“For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:… ” John 6:33 & 35a
Bread is one of the staples of life in most of the world’s countries. All kinds of breads are available to satisfy the hunger of those that take and partake of the bread. There is a reference to manna, which was a bread God provided for His people in the wandering in the wilderness (vs 32). Jesus is now talking about the bread of life and the bread of God. (vss. 33 &35).
Of course, Jesus came from Glory and was supernaturally placed, as God’s seed, in the virgin Mary. As the “bread of God,” Christ came down to earth to give life to those that would believe (cf. vs 33). Christ’s entrance into this world, His life lived in the world and His departure from this spinning globe was all supernatural. There has never been a birth, a life or a death like His, nor will there ever be another similar, spectacular, spiritual life like Jesus Christ’s on this earth.
The people’s confusion, in this passage was initially rebuffed and rebuked for just wanting the bread that satisfies physical hunger and needs (vss. 26 & 27). Jesus Christ confronted them with an offering and did literally, offer himself, as the “bread of life,” the only bread that will satisfy the starving, striving soul of a lost man!
Sadly, many of the Jews deigned to stick with the spiritual diet they had always experienced (vs. 36). Friend, if you have been and are now, once again, being offered the “Bread of God” please accept a loaf that brings eternal life. – T.G.