The Mystery of the Eucharist with Nathan Jacobs

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Nathan Jacobs is a renaissance man. As an artist, author, philosopher, professor and filmmaker, Dr. Jacobs is truly an inspirational, informative and interesting individual. He joins Hank Hanegraaff for a series of podcasts seeking to better explain Eastern Orthodoxy and explain away many of the most common misconceptions people have about Eastern Orthodoxy. In this podcast they discuss different aspects of the liturgy, central to which is the great mystery of the Eucharist.

Topics discussed include: Explaining aspects of liturgical worship such as the use of incense and other practices that may be unfamiliar to someone attending a liturgical service for the first time (3:45); the centrality and mystery of the Eucharist in the liturgy (10:30); the sacramental graces that can only be received within the confines of a church community (20:20); a preview of the final episode in the series between Nathan Jacobs and Hank Hanegraaff where they discuss the importance of uniting around the essentials of the historic Christian faith as an answer to the Lord’s High Priestly Prayer (27:10).

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0:00.0	We are in the midst of a series on stumbling blocks that people oftentimes have when they hear about Eastern Orthodoxy.
0:31.3	There are so many people think that there's an idolatry with respect to how Mary is viewed as Theatocas, the mother of God,
0:40.8	icons oftentimes are a stumbling block, Sola Fide, Sola Scriptura, and many, many more things
0:49.0	that we've talked about in past podcasts. Today I want to talk about something that is kind of ironic, and that is when
0:57.5	a person walks into an Eastern Orthodox Church, they are immediately assaulted in terms of their
1:04.8	senses. In fact, for me, this is a very precious thing. I remember when I first opened the big, heavy cathedral door,
1:15.6	something happened, as it were, tripped in my brain.
1:19.1	It was, I'm not here for a good sermon.
1:23.2	I'm not here to hear a great musical performance.
1:29.3	I'm here to worship God. There was something about walking into the Orthodox Church that invoked a sense of worship.
1:36.3	All my senses were engaged, and in the midst of that, you get involved in a liturgy, and perhaps you can unpack that a little bit as well,
1:48.0	the epicenter of which is the Eucharist. In fact, it's hard to bifurcate the two because the Eucharist is the liturgy, and the liturgy is the Eucharist.
1:59.0	And when you partake of the Eucharist, the centerpiece of what goes on, all your senses engaged,
2:09.4	the belief is, and I hold to this belief, that I'm partaking of the real presence of Christ.
2:16.3	Now, in concert with the Eastern Orthodox perspective, I don't try to explain that.
2:21.4	How that can be, I do not know it is a mystery, but I take Christ at His Word.
2:29.6	In the Western Church, it's oftentimes explained.
2:32.1	In Roman Catholicism, there's the explanation of
2:36.0	trance substantiation. In Lutheranism, it's oftentimes explained as Christ is in with and under
2:43.6	the elements. In the Eastern Church, you throw up your hands and you say, I don't know, this is a mystery,
2:49.8	but something is happening.
2:53.3	When I partake of the Eucharist, a grace is being imparted to me that is transformational.
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