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Feeding the Multitude 153 When the Lord passed through the land of Egypt at midnight, He looked for one thing alone. He looked for the blood of slain lambs on the doorposts and lintel of the houses. If the Lord saw the blood, He knew that the firstborn had already died in that house. And the Lord passed over that house, for He was satisfied. If there was no blood, there was no indication that the firstborn had died. And the Lord then slew the firstborn Himself, for death had been decreed upon all the firstborn. The firstborn must die, either via a substitute or apart from a substitute. “Christ” is the Passover Lamb, and Israel has slain this Lamb. But the nation, God’s firstborn son, has yet to apply the blood. The Passover, the first of the festivals, points to that future day when Christ returns, the nation looks upon the One Whom they slew, they recognize that which has been done, and they then, through faith, appropriate the blood (cf. Ex. 11:4, 5; 12:3ff; Isa. 53:4-6; Zech. 12:10-14; 13:6). The Passover foreshadows Israel’s national conversion at the time of Christ’s return. Only after a nation has been born in a day (Isa. 66:8) can those things foreshadowed by the remaining six festivals occur. Only after the Passover has been fulfilled (and, in reality, the subsequent six festivals as well) can that foreshadowed by the fourth sign in John’s gospel occur. The Loaves and Fish The fourth sign in John’s gospel has to do with a miraculous multiplication of five barley loaves and two small fish which a lad had in his possession. And the multiplication of this small quantity of food was enough to feed both the disciples and the multitude, with twelve baskets of food left over after the remaining fragments had been gathered. Key information necessary for properly understanding the sign, within its contextual setting (as it is introduced through referring to a mountain and to the nearness of the Passover [vv. 3, 4]), is given later in the chapter when inquiry pertaining to the sign is made by some comprising the multitude. Note verses twenty-six and twenty-seven in this respect:
154 SIGNS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL “Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles [‘the signs’], but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life [contextually, ‘age-lasting life’], which the Son of man shall give unto you…” Then in verses thirty and thirty-one, the people requested another sign, calling attention to the manna provided in a supernatural manner during Moses’ day. But Jesus, remaining within the framework of the sign already given and their mention of the manna, drew a parallel between that bread (the manna) and the Bread which had been provided from heaven (He Himself [vv. 32, 33]). The former foreshadowed the latter. A partaking of bread to nourish and sustain the physical body foreshadowed a partaking of Bread to nourish and sustain the spiritual man. The people then said unto Christ, “Lord, evermore give us this bread” (v. 34). Then Jesus said unto them: “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst… For I came down from heaven… I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever [‘for an age’]: and the bread that I will give is my flesh… …Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life [‘age-lasting life’]; and I will raise him up at the last day” (vv. 35b, 38a, 51a, 53b, 54). The previous multiplication of the loaves and fish foreshadowed partaking of Christ Himself, as the provided bread during Moses’ day had foreshadowed as well — eating of the Bread of life, eating His flesh, drinking His blood. But how can this be the case? How can one partake of Christ Himself in such a manner? The answer is simple, and it was given in the introductory verses of John’s gospel:
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