Exodus 16:31-32 Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
In John's gospel, we find reference made to this manna that God gave to the children of Israel in the wilderness. Here is how the dialogue between the crowd and Jesus unfolded:
"Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst." (John 6:29-35)
Jesus makes it clear that just as God sent the people of Israel bread from heaven to fill their stomachs, so God has sent his Son from heaven as "the bread of life" to fill the empty hearts and souls of all men. Praise God for Jesus, the break of life!
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pj
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