The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-05
Spiritual Food
BY ]. w. r.
WIZ. DISCUSSES BREAD"

6OQ lea IQe cnllQren OF 1Srael
while journeying through the
wilderness with mamma from
heaven. This was for bodily
nourishment. Then He sent Liv-
ing Bread into the world for all
who may wish to enjoy eating
the bread of life. This Jesus
Christi is for eternal spiritual
nouriShment. Thus opens the
second part of w. ]. RS article
on Spiritual Foods. Our contribr
uting reader first gave us Milk
published in this column Monday.
The second part follows: ~" g
.-.. Bread #, :
''The Lord Jesus Christ, in adj
dressing a group of people, re-
minded them how His Father had
fed with mamma the children of
Israel commentators estimate be-
tween 100000 and 100000 peo-
pie in alb during their forty years
journey through the wilderness.
This was the bread from heaven
John 6:3D, and this heavenly
food satisfied their bodily needs
day by day as they gathered it
from the ground. Then He told
them, My father giveth you the
true bread from heaven. For the
bread of God is he which cometh
down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world I am the
bread of life: he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he
that believeth on me shall never
thirst John 6:32-35) Gods true
bread, from heaven truly satisfies
our spiritual needs as we enjoy
it day by day, and it is our priv
ilege to be, enjoying ouTBor6 Je+
sus Christ each and everyday of
our whole life's journey =" We
sometimes sing, 4 know He is
Wonderful; l know He is Wonder
full; for He saves and He keeps
and He satisfies; l know He is
Wonderful
Mamma was type of the Lord
Jesus Christ, the Bread of Life.
AS we consider the qualities of
the mamma we find they definite
ly correspond with qualities and
attributes of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The mamma is described
for us by five-letter words-it was
round, white, small, sweet honey.
"ROUND-Christ is eternal.
Jesus Christ. the same yesterday,
and to day. and for ever (He-
breWs 1899
"WHITE-'My beloved is white
and ruddy, the chiefest among
ten thousand (Song of Solomon
5:10) The word white here used
comes from the Hebrew root word
meaning dazzling white. And
truly when we behold Him with
the eyes of faith the things of
this earth grow strangely dim in
the light of His glory and grace
'SMALL-Christ's hum Ii y
Who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal
with God: but made himself of no
reputation, and took upon him
the form of servant, and was
made in the likeness of men: And
being found in. fashion as man,
he humbled himself, and became
obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross philippians
I2:6-8)
''SWEET-'My meditation of
Him shall be sweet: l will be glad
in the Lord psalms 104:34.)
"HONEY-'How sweet are thy
words unto my taste! yea, sweet
er than honey to my MOUTH
psalms 119:103)
The mamma went through the
process of baking. plumbers
11:8) We can only comprehend
in a small degree the depth of
sufferingS which our Lord Jesus
Christ endured for our sakes, For
Christ also hath once suffered for
sins, the just for the unjust, that
he might bring us to God, being
put to death in the flesh, but
quickened by the Spirit q Peter
3:18) Who his own self bare
our sins in his owndbody ON the
tree Il Peter 2:24.) MayL our
Heavenly Father help us to I'M
dertsand what great price was
paid for our redemption, when
His Son hung on the cross and
paid the price for sin with His
own precious blood:
! "Oh, what a load was Thine to
bear,
"Alone in that dark hour.
Our sins in all their terror
! there,
Gods wrath and Satan's
poW'rl
I'VE may heartily agree with
Faul, Thanks be unto God fol
i His unspeakable gift III CORN.
thianS 9:15.)"