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====Feeding the Five Thousand====  

====Feeding the Five Thousand====  

   

   

The Master had so little rest over the Sabbath that on Sunday morning, March 27, he sought to get away from the people. Some of the evangelists were left to talk to the multitude while Jesus and the twelve planned to escape, unnoticed, to the opposite shore of the lake, to a beautiful park south of Bethsaida-Julias. But the people would not have it so. They saw the direction taken by Jesus' boat, and hiring every craft available, they started out in pursuit. Those who could not obtain boats fared forth on foot to walk around the upper end of the lake. By late afternoon more than a thousand persons had located the Master in one of the parks, and he spoke to them briefly, being followed by Peter. Many of these people had brought food with them, and after eating the evening meal, they gathered about in small groups while Jesus' apostles and disciples taught them. Monday afternoon the multitude had increased to more than three thousand. And still -- way into the evening -- the people continued to flock in, bringing all manner of sick folks with them. By Wednesday noon about five thousand men, women, and children were assembled here in this park to the south of Bethsaida-Julias. Philip had provided a three days' supply of food for Jesus and the twelve, which was in the custody of John Mark. By afternoon of this, the third day for almost half of this multitude, the food the people had brought with them was nearly exhausted. But the people, even though they were hungry, would not go away. It was being quietly whispered about that Jesus, desiring to avoid trouble with both Herod and the Jerusalem leaders, had chosen this quiet spot outside the jurisdiction of all his enemies as the proper place to be crowned king. Even the twelve apostles were still tainted with such notions, and especially the younger evangelists. This was the stage setting about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when Jesus asked Andrew and Philip:  

The Master had so little rest over the Sabbath that on Sunday morning, March 27, he sought to get away from the people. Some of the evangelists were left to talk to the multitude while Jesus and the twelve planned to escape, unnoticed, to the opposite shore of the lake, to a beautiful park south of Bethsaida-Julias. But the people would not have it so. They saw the direction taken by Jesus' boat, and hiring every craft available, they started out in pursuit. Those who could not obtain boats fared forth on foot to walk around the upper end of the lake. By late afternoon more than a thousand persons had located the Master in one of the parks, and he spoke to them briefly, being followed by Peter. Many of these people had brought food with them, and after eating the evening meal, they gathered about in small groups while Jesus' apostles and disciples taught them. Monday afternoon the multitude had increased to more than three thousand. And still -- way into the evening -- the people continued to flock in, bringing all manner of sick folks with them. By Wednesday noon about five thousand men, women, and children were assembled here in this park to the south of Bethsaida-Julias. Philip had provided a three days' supply of food for Jesus and the twelve, which was in the custody of John Mark. By afternoon of this, the third day for almost half of this multitude, the food the people had brought with them was nearly exhausted. But the people, even though they were hungry, would not go away. It was being quietly whispered about that Jesus, desiring to avoid trouble with both Herod and the Jerusalem leaders, had chosen this quiet spot outside the jurisdiction of all his enemies as the proper place to be crowned king. Even the twelve apostles were still tainted with such notions, and especially the younger evangelists.  

 

This was the stage setting about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when Jesus asked Andrew and Philip:  

*"What shall we do with the multitude? They have been with us now three days, and many of them are hungry. They have no food."  

*"What shall we do with the multitude? They have been with us now three days, and many of them are hungry. They have no food."  

*"Gather up the broken pieces that remain over so that nothing will be lost."  

*"Gather up the broken pieces that remain over so that nothing will be lost."  

When they had finished gathering up the fragments, they had twelve basketfuls. They who ate of this extraordinary feast numbered about five thousand men, women, and children. This is the first and only nature miracle that Jesus performed as a result of his conscious preplanning. It is true that his disciples were disposed to call many things miracles that were not, but this was a genuine supernatural ministration. In this case, so we were taught, Michael multiplied food elements as he always does except for the elimination of the time factor and the visible life channel.  

When they had finished gathering up the fragments, they had twelve basketfuls. They who ate of this extraordinary feast numbered about five thousand men, women, and children. This is the first and only nature miracle that Jesus performed as a result of his conscious preplanning. It is true that his disciples were disposed to call many things miracles that were not, but this was a genuine supernatural ministration. In this case, so we were taught, Michael multiplied food elements as he always does except for the elimination of the time factor and the visible life channel.

====The King-Making Episode====  

====The King-Making Episode====