A couple of years ago I had a dream about communion. In trying to understand the dream I began to study what Jesus said about himself being the bread of life. One of the things I learned during this process is that there is a connection between the Last Supper and the fish & bread for the feeding of the 5,000 and the 4,000. As I focused on the bread in both instances I found that Jesus blessed the bread, broke it, and gave it out. In the blessing, in the breaking, and in the giving out the bread multiplied and fed more than was naturally possible.
In the feeding of the 5,000 in the gospels of Mark, Luke, and John and in the feeding of the 4,000 in the gospel of Matthew, the bread went as far as it was needed and was stopped only by the taking up of the leftovers. We can assume that if there had been 12,000 people there, then the bread would have fed 12,000 or 20,000 or however many there were. But in these instances the flow of the bread was stopped, gathered, and counted at the end of the meal. If the bread had not been stopped, it would have doubtless kept on feeding. And why was there food left over? Because God is a "too-much" God!
The same is so with the Last Supper. The bread that Jesus blessed, broke, and gave out in the upper room is still being passed out and is still feeding untold millions of believers today. In fact Paul says believers will eat it until He (Jesus) comes! (1 Corinthians 11:23-25) It is endless bread. It is abundant bread. It is "more-than-enough" bread. Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will not hunger..." How much bread will it take for you not to ever be hungry again? And not only you, but all Christians everywhere who will ever live after the Resurrection? More bread than we can count. Endless bread. Eternal bread.
In the feeding of the 5,000 in the gospels of Mark, Luke, and John and in the feeding of the 4,000 in the gospel of Matthew, the bread went as far as it was needed and was stopped only by the taking up of the leftovers. We can assume that if there had been 12,000 people there, then the bread would have fed 12,000 or 20,000 or however many there were. But in these instances the flow of the bread was stopped, gathered, and counted at the end of the meal. If the bread had not been stopped, it would have doubtless kept on feeding. And why was there food left over? Because God is a "too-much" God!
The same is so with the Last Supper. The bread that Jesus blessed, broke, and gave out in the upper room is still being passed out and is still feeding untold millions of believers today. In fact Paul says believers will eat it until He (Jesus) comes! (1 Corinthians 11:23-25) It is endless bread. It is abundant bread. It is "more-than-enough" bread. Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will not hunger..." How much bread will it take for you not to ever be hungry again? And not only you, but all Christians everywhere who will ever live after the Resurrection? More bread than we can count. Endless bread. Eternal bread.
Copyright 2010 Gloria Fisher.
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It seems that God's blessings always fill whatever is needed. There is no limit to the size of the blessing, so, in a way, it is always filling whatever need is present. This is true of God's provision for our spirit, but also for our bodies (our physical needs). This planet will NOT run out because God created it to supply our needs. As St. Paul wrote, "my God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus." Hallelujah!!!
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