I think the clarification by Paul is helpful. He quotes Jesus. Jesus said when he broke the bread, "this is my body which is for you". It was a symbol. It wasn't his literal body. His literal body was saying it. We partake of the symbols in remembrance of his death. I don't see any need for transubstiation or mysticism.
This is the view I was raised with.
My questions are:
1) does Paul say Christ was speaking symbolically; should our interpretation of that passage take place taking the words of our Lord in John 6 into account?
2) do you believe the Scriptures to be literally true?
3) is it mysticism to say that something supernatural is going on if God says there is even when we can’t quantify it or observe it with our physical senses?
4) do you believe that the spiritual realm is just as real as the one in which we sit right now?
