In the Old Testament temple, there was a plate with "shewbread" on it.The symbolism for it was of the Presence of God. That bread had to be baked FRESH every day, showing that the Presence of God must remain fresh. Only the Priest could partake of it. He would break the bread by tearing it apart, bless it, then eat it.
Along comes King David- who ate the bread and gave some to his men as well. Was it blasphemy? What did it mean? Or was David just being an rebellious fool?
Now comes Jesus. He continually claims to be the "Bread of Life" and tells people they must eat Him. hmmm.... He is the embodiment of the Presence of God within us.At the Passover celebration, He stated, "This is My Body, broken for you." Yet not one of His legs were "broken" at the crucifixion - which was highly unusual.
On the cross, Jesus cried out, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken me?" The moment He died, the covering between the Holy of Holies in the Temple and ordinary people was ripped in two. That religious separation was destroyed.
The moment the sins of the world were placed upon Him, He was SEPARATED FROM THE FATHER as the perfect sacrifice was made. The Bread of Life was torn from the Father.
He is the Repairer of the Breach, the Restoration, the Bread of Life.
The true Bread of LIfe was broken for us - separated from the Father for that brief time when sin broke Him apart from the Godhead. He is the living Presence of God... the Bread of Life.
Now that Bread, that living Presence of God is once again whole- and we are invited to partake of Him. It's about relationship- which King David understood innately because he KNEW his God.
So the question remains for all Christians- do they have relationship or religion?
