THE MANNA, THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN.

1. John 6:31-33 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 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.

The manna was typical of Christ. And we will show you this in the following short outline.

The manna was bread from heaven, and Christ explained that he was the true bread from heaven. That right all you socinians! Christ lived in heaven with his Father before he became a man.

The bread came directly from God, and was a free gift of his, and so was Christ. Read Chapter 6, all of it!

THE MANNA WAS WHITE AND SWEET

Exodus 16:31 â " The manna was white in color, which signified the purity and innocence of Christ.

B. It was sweet to the taste, and so is Christ.

KNEW IT NOT! THEY KNEW HIM NOT

Exodus 16:15 â " Israel didn't know what manna was. The word manna means: "What is it?" The same with Christ! John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.... "What manner of man is this?"

THEY BEAT IT

Numbers 11:8 â " When people gathered manna they beat it and ground it and baked; which may represent the sufferings and death of Christ, which he endured that he may be fit food for us.

Also the notice they ground it. The Bible teaches that the Father "Bruised Christ" Isaiah 53. The word bruise there means to Crush, or grind to powder! All for you!.

FREE TO ALL EQUALLY

Exodus 16:16 â " Whosoever will let him come

The manna was free to all equally, it did not matter if you were rich or poor, black or white, healthy or lame, the manna was available to all who followed; and so is Christ, he is equally offered to all.

THOSE WHO ATE IT CAME OUT EGYPT.

The people who ate it had come out of Egypt, and was following God. It is the same of those who eat Christ today, those who have turned from the world and are following Christ, those who God has saved from the bondage of sin and corruption, who are currently traveling to the promise land.

IT SUSTAINED THEM FOR FORTY YEARS

Exodus 16:35 â " And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. The manna fell the whole while as these people wondered in the wilderness, to feed them and to nourish them, and to strengthen them; in the same way Christ is to be our daily bread.

John 6:35, 55-58 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

Christ has come to sup with us, and his flesh is our food and his blood is drink indeed. I encourage you to spend time in prayer and Scriptural study DAILY!