In 2 Kings 4:42, we are told how Elisha was able to feed 100 men with just 20 loaves of bread. I wonder…. what if there had been more than 100 men, would they all have been fed, as well?
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This is a really simple question and it has a really simple answer: of course all the men there would have been fed.
How can I be so sure? Because God is capable of doing whatever he wants to do, that’s why.
And you need to remember that those loaves of bread weren’t like the bread you get at the grocery store. In fact, they were flat, round small loaves, looking like this:
So, now you can understand that 20 loaves of this size was way less than 100 men could have shared.
Yeshua fed 4,000 with a few fish and loaves of bread, and he also fed 5,000 with not much more. And the reason he did that was because he prayed to his father and God answered with a miracle.
Elisha, as well as many other prophets we read about in the Tanakh, also prayed and had their prayers answered.
Does this mean that you can buy a loaf of Wonder bread and a can of Bumble Bee tuna and expect it to last a month?
To be honest, probably not; but, then again, are you a prophet of God?
I’m willing to bet you aren’t, and neither am I. In truth, I would say even trying to do that would be tantamount to testing God, and we all know how he feels about that, don’t we?
What we should do is look for the miracles that are everywhere around us, every day. It is often said that the age of miracles is over, but every time you swallow food, that is a miracle.
The totality of events that occur in simply digesting a meal is miraculous- the balance, the interaction, every single, minuscule activity that starts from being able to swallow the food, how it goes down, how it is digested, how the nutrients are carried in the body, and even how the waste is ejected is all a miracle.
All of the scientists in the world, gathered together with unlimited resources using the most modern technology available, couldn’t duplicate that simple process of digestion.
And I could go on much longer with many, many other examples of miracles that surround us every moment of every day, but don’t fast forward!- I’m not gonna do that to you!
The point is that even though God can feed thousands on barely enough for a few, it is a rare thing and I believe it was done mainly to prove something God wanted people to know, such as Yeshua being the Messiah and Elisha being empowered by God.
As for you and me, well… we are who we are and all we need is to faithfully believe that God is watching us, that Yeshua is the Messiah he promised to send and that each and every one of us can find forgiveness of our sins by means of Yeshua’s shed, innocent blood.
And when we are forgiven, we are clean, spiritually, and as such can enter into God’s presence.
And isn’t that the greatest miracle of all? That a sinner like me can find eternal joy living in the presence of Adonai, El Elyon for all eternity simply by faithfully believing that Yeshua is the Messiah and be being as obedient to God’s instructions in the Torah as I possibly can be.
Oh yeah, the Torah is still valid because it is the only place where God tells us what he wants us to do. If you have been taught by your religion that the Torah is not necessary any more, and that you are saved simply by saying you “believe in Jesus” (whatever the heck that is supposed to mean), then it will truly be a miracle if you find yourself saved at Judgement Day.
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That’s it for today, so L’hitraot and Baruch HaShem!