Old Testament for worshipping this "Queen of Heaven" and burning incense and making cakes to her (See Jerimiah chapter 7 and 44). These cakes (wafers) were referred to as the "unbloody sacrifice" that was required by her followers.
In the fourth century, when Mary was beginning to be worshipped by Catholicism as "Queen of Heaven," this "unbloody sacrifice," known as the sacrifice of the mass was also introduced. /the fact that it was small, thin, round wafers - with its roundness being stressed - comes right out of the pages of Babylon worship. Jesus, at the last supper, broke bread into pieces and gave it to His disciples, which I am sure was not round, thin wafers.
The Priesthood of Men
In the new covenant, Jesus put an end to an elite group of priests offering daily sacrifices and has now made every born again, spirit-filled believer a priest; not to offer Jesus over and over again, but to offer our life daily on our cross, to die to sin and live for Him.
"And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." (Luke 9:23 KJV)
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." (Romans 12:1 KJV)
"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5 KJV)
"But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light;" (1 Peter 2:9 KJV)
We are all together a kingdom of priests, and in this New Testament kingdom, He has given special gifts to some to help us in our own priesthood ministry - these are the five-fold ministry gifts spoken of: "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-12 NAS).
This whole system of the priesthood in the Catholic church came into existence after the pagan emperor Constantine took control over the church, making himself the supreme head, and mixing pagan practices and beliefs into the Christian church (read more about this on the Upon This Rock article).
This elite secret society of a priesthood put themselves above everyone else and even introduced practices like the confessional box and the power to forgive sins (which only God, the Father and Jesus the Son has the power to do).
This same confessional and forgiveness were possessed by the pagan Babylonian priesthood of that time and was part of their initiation into their pagan religion - one had to confess to their priesthood to belong to it (See the Two Babylons, page 9-11, by Alexander Hislop). We are told in God's Word that we must confess to Jesus and trust Him to forgive and cleanse us of a;; sin.
"The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe." (John 1:7 KJV)
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:7-9 KJV)
Sin - A Cash Cow
God's word tells us that once we Confess and Repent (turn away) from our sins, with a sincere desire to stay free from them, then we can be assured that God puts them away forever - they are paid for by the blood of Jesus at Calvary:
"As far as the east is from the west. So far he removed our transgressions from us." (Psalms 103:12)
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out." (Acts 3:19)
"If the son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed" (without lingering consequences) John 8:36
The Catholic Church however, does not believe or teach that - to them the Blood of Jesus is not enough, but you and they have to continue to do something to be sure you are forgiven; you are not free indeed. Things such as the daily sacrifice of the mass, taking of the eucharist, confession to the priest, penances, and even indulgences and masses for the dead in purgatory. All of these keep their flock under bondage to them and to the church. Keeping people always conscience of their sins, this is the Catholic Church's "Cash Cow." Keeping people and their money continually coming in (for indulgences and masses for their dead loved ones in purgatory) their whole life and even after death.
"You know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things as sliver and gold (money for indulgences) ...but with the precious blood of Christ." (1 Peter 1:18-19)
"And every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sin. But this man (Jesus), after He offered one sacrifice forever, sat down at the right hand of God... and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these are there is no more offering (to be made) for sin." (Hebrews 10: 11-12, 17)
"But now once (and for all) that He appeared to put away sin by the (one) sacrifice of Himself." (Hebrews 9:26)