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Reflection on John 6:51


“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live.”
-John 6:51-

What does our LORD JESUS try to mean with what He said in this verse found in John 6:51? Here is a reflection on this verse:

I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
This means that JESUS is our One True Living God. He is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who descended from heaven to earth to show us the way to eternal life and salvation. He is our Everlasting Father who robed himself in flesh (1 Timothy 3:16) and came down to earth to teach us to believe in Him and love Him as He has loved us. Living bread means the LORD JESUS is the Source of life both on earth and in heaven.

If you eat this bread, you will live forever.
This means that if we believe in and receive JESUS, as our One True Living God (1 John 5:20) and have a faithful and loving relationship with Him, we will live forever. This is in reference to what JESUS said in the former verses in John 6:29 he said, “What God wants you to do is to believe in the One He sent.” He also said in John 6:35, “I am the bread of life,” JESUS told them. “Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty.” The word “eat” does not literally mean to eat JESUS’ flesh but to believe in Him as our One True Living God and receive Him and all the things He did heartily so that we will be saved. So, what we need to do is just to believe and receive JESUS. We should also honor Him by loving and obeying Him.

The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live.
What the LORD JESUS tries to mean by this is that He will lay down His life as an atoning sacrifice for our sins so that we will live in heaven with Him forever. Check this verse in 1 John 3:5, "And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins, and in him is no sin." We should believe that JESUS died on the cross to take away our sins. He rose again on the third day to conquer death and give us eternal life in heaven. Then, He will come again to judge the living and the dead. So, as we wait for His precious appearing we should prepare our hearts by having faith in Him and in what He did on the cross for our salvation.

Believe and receive JESUS now as our One True Living God and be saved. God bless! I love you with the love of the LORD JESUS.

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