John Chapter 6 comes next.
Jhn 6:14When the people saw him
[fn] do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, "Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!
For any that follow what I ask, and read the full chapter they know the feeding of some 5000 men was done with just a hand full of food. So what do we get from this? Is this just a nice story to show us His power or is there a bigger teaching we have missed for way to long?
As some may already know the fact that the feast of Passover was close at hand is a key. You see it was hard to get bread in this time, as everyone was getting ready for Passover, and so bread was high on the list of must have. Not just any bread mind you. Bakers may have already stopped making leavened bread, and were making unleavened bread for the feast. Yet Yeshua used His power to feed over 5000 people from what was at hand.
Sadly many can't see that Yeshua was showing us what the coming kingdom would be like. A kingdom where not one soul would ever hunger, and all our needs would be fulfilled.
Jhn 6:15When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.
There are some that might say Yeshua left so as not draw attention to Himself. However that would be wrong, after seeing this, the people would go tell everyone they knew about it. The reason Yeshua may have left might have been to stay true to all the prophecy about Him. His need to fulfill them in order, and with no interruption.
You see had they made Him king at that time, much of the prophecy about Him may not have fulfilled. Odds are even His sacrifice may not have been fulfilled. No matter your thinking on why He left, it should be clear that He had good reason, and that it had more to with His desire to fulfill HaShem's will than to work with man kind and seek a new way of doing things.
Jhn 6:30They answered, "Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?
How short the memory of those that were there. As we see just the day before they were fed from what most likely enoght for 10 people if that. Yet they are calling on Him to do more. Much like some do today, they want to see His power at work in their lives. Riches, and other earthly things they ask for. When it does come they may think HaShem has turned their backs on them. You see, in today's world it seems to be all about them. What do they get from it? Where is my big home, fancy car, extra large bank account, and so on.
Jhn 6:32Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven.
In a time when we see so called faith healers, that say THEY can heal you, HaShem is forgotten. As Yeshua makes clear in the above passage, it isn't man at work, it is HaShem. So if a person tells you, "I can heal you." Understand that it isn't them, and run.
Jhn 6:35Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Now we all know that we still to eat to stay alive, at lest for now. I love that so many teachings come from this passage, however we are forced to ask, do we have a full understanding of this? For us humans to say we hold the only truth is a bit on the arrogant side. After all, the idea that we know everything is nothing more than pride. Oh I hear it now, "Look who's talking." So ok I will say now as I have many times. We know we don't know it all, that is why we study. A big part of study for us is that we question everything. Even when it comes from us, and we stand in agreement, we question it.
So why do we spend so much time on any topic. To be 100% sure we are looking at every thing the Word has to say on any topic.
We have found that Yeshua gave the creadit to HaShem for the feeding of the people in the wilderness. In doing so, He has placed us on notice that we must place the acts of HaShem at His feet, and never try to say I did that thank you ever so much.
Just as when something bad comes about, like say 911. Many will try to place it at HaShem's feet. Why did He let this happen, where was He, and other things that I heard from people.
More on chapter 6 next time.