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It's quite obvious that those elements used in orthodox churches do not become literally the body and blood of our Lord. In their taste and substance they remain what they were to begin with. This type of thinking may have been acceptable to some in the dark ages, but now it can clearly be proved by any scientific method. I can see your thinking here that Jesus is offering a symbol for what would be unthinkable for a Jew, however, Jesus being the holy one of God, would never tempt man to sin. He said it was the Spirit that causes people to understand what he says. After many of his disciples walked away from him for the very saying that troubles you, he looked upon the 12 and asked if they too were going to leave, to which Peter responded, "Where shall we go, you have the words of eternal life." If a man has faith in God he will also have faith in Jesus, for they are one. As Abraham, the father of faith, said unto God, "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?".

You might be able to dismiss what Jesus said, except that he arose from the dead. You could dismiss him as a crazy man if you could find some sin that he had committed. You could dismiss him as some zealot, except that John the Baptist declared by the Spirit of God that this was the Messiah. You could call him a deceiver, except for the many miracles which accompanied his word. The very scriptures that Jews read everyday point to him as the Promised One, even declaring that he would be raised from the dead, declaring his substitutionary death. If you approach him in unbelief, do you really expect God to show him unto you? In order to enter the kingdom of God, you must become as a little child...you must believe.