Imagine a scene in which all the people who have ever lived are standing one in front of the other, side by side and in rows throughout history. Then death enters the picture, snapping its steely cold fingers against the first person in line. One by one everybody collapes, like a long line of dominoes. The process goes on for centuries until one of the dominoes doe the impossible-it stands back up again. Suddenly death's power has been challenged, disrupted, called into question.
That's what happened when Jesus was killed. Though death pressed down on Him it could not obliterate His life. As Peter assured his fellow Jews: "God rasised Him from the dead, freeeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him" (Act 2:24).
Jesus, the greatest of all deaths's trophies, did what no human being had ever done before. He gave death the slip. And now he leads a revolt against sin and death, promising that the same divne power that raised Him from the dead will raise us up as long as we have fed on Him, the Living Bread come down from Heaven.
Then Jesus delclared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35)
Refuse to spend so much money on things that will never satisfy your hunger (Isaiah 55:1-2)
Reflect on Jesus' words at the Last Supper (Luke 22:7-22)
Remember the promise of His hidden manan (Revelation 2:17)
From PRAYING THE NAMES OFJESUS by ANN SPANGLER-Chapter 4: BREAD OF LIFE-FRIDAY (paraphrased)
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