House of God
Today’s Topic: Representational Rule: Viewpoint to the Miracles
Scripture: Isaiah 11:1; John 6:26-35; Exodus 25:29,30; Leviticus 24:6,7; Deuteronomy 8:3
Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
Why did Jesus perform miracles? For one it is to show that He had the spirit of Lordship (Isaiah 11:1), one of the seven spirits of Christ. Lordship is simply the authority to show control of nature. A miracle is simply the show of the control of nature. There is in scripture a clear difference between miracles and healing (1 Corinthians 12:28). But what is our viewpoint and God’s viewpoint of a miracle can be two different outcomes. Let’s look at the Great Feeding of Five Thousand for our example.
Now we probably have heard at least 10 different sermons on this miracle. For many preachers they focus on the five thousand. Why? Because it is the tangible thing they can relate to and in their mind feeding five thousand with two fish and five loaves of bread is a miracle all by itself and it is. But when we view this feeding from that view we completely limit our scope of seeing the reality of why God did that. It is no coincidence that they took up 12 baskets full of fragments but you rarely hear about that part of the miracle. Why? Some in the church are content on preaching the miracle and it staying the mystery instead of God revealing the reality of the miracle. Not to confuse you but there is a reason God fed them the way He did and why He told the disciples to pickup the 12 baskets of fragments. So as we look at John 6:26-35, Jesus is telling His disciples that they were not seeking Him for the miracle but because they were filled with the bread but Jesus then tells them not to work for food that perish but food that lasts unto everlasting life. Huh? Jesus knows that our physical bodies need food but also our spiritual man needs food and so He says work for that food, spiritual food that brings eternal life. Now the disciples ask the right question on how do we work the works of God so we can get the bread that leads to eternal life. Jesus tells them to believe on Him that He sent. So in order to receive the bread that gives eternal life you must believe on Jesus Christ.
Reality 1: So the first reality in this miracle is there is bread that endures unto everlasting life.
Next, Jesus tells them about how the children of Israel were fed in the wilderness by God by manna being sent from Heaven. So the children of Israel are well aware of this miracle of God and they know bread does come from heaven. That was the type and shadow. Now the bread they ate fed their physical bodies but not their spiritual so yet instill they still died. Now Jesus collapses 1500 years to say that the Father has sent the true bread from Heaven. Why is it true? Because it comes from the eternal and it is the reality and not the type and shadow. Jesus tells them that He is the Bread from Heaven.
Reality 2: Jesus is the Bread from Heaven that feeds our spirit man and endures to everlasting life.
Now the 12 baskets full of fragments is the real mystery to many in the church so let’s show you the reality. In Exodus 25:29,30 the Levites were to create a table of shittim and overlay it with gold and shewbread, 12 loaves were to be put on in 2 rows of 6 loaves and it shall always be there unto the Lord always. In Leviticus 24:6,7 describes the table as a pure table before the Lord. In addition pure frankincense is poured upon each row that it may be on the bread for a memorial. This special table with the shewbread is called the Bread of His Presence. God made them do that to show what he told them in Deuteronomy 8:3: That man does not live on bread alone but every mouth that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Notice this bread was separate and made especially for this table to symbolize it’s Holiness. Now let’s fast forward to Jesus is the Bread from Heaven in addition He is also the Bread of the Presence of God. Now Jesus tells the disciples to go around and collect up all the fragments and what did they collect? 12 Baskets full. Hmm! This was to show that that generation did not receive Him as the bread that has come from Heaven because the 12 baskets full are uneaten even though they ate until they were full. Do we see this?
Reality 3: Jesus is the Bread of the Presence of God and the reality of the type and shadow of the table with the shewbread in Exodus 25.
Now if you look through the eyes of the soul all you see in this miracle is Jesus feeding the five thousand. However if Holy Spirit reveals the reality of the miracle to you then you will see that Jesus is the Bread from Heaven. He is the Bread of the Presence of God and the twelve baskets of fragments that was collected symbolized the fact that that generation at that time did not eat of the Bread from Heaven because they rejected Him. But all those who believe on His name will eat of the Bread that He feeds our sprits unto everlasting life
We need to live in the reality when we have the chance to receive the reality. To live by the soul and the shadow will always make you come up short of what God desires to truly show you.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
