The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-08-20
Sunday School Notes
Side Lights on Next Sundays Lesson
for Teaehvs and Pupils.
Edited by Charles K. Meyers

Aug. 24-The Bread From Heaven
Excd. Is, q to 1886
For the bread of God is He
which cometh down from heaven
and giveth life unto the world.
am the bread of life.
Your fathers did eat mama in
the wilderness and are dead.
This is the bread which cometh
down from heaven, that may
may eat therefore and not die.
The words of Jesus found in
John 6.
We shall treat of the falling mama
In the wilderness sustaining the
wandering Israelites in the light of
the declarations of Jesus given in the
sixth chapter of Johns gospel. First,
however, let us look at the conditions
OF the supernatural feeding of the peo-
pie under Moses.
Those who have kept track Of the
past three lessons know that after
many years of bondage the Hebrews
had been delivered by God from
Egyptian slavery, under the leadership
of Moses, that on moving out from
Egypt and escape from recapture by
crossing the Red Sea, they were led
out in desert country where water
and food were scarce. Certain bitter
or poison springs of water were made
sweet by the throwing in of herbs,
SO that at the oasis of Elm there was
refreshment of this kind.
As matter of fact the food supply
was getting low. This caused the
wanderers to begin complaining at
Moses and even bewailing that they
had been delivered from slavery,
in which they claimed they had at
least enough to eat. They cried out
for "The flesh pots of Egypt" and
were ready to return to them. 1t is
told somewhere in the bible of the dog
which returned to it's vomit and the
swine to it's mire, and such was the
wish of the complaining Hebrews at
this time. "The flesh pot of Egypt"
represents carnality, sin, pandering to
animal lusts, and bodily comforts.
Alas! there are many about US today
whose vision cannot seem to rise to
the great things of life, those leading
to rightness with Cod and blessed
eternal life. Eat, drink and be merry
seems to be their sole thought of pres
ent life rather than sacrifice for the
good of others, endeavors toward
Gods standard of living.
While in Egypt the Hebrews tired
under their burdens. and. cited out to
God for deliverance. They did not
prize then the flesh pots. Now de-
liverance, freedom from task masters,
Gods direct guidance, return to the
promised Land" counted for nothing,
because they feared the food supply
would give out on the road. Their
trust in God was very feeble, when
they debated whether He would have
power to carry out His promises to
lead them safely to the Promised Land
There are many now who doubt the
keeping power of God. These are not
like Paul who declared that he knew
on whom he had believed, and was
persuaded that he was able to keep
that which was committed unto Him.
The stand of Paul should be ours.
Moses took note of the murmurings
of the people and rebuked them for
finding fault with God, who had done
so much for them. BY direction of
God Moses told the people that each
day food would be given, which they
were to prepare for eating. They
were to gather just enough for the
day. If they gathered more it would
not keep over night. There was to be
one exception, however, on the day
before the Sabbath, when enough food
could be taken to last for two days.