[roamer_1]

[roamer_1:] First and foremost the Father explicitly commands us against cannibalism and the drinking of blood... So your interpretation must needfully be incorrect, to say the least.

I suppose that is why you would have been among those to desert Him at the synagogue in Capernaum.

I would hope to be among those who thought, "Why is this wonderful Rabbi suddenly spouting Mithra-ism? Certainly there is some lesson here..." And that I would stick around for the other shoe to drop. You know the part where He said He was speaking of 'spirit'...

It isn't a reach to conclude that His Body (as the Word incarnate) is the written Word (how can they be different?) and His Blood is the covering of the Covenant He was offering. So the bread is to be found in the pages of the Bible, and the wine is to be found in the participation in the Covenant. KEEP and DO.

I certainly would not be among those who thought He was sanctioning cannibalism against the Word of YHWH.

[papertyger]

It isn't a reach to conclude that His Body (as the Word incarnate) is the written Word (how can they be different?) and His Blood is the covering of the Covenant He was offering.

If that's not a "reach" then reach has no meaning.

Let me get this straight. You're willing to believe Jesus' body is a book, but you're not willing to believe his body is a piece of bread, even though he says exactly that....