[raygunfan]

Twelve times he said he was the bread that came down from heaven; four times he said they would have “to eat my flesh and drink my blood.” John 6 was an extended promise of what would be instituted at the Last Supper—and it was a promise that could not be more explicit.

You dont repeat a symbol 12 times, if you mean something is real, you dont toss out an analogy and say four times EAT MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD, if its not REAL.

[raygunfan]

last word to you sir.

[metmom]

Twelve times he said he was the bread that came down from heaven;

Then Jesus was made out of bread dough, not muscle and bone.

After all, we must take the words of Jesus literally, mustn't we?