This Is What You Really Need

So, they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

So, what’s going on? You’ll notice a reference to Manna and Moses.

Dt. 18:15-18

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen— 16 just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. (Dt. 18:15-18)

John 6:14: When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the Prophet who is to come into the world!” (Jn. 6:14)

Like Moses meaning flesh and bone (i.e., incarnation)

They’ve accurately equated that Jesus is The Definite Article Prophet referenced by Moses in Dt. 18 but they’ve developed some misperceptions about what this prophecy would mean.

Moses was the man. If there were a Mt. Rushmore in Jerusalem it would most certainly include Moses. He saw the burning bush, he had the showdown with Pharoah, led them through the Red Sea, saw a glimpse of God from the back, received the 10 commandments. There was even a bit of an unhealthy “hero worship” with Moses. This may have been one of the reasons God Himself buried Moses in a secret location. Otherwise it most likely would’ve become a shrine that people prayed to.

Jesus corrects their theology by reminding them that it was God not Moses who fed them. Secondly, they mistakenly think it means that He’ll feed them for the next 40 years. There was a false prophetic belief within some circles that the Messiah would provide an unending food supply…that’s what Moses did. But, God never said that.

Happens All the Time with Prophecy…even today.

The Bible for example never teaches that Signs and Wonders would cease w/the death of the apostles or completion of the Bible

40s-people thought Hitler was the antichrist (I can see why)

50s-“Generation will not pass until these things come to pass” (Mt. 24:34). Due to Israel becoming a state in 1948 there was a mistaken but somewhat popular belief that Jesus would return by 1988 (Most likely “Generation” is a reference to the Church age.

70s-some people were insisting that H. Kissinger was the antichrist.

80s-Gorbachav and that his birthmark that looked like Greenland was the mark of the beast. Edgar Whisenant wrote a book in 1987 titled, “88 Reasons Jesus Christ Will Return in 1988." The book sold 4.3 million copies. 300k were mailed to homes. Obviously, Jesus did not return in 1988, so, at the beginning of 1989 Whisenant wrote a book titled, “89 Reasons Jesus Christ Will Return in 1989.” That book only sold 30,000 copies. -Helicopters: I’ve heard people say that helicopters are being described in Rev 9 (6th trumpet) but now some are saying they’re drones. Perhaps.