Proper 16B, Yuck!? What is Jesus saying?

Today, our readings are 1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43, Psalm 84, Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69. We hear Jesus use imagery that was sure to upset and disgust his listeners, but if we try to understand through a clearer lens, it seems that he is expressing the desire to be our everything and to have us choose by saying ‘yes’ to him.