Thus to be consistent with your literal interpretation of this unequivocal imperative "verily, verily" statement, one must believe and consume the Lord;s body in order to have spiritual and eternal life, and thus those who reject this interpretation cannot.
Affirm or deny and be inconsistent.
These wer the words of Jesus: 53Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. 54Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. 55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
You either have faith and believe or you don’t.
Do you have faith in these words?