To what degree is Christ present in Communion? Luther argued Finitum capax Infiniti while Zwingli argued Finitum no capax Infiniti. Christ says and Paul reiterates, “This is my body/blood” (Luke 22:19, 1 Cor 11:24). Jesus also says in John 6:54 that “whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life” so the language seems to indicate more than just a memorial. Where Jesus contrasts Himself with the manna which was physical and spiritual it raises questions as to what degree is Christ present in communion. I have argued elsewhere in an exegesis that “Jesus again is reiterating that not only is He real but that what He offers is real and tangible” and I cannot help but wonder if God’s view and presence in time is what causes Christ to be present in communion when we take it now.

Because God exists outside of time, He is unaffected by it. Much like a photon is unaffected by time. A photon leaving the sun has no concept of the passage of time between when it left the sun and when it reaches the earth (if it had conscious thought that is). To the photon, it is the same instant no passage of time has occurred from my understanding because it is traveling at the speed of light. Christ being God and now ascended to the right hand of the Father has a concept of time but is unaffected by it. Is this how He can be present in communion because the event is spiritual, and the effect of the event is continually present or constanter present? Is it that the event and communion are like Christ and hypostatic? They are both physical and spiritual both being true and real but not diminishing the other.