🍞🚪🌿 “Understanding Metaphors (Apparently Not That Easy)”

A snarky, Scripture-soaked reality check for the

“But Jesus said He’s a vine! And a door!” crowd.

Some objections to the Eucharist collapse the moment you ask,

“Did you… actually read the context?”

Because every time Jesus uses a metaphor — a real one —

He immediately explains it.

🌿 “I am the vine” → You are the branches

🚪 “I am the door” → If anyone enters through Me

🐑 “I am the shepherd” → I lay down My life

But when He says,

“Eat My Flesh”

and

“Drink My Blood,”

He doesn’t wink, soften, decode, or step in with a parable rescue.

He doubles down until half the crowd leaves…

and then turns to the Twelve like:

“You leaving too?”

That’s not how metaphors work.

That’s how literal teaching works.

🍞✝️🍷

And credit where credit is due:

🙌 Huge shout-out to Ferris at How To Be Christian

His breakdown of the I Am Statements is one of the clearest, funniest, and most airtight explanations of why metaphor logic cannot erase what Jesus is doing in John 6.

Watch the exact video that helped inspire this track:

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODPckTuy07U

If you haven’t watched it, seriously — go.

It’s brilliant.

“Understanding Metaphors (Apparently Not That Easy)”

is for Scripture nerds, converts, catechists, and anyone tired of watching the Eucharist get flattened into a symbol just because Jesus once compared Himself to a plant or a piece of architecture.

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