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#9 Verily, Verily
The Revelation of the Divine Provider
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Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. (John 6:32)
  We need to be reminded, as we go through this study, of the significance of Verily, verily, Truly, truly, and Amen and Amen. What was written afore times in the Scriptures were written for our learning that we may understand the ways of God, and also understand the ways of Adam, or all of humanity. Adam is always in opposition to God and to God’s ways. We see this in this wonderful verse concerning the manna that God gave to the children of Israel, and the True Bread from heaven which is the Lord Jesus Christ. It was the divine authority of the Father in heaven who sent angels’ food down to the children of Israel. Just as it was the Father’s will to send the Son into the realm of man to redeem man. It was not Moses who gave the nation of Israel the bread from heaven. Moses was the mediator between the children of Israel and God. Now Christ is also a Mediator, however, He is the Mediator between ALL of mankind and God in that He is the True Bread from heaven. Moses, being a man, could not act as God. He was only a recipient of the commands of God. Whereas the Lord Jesus, within Himself, was the divine authority and will of God in complete union with God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit; always thinking and acting in unison of the divine will, never faltering nor vacillating from the mind of God and His righteousness. Christ had come to dwell among men with the authority of heaven, therefore, He could feed the five thousand plus, for He was/is THAT Bread from heaven. As Moses was a servant, Christ also, as the Son, put Himself in servitude to the Father for He delighted in the Father’s will.
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.(Hebrews 10:7)
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. (Hebrews 10:9)
 As the Perfect Servant He took the place of a humble servant, He exclaimed to them (the followers looking for gain) that Moses did not give them bread from heaven but it was My Father . . . . Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? (Psalm 78:19)
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? (Psalm 78:20)
Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;Â (Psalm 78:21)
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:Â (Psalm 78:22)
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, (Psalm 78:23)
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. (Psalm 78:24)
Man did eat angels’ food: he sent them meat to the full. (Psalm 78:25)
  Going into the past of the nation of Israel in their wanderings in the wilderness, the first question that they asked in Psalm 78 was Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? When we fast forward to Chapter 6 in the gospel of John, we have the table in the wilderness, we have the miracle of feeding the five thousand, we have God providing a table in the wilderness, although centuries have past we have the same murmurers, but this is not all, because even today we have the same murmurers. All murmurers question God’s authority to act, Why is God doing this? God is not answering our prayers. Why doesn’t God give me the wants and intents of my heart? No matter the time frame, murmurers are always the same murmurers, the same Adam.
  There is one thing that I have learned through many years that if you watch Adam, he will reveal the intents of his heart. Remember, even in Adam’s creation, before the fall, Adam was set over God’s material creation as the Federal Head. Now, after the fall, Adam still thinks that he is in charge. This is why his heart wants the things of the world. This is why his heart is a heart of greed, for he believes that it is due him because he is the master of the world. However, Adam conveniently forgets the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Very few today know that there was a tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Mankind has blinded themselves to the fall of Adam. Therefore, they strut around claiming that they are guiltless, and God is their debtor, and they owe God nothing. This is our world society today. They do not want the bread from heaven, they murmur against God, and yet, they want God to feed them.
  Those who gathered to the Lord Jesus were probably Jews and Samaritans; however, they sought Him only because they wanted to be filled, and they wanted more. This sounds like the modern gospel of man. Ringing their bells, shaking their baskets, rhythmically prancing across the stage while chanting, If you give 10% to God (this means the bell ringers), then (in return) God will bless you 100% or 10-fold. (This is quite an investment opportunity, don’t you think?) Satan loves to preach this gospel of lies, and to fan the flames of financial fortune. Show me one disciple that was lavished in riches. Many of them became absolutely destitute over time. Show me ONE disciple who was granted a weekly, or a monthly pay check . . . $ $ $ $ $ $. Yes, we exist in a six-figure world (especially in the church). . . . shame! Shame! Shame! What price do you put on your soul or on the souls of others? ‘Will Only Serve When Offered a Good Payment Program’ was also one of the Old Testament ministry banners. Read Malachi Chapter 1. In Malachi 1:10, the Holy Spirit of God unveils the greed behind service. Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. (Malachi 1:10)
  The servant of servants (the Lord Jesus Christ) stated that the foxes had holes, and the birds of the air had nests, but the Son of man had nowhere to rest His head. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head. (Matthew 8:20) Only the true servant of heaven, the faithful witness of God, His Father IN Him could utter these words. So it is decision time, I don’t care who you are, you will not add one hair to my head, or one breath to my life, but you need to make a decision, it is either the bread of the earth or the Bread from heaven . . . . which one?
  One is for your body, and one is for your soul. The bread of earth will give you no relief from sin, in fact, the things of the earth, including the bread of the earth detract from the true Bread of heaven. The things of the earth cause man to embrace the earth and not its Creator. If your body is satisfied in mind, heart and spirit with the things of the world, the being in Adam is blinded from the things above and the manna heaven in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  This great multitude followed the Lord Jesus Christ into the wilderness, and it was there in the wilderness that the Lord Jesus had them sit in a green pasture. It was there, after they had seen many of the miracles, that He fed them with just five barley loafs and two small fishes. We should remember that although the Lord Jesus was a man of sorrows, and although He was rejected of man, mankind could not resist following this man of miracles. After they had sat down, and He had given thanks unto God His Father, once again, by the miracle of His grace, manna poured upon the multitude. However, they did not see this as manna from above. They only saw it because they were satisfied with it, for they were filled. The miracles that the Lord Jesus performed had a hypnotic effect on the multitude . . . . They desired more . . . they desired to see more . . . they desired to have more, but not more of the spiritual supernatural power of a righteous and holy God. Even Nicodemus in the gospel of John, in Chapter 3, acknowledged that the Lord Jesus was a teacher sent from God, and the miracles that He performed showed truly that He was from God, and yet, in spite of the witness of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, man could not see the Lord Jesus as the Son of God.
  They followed Him across the sea of Galilee; they were so infatuated with His miracles that they wanted to see more. However, the last miracle that they saw was to their own satisfaction. They were filled. It was their belly, not their soul that they were concerned about. In the comparison of Moses, the Lord was pointing out that they were holding Moses too high in their esteem. Although Moses was truly led of God, he was still a child of Adam, however, he was a child sealed in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ. Hebrews Chapter 3 puts the life of Moses in a proper prospective, revealing Christ over His own house, whose house are we. This is the redeemed, who have been filled with the manna from above, the bread from heaven, the Lord Jesus Christ.
For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. (Hebrews 3:3) For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. (Hebrews 3:4) And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; (Hebrews 3:5) But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Hebrews 3:6)
  It is amazing how the Holy Spirit reveals so much in just a few words. Moses was faithful as well as his house; yet the One who built all things, the One who is the Creator of all things, reaches out and informs us that it is the Lord Jesus Christ who built the house. Also remember, that Israel, in some instances, is called the house of Israel, however, in the book of Hebrews, the Spirit of God is not speaking of the earthly, He is speaking of the house that Christ (in His own body) is building, and is not related to the earth, but to heaven itself. It is not the material building, it is this supernatural structure of the souls of men that God is building in heaven to be gathered around Himself, to be changed into the image of their Savior, to be like Him in heavenly moral character, and to spend all eternity with Him. This is His house, and this is the house that He is building today. And when it is finished, all the spiritual structure will be transported into heaven, and it will be His glorious body, each and every soul who has been redeemed by His blood. It is the only begotten of the Father full of grace and truth, and He is the true manna, the bread from heaven. We have here another witness of the Lord that He preexisted in heaven and was sent down by the Father, as the Bread of life.
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