Americans love food. We plan meetings around it, include it in all the best holidays, make candles to smell like it, have professional eating contests, and show the world how much we love it by the size of our guts. We love food!
In the Bible Jesus said that if we want real life then we have to eat Him. I love food as much as the next guy, but I draw the line at eating the Son of God. I’ve often said that anything fried would taste good, but I think Jesus is the exception.
I’m not trying to be controversial or irreverent with this series of posts. I promise if you stay with me we will find a point to all of this.
Why did Jesus say this to His followers? Looking at the context of this verse will help us understand, at least why Jesus said what He said. Here’s the scene…Jesus just finished doing a major miracle. He fed over 5,000 people with a only five loaves and two fish. Just a little while later the crowd finds Jesus and He tells them that they need to do the work that God requires. What does God require? Jesus said that God requires that you believe in Him.
Right after Jesus says this the crowd asks for Jesus to do a miracle to back up what He is saying. Are you kidding me? The people already saw a miracle. I think Jesus point is that the people didn’t really believe in Him. Just to make sure He says EAT ME. I think this derives from “Bite Me.” The crowd gets offended and leaves. They didn’t really believe.
To be continued…
Still hanging on. Looking forward to Part 4.
still wondering where the title comes in, however i like the insight to the passage…it's provoking my thought, and that is thought about jesus…so that's always good
having bad flashbacks to an altar call including the sounds of your flesh sizzling like fried chicken…lol…ok, seriously…look, you are following the crowd, you are here for the magic show…you only believe if i do the dog and pony show (miracle)…take that away and what is left? shallow….you gotta internalize…digest…let it become part of your DNA. Jesus is the man with the back hand proverb! Smacl you up side the head and keep you spinning for days!
hmm…interesting. I've always thought that this verse meant that we should consume Jesus just as we do food and let it feed our sole's rather than our tummy. They were looking for another miracle…another snack when dinner was right in front of them. When we don't consume Jesus, we are left hungry and snacking on the little things life throws our way rather than the meal He's provided for us.