John 6:53–59 — The Body and Blood of Christ

After the feeding of the five thousand, the people want to make Jesus their earthly king, but then Jesus gives them a shocking and offensive (to the Jewish disciples) teaching: eat my body and drink my blood. This teaching both echoes the depth of our distress under the curse, and offers a foretaste of eternal, abundant life, which is found only through Christ.God transforms the flesh and blood of Jesus into the bread and wine of the blessing that is promised to all who come to him. Come to the table, and remember how God reached us in our deepest desperation to offer us his greatest blessing.