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go to purchase it would cost much for even one satisfyingportion.Finally they found five loaves and two fishes. ByJesus' direction they seated the multitudes in companieson the grass, and the five loaves and two fishes, underheavenly blessing, were divided and divided, again andagain and again, until all had portions and ate to theirsatisfaction; and the fragments amounted to twelve baskets,while those who had partaken were 5,000.This wonderful miracle not only attests our Lord'ssympathy, but it also spoke volumes to the people of theDivine power that was in the Great Teacher; but thereis still another lesson which it teaches us. Like all ofthe miracles which Jesus performed it was merely anotherforegleaming, or illustration, of His coming gloryand of the coming blessings. He who provided the nourishmentfor the 5,000 is shortly to be the Great King ofGlory, whose Kingdom will extend from shore to shore,and bring blessing and refreshment to all mankind.R5087 page 266This miracle speaks to us of the power that our Lordwill then have for providing for the necessities of thewhole world. True, we do not expect that during thereign of Christ the world will be miraculously fed, butrather in accordance with the Scriptural promise, "Theearth shall yield her increase"; and again, "I will callfor the wheat, and will increase it," etc., etc. But speciallythe feeding of the multitude reminds us of the facttestified in our text that Jesus is "The Bread of Life"--the Divine Provision for the necessities of the wholeworld."I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE"As the Church now partake of the merit of Christ'ssacrifice, and become members of His Body, the one Loaf,and thus are made partakers of the eternal Life throughHim, so in God's due time the Bread from Heaven is tofeed the multitudes of earth. During the thousand yearsof His reign, the Bread of Life will be freely distributedamongst all mankind. That Bread of Life is the Truth--particularly the Truth related to and connected withthe great redeeming work of Jesus. He is to be theBread of Life to the world, because He bought the worldwith the sacrifice of His own life. The Bread that camedown from Heaven they may all freely partake of andlive.The Church, however, in this present time, has anotherprivilege which the world in the future will notshare, and that is represented in the Lord's "cup." His"cup" to us represents our privilege of suffering withHim and becoming His joint-heirs in the Kingdom.====================