I AM

I AM : M. M. Ninan
In the land of Canaan the third day after the Passover, the first day
of the week, was the celebration of the harvest, when the first fruits
of the harvests are brought to the temple as a wave offering. The
first sheaves of the wheat were waved in front of the holy of
holies. It represents new life and the promise of a full harvest in
due course. The presentation of the two leavened loaves therefore
symbolized man’s hope and promise of redemption through Jesus.
On that day Jesus roses again as a first fruit from the dead, and
presented before God, as wave offering with the hope and promise
of resurrection from the dead for all believers. This is the new
beginning of the new creation man.
This is exactly what is promised in Jesus. After the 50th day of
resurrection, on the day of Pentecost Holy Spirit came upon both
the Jews and gentiles and the church, the beginning of the New
Community of Man was born.
3.3 MANNA AS BREAD JN. 6.48-58
1John 6:48-51 I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in
the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from
heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came
down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This
bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
In this passage, Jesus compares himself with manna and
distinguishes himself as that living bread which came down from
heaven. The reasoning is simple, as the manna gave life to the
starving Jews in the wilderness; Jesus gives food to the spiritually
starved. The manna could not provide life, because it was not
spiritual. It is the spirit that gives life; the material is of no use for
this.
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