Tuesday, 4/12/16
When Jesus fed the five
thousand with five loaves they began saying “This must be the prophet.” They
were referring to what we find in Chapter Eighteen of Deuteronomy when Moses
was warning them against listening to soothsayers. He told them in that verse
15, “A prophet like me will the Lord your
God raise up for you from among your kinsmen. Listen to him.”
They embellished that prophecy
by adding to it the prediction that when that prophet came, he would also make
manna fall from heaven. That is what they had in mind in asking Jesus, “What
sign can you do?”
Jesus told them that Moses
did not give true heavenly bread. People say that aphids feeding on desert
shrubs drop a honey-like substance that the Bedouins refer to as “manna.” Maybe
Jesus was saying that was what Moses gave them.
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