"I am the bread of life," Jesus said to the Jews. "Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness and yet died. . . .I am the living bread that came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. . . The bread that I shall give is my flesh in behalf of the life of the world." (John 6:48-51) Literal bread or manna did not and cannot give everlasting life. But those who exercise faith in Jesus' ransom sacrifice will eventually enjoy the blessing of everlasting life. - Matthew 20:28.
The majority of those who benefit from Jesus' ransom will enjoy everlasting life on a paradise earth. "A great crowd" of these-prefigured by the "vast mixed company" of aliens who joined the Israelites in their Exodus from Egypt-will survive the coming "great tribulation" that will rid the earth of all wickedness. (Revelation 7:9, 10, 14; Exodus 12:38) An even greater reward is enjoyed by those whom the Israelites themselves foreshadowed. The apostle Paul described these ones, numbering 144,000, as constituting the spiritual Israel of God. Their reward at death is a resurrection to life in heaven (Galatians 6:16; Hebrews 3:1; Revelation 14:1) There Jesus will give them a special kind of manna.
Next time: The Meaning OF "The Hidden Manna"
Watchtower, 1999
6.25.2010
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