This view of the subject appears inconsistent with the Word of God, for various reasons:- (_a_) When Christ uttered the words, this (bread) is my body, his body was not yet dead, but living and reclining, at their side at the table.
It was therefore certainly not received by them into their mouths.

The language must, therefore, have been figurative, such as Jesus was accustomed often to employ.

Thus, when he said, "I am the _door_" John x.

9, he certainly does not mean a literal door, such as a door of wood or stone or brass or of any other material.

He means that the acceptance of the atonement and mediation by the sinner is the appointed condition of salvation to him.