Bread of Life
Grains are one of the main food groups. In the past, it was always located on the bottom of the Food Pyramid. This was because you needed to eat more grains than the other foods. Many of our basic everyday foods come from the grains group. According to the dictionary, the staff of life is “a staple of diet; especially: bread”. Just as bread is important today, it was a vital food source in Jesus’ day. For most people of Jesus’ day grains were the main food that they ate on a daily basis. “Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35). This was a major thing to say.
When the Israelites where traveling in the wilderness they ate manna from heaven. Manna was a type of bread that was given to them by God. They collected it 6 days a week. On the 6th day they collected enough for the Sabbath, because they would not allowed to work on the Sabbath day. Jesus said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:41).
Later Jesus says, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51). Here Jesus is referring to spiritual bread. One way of eating this spiritual bread is by reading the bible. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). In the book of Mark, “Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body” (Mark 14:22). Since Jesus is the word, we can “eat” his body by studying his word and developing a closer relationship with him. It is wonderful to know that Jesus is our daily bread. He will provide physical bread and spiritual bread for each of us, because he is “the same yesterday, to day, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
Bread of Life
Jesus is the Bread of Life
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Grains are one of the main food groups. In the past, it was always located on the bottom of the Food Pyramid. This was because you needed to eat more grains than the other foods. Many of our basic everyday foods come from the grains group. According to the dictionary, the staff of life is “a staple of diet; especially: bread”. Just as bread is important today, it was a vital food source in Jesus’ day. For most people of Jesus’ day grains were the main food that they ate on a daily basis. “Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35). This was a major thing to say.
When the Israelites where traveling in the wilderness they ate manna from heaven. Manna was a type of bread that was given to them by God. They collected it 6 days a week. On the 6th day they collected enough for the Sabbath, because they would not allowed to work on the Sabbath day. Jesus said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:41).
Later Jesus says, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51). Here Jesus is referring to spiritual bread. One way of eating this spiritual bread is by reading the bible. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). In the book of Mark, “Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body” (Mark 14:22). Since Jesus is the word, we can “eat” his body by studying his word and developing a closer relationship with him. It is wonderful to know that Jesus is our daily bread. He will provide physical bread and spiritual bread for each of us, because he is “the same yesterday, to day, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).
Bread of Life
Jesus is the Bread of Life
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| Image via Wikipedia |
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