Jesus is the Living Manna Sent from Above!
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As we are entering into the
season of Christmas 2012 let us meditate some of the prophecies concerning the
Birth and life of Jesus from the Bible.
God Provided Israelites with
Manna to satisfy their Hunger. All the people have amazed to see the food which
came from the above. Manna satisfied the hunger of people. Jesus is the living
bread who satisfies the hunger of spiritual life.
Manna (Hebrew: מָן) or al-Mann we al-Salwa (Arabic: المَنّ و السلوى, Kurdish: gezo, Persian: گزانگبین), sometimes or archaically spelled mana, is an edible substance that, according to Abrahamic doctrine, God provided for the Israelites during their travels in the desert according to the Bible and the Qur'an.
Biblical description:
Manna is described as being
comparable to hoarfrost in size. Hoarfrost on grass lawn.
According to the book of Exodus,
manna is white, like Coriander seed.
In the description in the Book of
Exodus, manna is described as being "a fine, flake-like thing" like
the frost on the ground.[1] It is described in the Book of Numbers as arriving
with the dew during the night;[2] Exodus adds that manna was comparable to
hoarfrost in size,[1] similarly had to be collected before it was melted by the
heat of the sun,[3] and was white like coriander seed in color.[4] Numbers
describes it as having the appearance of bdellium,[5] adding that the
Israelites ground it and pounded it into cakes, which were then baked,
resulting in something that tasted like cakes baked with oil.[6] Exodus states
that raw manna tasted like wafers that had been made with honey…………
In Islamic literature:
The word mana appears three times
in the Qurʾān. It is narrated in the hadith Sahih Muslim that the prophet
Muhammad said "Truffles are part of the 'manna' which Allah, sent to the
people of Israel through Moses, and its juice is a medicine for the
eyes."
(Excerpt courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna).
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In the Bible prophecies it is
stated:
“That evening quail came
and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the
camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared
on the desert floor. When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other,
“What is it?” For they did not know what it was.Moses said to them, “It is the
bread the Lord has given you to eat"(Exo 16:13-15).
God provided Manna to satisfy the
hunger. The word Manna in Hebrew means what is it? When they saw the thing
fallen from above they didn’t know what actually it was? They said what is it?
They said Manna (what is it?).It was called as what is it ? Today we find many
things of life which we cannot comprehend with human wisdom and say what is it?.
Millions around the world today
have the knowledge of Science and technology, politics, Religions, History
Health and about many more advancements.
When man comes to the point of
spiritual quest he is unaware of answers to the day to day life and grossly
filled with the confusions of the esoteric physical life and after life. God is
the absolute answer for both Physical and spiritual esoteric confrontations of
mankind’s quest. Bible answers all the information which the wisdom of man cannot offer because
the spiritual wisdom which was lost in the Garden of Eden.
The Bible says God holds certain
secrets and it is not possible for man to comprehend it. God has an answer for
your what is it situation you are encountering today..
God didn’t stop with Manna but He
sent His son to reveal us many more esoteric things which mankind was unaware
for centuries.
Many people think Jesus as a
founder of the Religion called Christianity.Millions around the world including
Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Communists respect Jesus as a great spiritual
personality which ever existed in this world.
The Muslims believe Jesus as Prophet and other religions as an incarnation
of God. Jesus is equaled with all the prominent religious Icons and spiritual
Gurus of this world.
The very own words spoken by
Jesus testifies that He is not from this wolrd.There is a peculiar teachings of
Jesus which was not generally accepted by many during Jesus time but was
accepted by many more from that day to this day.As a new converted Hindu as I
was reading the teachings of Jesus from the New Testament I found everything
was authoritative which I have never heard and is crystal clear to me point to
point. Jesus made it clear to mankind the things about God crystal clear. He
revealed Himself to us and reveals to thus who search God irrespective of their
caste, creed, Religion and gender.
1.Jesus is the living Manna came from Above.
Jesus said He is not from this
world. His birth is of Divine nature born to a Virgin Mary by the omnipotence
of the Holy Spirit. According to old testament prophecies.
All his words signifies that He
came from the above from the Father.
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Jesus came from Above.
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“The
one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to
the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is
above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his
testimony. Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the
one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without
limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever
believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see
life, for God’s wrath remains on them" (John 3:31-36).
“No one has seen the Father
except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. Very truly I tell
you, the one who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your
ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread
that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living
bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(John
6:46-51).
But he continued, “You are from
below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told
you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you
will indeed die in your sins.”(John 8:23).
The Greeks with their philosophy
were unable to receive the complete revelation from Above.
Jesus clarified everything from
above; the things which are hidden to mankind for centuries had been revealed
through the birth and life of Jesus.
Jesus is the living Manna came
from above.
2. Manna is very small. (Exo 16:14):
The size of the Manna is very small or lower compared to all the
eatables of the world. It was like thin flakes like frost and like a white
coriander seed.
“The people of Israel called the
bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with
honey. Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna
and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you
to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt”(Exo 16:31-32).
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The prophecy foretold was “For to
us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his
shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace”(Isaiah 9:6).
He humbled to the extent becoming
like man to give the eternal life that was lost for mankind in Adam.
“Who, being in very nature
God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own
advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human likeness”(Phil 2:6-7).
The birth and life of Jesus is
very distinctive than any great men/women who had born into this world. He
lived a humble life and proved that He is not from this world.
A.He was born in a manger…..
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Jesus was not born into a rich family and was not in a palace.He chose the God-fearing virgin Mary and the manger to be born.His birth place is a very small village not even a town.All this shows that Jesus Christ is a God sent from above and He has greater heaven compared to the earth it is nothing before the Heavenly palaces.Thus His birth makes us focus on the Heavenly palaces rather than the riches we acquire on this temporal planet earth.He birth asks us to become rich in Heaven rather than to become rich on earth...
“And she gave birth to her
firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger; because
there was no guest room available for them” (Luke 2:7).
“For you know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,
so that you through his poverty might become rich”(2 Cor 8:9).
B.He was paraded on the donkey.
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C.He humbled Himself to wash the feet of His disciples.
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"After that, he poured water into
a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that
was wrapped around him"(John 13:5).
Jesus clarified that his mission
was to serve to those who are in need and give His life ransom for many.
“For who is greater, the
one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the
table? But I am among you as one who serves” (Luke 22:27).
Just as the Son of Man did not
come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for
many."(Matt 20:28).
D.He died on the cross :
He was treated like a criminal
even though he did no wrong, was crucified on the cross which was a custom for
the Roman government to punish the hard core criminals on the cross.
“And being found in appearance as
a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even death on a cross! (Phil 2:8).
E.He was buried in someone else tomb:
He had no tomb of His own……was
buried and resurrected.
Jesus replied, "Foxes have
holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay
his head."(Matt 8:20).
“At the place where Jesus was
crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one
had ever been laid" (John 19:41).
So Christmas is all about the
God’s humbleness of becoming like manna as a man to bless us and accept us into
His divine family of eternal life.
May this Christmas brings the
blessings of the purpose of his birth in our lives as we continue to bring
glory and honor to His Name.
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