The Bread of Life: what is it?

The Bread of Life: what is it? by ric Gustafson


Moses and Aaron stood on a rock. Down below they could hear the people grumbling.
Moses frowned. " Now what are they grumbling about?".
" They are complaining that in Egypt they had pots of meat and bread as much as they wanted". He sighed. " Here they are starving".
" God has heard their grumbling and has told me what he is going to do". He grinned at Aaron. " Gather the people together".
Aaron gathered the people.
" God has heard your grumbling and he will give you plenty of meat to eat in the evening and bread to eat in the morning". He gave them a stern look. " There is one specific instruction God gave me".
The people listened very intently.
" You are to gather enough for one day's worth of bread at a time except for Friday when you can gather twice as much".
One evening, Moses and Aaron were talking to the people when the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud. God in the cloud told Moses that at twilight they will have meat and in the morning bread. That night, quails came and covered the camp. In the morning, dew covered the camp. After the dew evaporated, a white flake which looked like frost covered the ground.
When the people saw this they pointed at Moses and Aaron. ' What is it?'.
Moses told the people this was the bread that the Lord had promised. Moses warned the people again to only gather what their family could use each day no more no less. He also reminded them that they could gather twice as much on Friday. The reason for that is none could be on the ground in honor of the Sabbath.
The people named this bread Manna. It was white and tasted like wafers with honey.
Aaron took some of the Manna, put it into a jar and placed it before the Lord.


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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric