In the wilderness it was He who fed you manna which your fathers did not know, in order to humble you and in order to put you to the test, to do good for you in the end. (v. 16)

So they said to Him, “What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of everything that He has given Me I will lose nothing, but will raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:30-40)

If anyone thinks that the Israelites could have had a better life if they had kept the law, that person needs to read the Bible again from the start. God could have made the Israelites to be the rulers of Egypt if He wanted to. But He did not because He wanted to teach them through suffering. God led them to the wilderness where food and water were scarce. He gave them all they needed for living. Their life was far from the luxurious life of rulers of the world. But they had the riches of witnessing God’s works. However, they did not understand God because they focused on their life on the earth.

When Christ came, he did not have earthly wealth or a handsome look. The world despised Him.

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of dry ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we would look at Him, Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him. (Isaiah 53:2)

The Israelites despised manna. In John 6, people demanded miracles from Jesus. They did not understand why God gave the Israelites manna in the wilderness.

God’s grace is absolute and no one deserves it. It is freely given to those whom God has chosen before the foundation of the world. God trains His people through suffering in the world. We become humble and seek God. We come to know God through the power of the Holy Spirit.

However, churches today no longer talk about Christ’s humble appearance and suffering. They hate the cross of Christ. They run after other gods that they think would give them earthly wealth.

Being one with God is God’s will. Jesus Christ was sent here to become our bread and water. He shed blood and died for us to make us children of God. The foundation of the kingdom of God is self-sacrificing love, which only God can do. The written code in the OT leads us to the cross of Christ but it is not the foundation of the kingdom.

He was despised and abandoned by men, A man of great pain and familiar with sickness; And like one from whom people hide their faces, He was despised, and we had no regard for Him. However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself bore, and our pains that He carried; Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted, struck down by God, and humiliated. But He was pierced for our offenses, He was crushed for our wrongdoings; The punishment for our well-being was laid upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:3-5)