Pão
O pão é símbolo central na Bíblia: do maná no deserto ao pão da vida — Jesus. A Escritura usa o pão para ensinar sobre provisão divina, comunhão e dependência espiritual.
O maná do céu
Deus alimentou Israel no deserto com pão do céu. O maná era diário, fiel e suficiente — retrato da provisão constante de Deus.
O pão da vida
Jesus declarou: 'Eu sou o pão da vida.' Quem vem a Ele nunca terá fome, e quem nele crê jamais terá sede. Ele é o sustento eterno.
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me will never hunger, and he who believes in me will never thirst.
I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
But Jesus answered, "It is written,
‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ "
Partilha e comunhão
O partir do pão une o corpo de Cristo. Na Ceia, na generosidade e na partilha, expressamos a comunhão com Deus e uns com os outros.
Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless the communion of the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break the communion of the body of Christ? Because we, who are many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of the one bread.
Pray then like this:
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be yoʋr name.
Yoʋr kingdom come.
Yoʋr will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
But Jesus answered them, "You give them something to eat." They said to him, "Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?" He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five, and two fish." Then he directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing. He broke the loaves and gave them to WHhis disciples to set before the people, and he divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were filled, and the disciples picked up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and of the fish.
Provisão divina
O justo não é desamparado e seus descendentes não mendigam pão. Deus provê com fidelidade o alimento de cada dia.
The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
When his disciples reached the other side of the sea, they realized that they had forgotten to bring bread. Then Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." So they discussed this among themselves, saying, "He must have said this because we brought no bread." Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you discussing among yourselves, O you of little faith, the fact that you brought no bread? Do you not yet understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you collected? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you collected? How could you not understand that I was not talking about bread when I told you to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?" Then they understood that he had not told them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.