“I am the bread of life…He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise Him up on the last day.” - John 6
In Ernest Hemingway’s short story The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio, he writes, “as it is…bread is the opium of the people.” We the people are bound by our need for bread; we are subject to this our need for sustenance…in the temporary, as well as in the eternal.
God provided “temporal bread” (manna) to sustain the people during their wandering through the wilderness (Ex. 16), God provided enough “temporal bread” to feed 5000 men during Jesus’ time here on earth; but now, that is today God provides the “eternal bread” which sustains the world unto eternal life. Concerning temporal bread we eat to the filling of our stomachs and are sustained for a while; but with eternal bread we eat (accept, believe) to the filling of our hearts and are sustained throughout all of eternity. And again what is it in which we eat, that is believe? Is it not in God’s provision, in which He speaks of in saying, “My flesh.” And what is His flesh? But the sacrifice, replacement and punishment for our sins. Therefore the one who eats His flesh (eternal bread), accepts everlasting provision; and will never again be hungry. Hallelujah!!! Praise be the name of Jesus, our provision!!! He truly is YHWH yira, that is the “LORD our provision!” - Gen. 22:14
Much love and tender mercies. g-
