When the second man bit into the loaf, he discovered that it was filled with jewels. He thanked God for his good fortune, grateful that he would no longer have to beg for his bread. I did exactly as you asked. T hen the king understood that all his riches had indeed come from God, and that only the Holy One can make a poor man rich-or a rich man poor. 1 G od is the giver of all bread and all possessions.
T here is also another meaning for bread.
Bread is a metaphor for our deepest need-the need for which we hunger and yearn often without knowing it. We cannot satisfy this need by ourselves. God through Christ has experienced our hungers and cravings. It is only because Jesus understands our deepest hungers that he can satisfy and feed us. Jesus Christ is that bread which fulfills and satisfies.