John 6:52-59- Eating Jesus' Flesh and Drinking His Blood?

One of the most misinterpreted scriptures done by Roman Catholics to defend the heresy of transubstantiation is found in John 6:52-59 where it says, "The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?  Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.  He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.  These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum."  

At first glance it seems that it has to go with transubstantiation- however one has to realize this that this could not be literal flesh and blood.  Cannibalism is totally against God's Law (making note that God compares the sins of corruption as abhorrent as eating human flesh in the Old Testament) so to insist that transubstantiation is Biblical truth would make it an oxymoron.  Transubstantiation teaches that the bread and wine have become the LITERAL body and blood of Jesus and the Vatican teachings say that anybody who says it is merely symbolic, it is anathema (Canon 6, p. 80).  For more information on this matter, you can read here.  The whole teaching of transubstantiation had led to the brutal massacres of many who opposed that doctrine which today is sadly dismissed as "just a myth".  That's why the official Catholic website has been working triple time to dismiss all the truth that Chick Publications has shared to the world.

However the Bible focuses that there are two type of food- physical which is the food people eat to be nourished and the other is the spiritual food.  Taking a complete look at John 6, one can see this was really talking about receiving Christ for who He is in total- the Son of God, Lord and Savior, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  When a person receives Jesus by faith, the flesh and blood of Jesus is partaken not in the literal sense as to cannibalize the precious Lord and Savior but rather, to accept Him WHOLLY for who He is.  It cannot be done in communion because for one, when Jesus instituted communion He was right there with THEM so even the the thought He was holding His body and His blood just like that would be ridiculous.  Would have the bread and wine become flesh and blood literally because Jesus willed it, it would have caused an adverse reaction to the disciples.  Instead He simply broke bread and there is no suggestion otherwise in all four Gospel accounts of the Lord's supper that the bread and wine used really became literal flesh and blood just as Jesus called Himself the Vine (John 15), the Door (John 10) and the Bread of Life (John 6:48).  Jesus compared Himself to these objects NOT that He was these objects.  What is also more interesting is that the Roman Catholic doesn't even drink a drop of wine during the Mass and only eats the host which makes it even more contradictory.