He that feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in union with me, and I in union with him. —John 6:56, NW.

The Israelites in the wilderness did not drink blood of any kind. They were forbidden to do so, not only by the divine covenant with Noah, their ancestor but also by the stated terms of the Law covenant through their mediator Moses. The manna from heaven which they ate was bloodless. In this sense it was like Jesus' flesh. Flesh could not be eaten unless drained of its blood. Hence what obedient mankind of the new world will partake of for everlasting life will be like bloodless flesh, which Jesus provided by coming down from heaven. Jesus said that those drinking his blood as well as eating his flesh remain in union with him and he in union with them. This means they are made members of his body, being baptized into Christ and thereby being baptized into his kind of death. Jesus' food was to do his Father's will, and they feed on Jesus' flesh by doing God's will together with Jesus and finishing it as he did. W 1/15