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Scripture
Meditation No. 1663
AATHAVAN – Wednesday, 27.08.2025
"This
is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna,
and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever." (John 6:58)
When Moses led the children of Israel toward Canaan, their
journey was through the wilderness. Soon, the people began to murmur against
Moses, saying, “We remember the food in Egypt where we ate to the full, but
here in the wilderness we have neither bread nor meat.” Moses brought their
complaint before the Lord.
Then God rained down quails for meat and manna for bread from
heaven. “And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they
came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders
of the land of Canaan.” (Exodus 16:35)
In the same way, our Lord Jesus Christ, in our journey toward
the heavenly Canaan, has given us the bread of life—His own body. Those who ate
manna in the wilderness died, but those who partake of Christ—that is, believe
and receive Him—shall inherit eternal life. As Jesus declared, “This is that
bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are
dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.” (John 6:58)
When God gave manna, He also gave Moses a condition: each
day’s portion was to be gathered for that day only, and none should be kept for
the next. “And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it
until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with
them.” (Exodus 16:19–20)
In a similar way, the Lord Jesus Christ not only calls us to
believe in Him, but also grants us the grace of partaking of His body and blood
in the Holy Communion. Yet, this too has a condition: we must come cleansed
from sin, made worthy by His forgiveness. “Wherefore whosoever shall eat
this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the
body and blood of the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 11:27)
Dearly beloved, though the Father has given us the heavenly
bread—our Lord Jesus Christ—for eternal life, it is essential that we partake
worthily. First, we must receive Him into our hearts, be forgiven of our sins,
and be made new. Otherwise, as the Israelites who ate manna perished, we too
may lose eternal life. Not only so, but partaking of the Lord’s Table
unworthily brings judgment: “For this cause many are weak and sickly among
you, and many sleep.” (1 Corinthians 11:30)
Let us therefore first receive Christ Jesus into our hearts,
and inwardly partake of Him by faith. Then, let us confirm it outwardly by
partaking of the Holy Communion in a worthy manner, with forgiveness and a
transformed life. May Christ dwell fully in both our soul and body.

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