- Christ, who is the bread of life (Lev 24:8-9)
Deut 8:3, Jn 1:14, Jn 6:48, 51, 1 Cor 10:16, 1 Cor 11:24
In the Old Testament, God had the priests set up a showbread for the children of Israel on every Sabbath in the tabernacle. (Lev 24:8)
Lev 24:8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
God made us eat all the words of God to live. (Deut 8:3)
Deut 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Jesus is the Word of God. (John 1:14)
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus is the bread of life. If we eat this bread, we will live forever. (John 6:48,51)
John 6:48 I am that bread of life.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
We must come to know Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life, every day. (1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 11:24)
1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.