“When Jesus announced that the bread and wine represented HIM - then no WONDER that folks, at that time, said it was a ‘hard teaching’.”
hmmm, Jesus announced that the bread and wine REPRESENTED him????
i take back my earlier comment, there must be something new under the sun. chapter and verse PLEASE!!!
Yes; that's EXACTLY what I typed; but you'll find no QUOTES around it.
The Passover meal was a reminder of things past, as well as a precursor of things to come.
It REPRESENTED Him.
"Behold; the Lamb of GOD, that takes away the sin of the world."
(I'm SURE you really do not need a chapter and verse here; but... I could be wrong.
John 1:29)