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John 6:38, “For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of the Him who sent me.”
"This is a hard saying, who can understand it?" asked the disciples (v.60). It was followed by one even more difficult: "What and if ye shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before?" So ridiculous did this sound to some of Yeshua' disciples that they left him (v.66). And that conclusively proves that they knew nothing of the theory of a pre-existent Messiah.
So what was meant by these difficult sayings? The meaning was similar to the story of manna falling from heaven in the wilderness. Note, manna is described as "bread from heaven" (John 6:32), and the Yeshua likened himself to similar to manna coming from heaven or "bread from heaven" (vv. 32-33). Does this description mean that the manna was manufactured in heaven, at the dwelling place of G-d, and wafted down in a thick cloud every night through the illimitable spaces above to the wilderness below? Or did G-d send His spirit to earth, and there manufacture it? Undoubtedly the latter, as any reasonable person will concede.
October 25, 2008
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