OUR FATHER WHO GAVE HIS SON TO SAVE THE WORLD

The Lord Jesus, in Matthew chapter 15 verse 32 - 39, revealed that He was deeply concerned about the condition of those who had followed Him for up to three days without food.

32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

33 Then His disciples said to Him, “Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude?”

34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”And they said, “Seven, and a few little fish.”

35 So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 36 And He took the seven  loaves and the fish and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitude. 37 So they all ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets full of the fragments that were left. 38 Now those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And He sent away the multitude, got into the boat, and came to the region of Magdala.

The disciples, looking at the desolate surroundings they were in, were not convinced that they could help the large crowd.

Jesus asked them for a small amount of food that they had in reserve and having given thanks, broke up the bread and fish and as it was being distributed by the disciples, it multiplied and became enough to feed all 4000 men and the women and children who had followed Him.

This miracle was a forshadowing of the sufficiency of Jesusˋ sacrifice of His body to be broken for all those who would follow after Him.

His body, symbolized by the broken bread, multiplied to be the grace for all men who believed in Him with even seven baskets to spare.

The pieces of fish that were being distributed alongside the bread symbolized the sacrifices of Jesusˋ  followers (who were themselves fished into the kingdom) who would give their lives to spread the gospel in service of Jesus and together, the power of the gospel would be sufficient to save all those in the world who were to be saved.

Amen.

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