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JESUS THE LIVING MANNA (I)
THURSDAY, JUNE 12
John 6:22-59

Psalm 78:1-38

 

“I am the living bread,

which came down from heaven…”

 

JESUS THE LIVING MANNA (I)
 
There is a spiritual lesson in every miracle. What is the spiritual lesson in the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000 (John 6:1-14)? Jesus gave the answer in verses 27, 32, 33, and 35, “Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you; for him hath God the Father sealed. …Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. …I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”
 
Jesus enjoined the people to see the spiritual truth that spiritual life comes not by eating physical bread but spiritual bread. Jesus said He is the Manna of life. God gave Israel manna to eat in the wilderness (Exod 16:15; Num 11:7). Manna was a most wonderful food. During the Exodus, the Israelites would wake up every morning (except on the sabbath) with manna on the ground provided freely and supernaturally by God. It is described as “a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground” (Exod 16:14). It was like coriander seed, whitish in colour, and tasted like honey (Num 11:7). It must have been delicious. It was made in heaven. It was called “bread from heaven” (Exod 16:4), “corn of heaven” and “angels’ food” (Ps 78:24-25).
 
The manna of Moses pointed man to the greater Moses who is the true Manna. Jesus identified Himself as the Bread or Manna of Life. Like manna, Christ was provided by God, sent from heaven, pure and white, sweet as honey, and needed for life. Jesus declared, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.”
 
THOUGHT: The bread that Jesus gives is rich and free.

PRAYER: “Break thou the bread of life dear Lord to me.”

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