Bible Discussion Thread

Mt.14.19-21 "And took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude." Christ is the word become flesh. He is a sign for the Word that was God. The sound has already gone forth. (2 Cor.4.6) Now the certainty is this: In feeding the multitude he proved the word of God is indeed heard. The five thousand,"And they did all eat, and were filled" What is the significance of the 12 baskets full? In v.20 we have this detail? "And they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full." As a man he testified that the Gospel of God he put to work by faith. The command number Five is a sign for the soul of man. 5x1000 tells us that this faith with works is the foundation of man's Association with God in his Son. "And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children." The same principle as in Mt.10.40. The same blessing in the everlasting Covenant and it is distributed through disciples to the multitude. Principle of Association for Adam as the steward 'in our image' was to be a blessing to all creation.

In Mt.15.36-38 Seven baskets full is a tag for the Son that he was the word become flesh and not just a man but as a sign for the 'word that was with God' in heaven. There is a difference. So the number of 4x1000 is indicative of the Gospel of Christ and seven baskets full serves as the testimony for the Law of the Spirit.

The Spirit draws our attention to the number of baskets the disciples took up. It is significant. "O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?/Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?/Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?"(Mt.16.8-10) Whosoever in Christ serves must have faith with works according to the Law of the Spirit.