St. Paul tells us that Jesus did not consider His equality with God as something to be grasped, but rather took the form of a servant. And, having done that, He was obedient to the point of death, to the point of the cross.
We need to see here, and remember, and meditate on the fact that our triune God models for us the alien idea of the submission and obedience of one equal to another. And the result of this is that such submission and obedience displays the glory and the equality as nothing else can.
Jesus was obedient, and therefore God has highly exalted Him, and given Him the name that is above every name. In the Christian world—which is the world—submission is not craven, it does not crawl—it ascends in glory.
This is why we emphasize that Jesus is not just here “on the Table.” More is involved in this sacrament than the sacramental elements of bread and wine. Jesus is also in you and in me. He is in us, and His presence in us is a great manifestation of glory in process. At the end, when the Church is displayed without spot or wrinkle or any such blemish, that glory will be fully seen. And beyond this identification of the Head with the body, we also acknowledge that the Head and body are distinct. They are one, but they are two who have become one, and yet in this unity, they remain two. The Lord Jesus is seated at the head of this Table, having been given all authority, and dominion, and power, and glory, world without end.
And where did that glory come from? From his body, which was broken in submission and obedience. Zeus obtained the highest place by killing his father. The Lord Jesus obtained the highest place by being killed for His Father. The gospel teaches us which is the way of grace and light, and which is the way of grasping after authority, which is, of necessity, grasping after wind.
The Lord is the Host, He is in the guest, and He is the food, with obedience to glory.