1Ⅰ The heavenly Christ is the reality of the heavenly manna sent by God to be the daily life supply of His chosen people—John 6:31-35, 48-51, 57-58, 63:
2一 祂是属天的粮,是从天上降下来的粮—31~32、41~42、49~50节。
2A He is the heavenly bread as the bread that came down out of heaven—vv. 31-32, 41-42, 49-50.
3二 祂是神的粮,是属于神的,是神所差来,且有神同在的—33节。
3B He is the bread of God as the One who is of God, who was sent by God, and who was with God—v. 33.
4C He is the bread of life as the bread with eternal life, with zoe; the bread of life refers to the nature of the bread, which is life; it is like the tree of life, which also is the life supply”good for food”—vv. 35, 48; Gen. 2:9.
6E He is the true bread; He is the true food, and all other foods are merely shadows of Him as the real food; the reality of the food that we eat daily is Jesus Christ—v. 32.
7Ⅱ “As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me… It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life”—vv. 57, 63:
8A To eat is to take food into us that it may be assimilated organically into our body; hence, to eat the Lord Jesus is to receive Him into us that He may be assimilated by the regenerated new man in the way of life.
9B We live not merely by Christ but because of Christ as our energizing element and supplying factor; we live Christ in His resurrection, and we live Christ by eating Him—Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:19-21a.
10C We eat the Lord Jesus as our spiritual food, receiving Him as the Spirit who gives life, by eating His words of spirit and life, receiving His words by means of all prayer—Jer. 15:16 and footnote 1; Eph. 6:17-18:
111 祂所说的话,乃是生命之灵的具体化;现今祂在复活里是赐生命的灵,而这灵又具体化于祂的话。
111 His spoken words are the embodiment of the Spirit of life; He is now the life-giving Spirit in resurrection, and the Spirit is embodied in His words.
122 我们运用灵接受祂的话,就得着那赐人生命的灵—参诗歌四五一首。
122 When we receive His words by exercising our spirit, we get the Spirit who gives life—cf. Hymns, #612.
20Further Reading: CWWL, 1982, vol. 2,”The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” chs. 18-19; CWWL, 1989, vol. 3,”The Experience and Growth in Life,” ch. 3