Read John 6 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
Joh 6:1-71 Chiastic Structure:
Each one of the elements is this structure resolves itself into smaller structures, which is how I was able to discover it.
This is one of the smaller structures from the 2C pair above:
In chapter 4, Jesus introduced Himself as the One who gives Living Water. In this chapter, He is the Bread of Life. In His discussion with the Jews, He is referring back to the manna which came down from heaven for the Israelites when they were wandering in the wilderness (Exo 16). By this we know that manna is a Natural Picture illustrating a spiritual truth. And the truth is, that just as the body, which is a temporary house for the spirit, needs bread to live, so does the man, who is a spiritual, eternal being, need the Bread of Life to live, that is, to have everlasting life. As man is an eternal being, he will live forever after he sheds his temporary house, but whether he lives with everlasting life, or everlasting death, is up to him. All who believe in Yeshua have everlasting life, and at the end of life, when the temporary house, that is, the body, dies, the spirit of man crosses a threshhold from this life to the next. What happens to the man who does not believe in Him when his body dies? It is my belief that he sleeps, sleep being a Natural Picture illustrating a spiritual truth, until the final judgment, when it is decided what his eternal state will be (Rev 20:11-15), life or death.
If there are questions, this is a good resource:
Our Necessary Food – Christine Miller
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