GOSPEL READING: JOHN 6:24-35
Jews believed in signs. Signs revealed the presence of the divine. Their journey of exodus began with the signs. God worked signs against the Egyptian which were proofs that God was with them. Later he worked signs for them in the wilderness and they were again proofs of the presence of God among them. God redeemed them with signs and wonders. Now they asked Jesus to work miracles to prove the presence of God in him and in his activities.
In this passage Jesus reproached them for going lower than asking for signs. They were coming to him because of food. They came to him for food that perished. People who experienced the divine; seen the signs from the divine were stooping down to material things. He challenged them to go after eternal things: eternal food. Eternal food has to come from above (from the Father) and Jesus was the one who came down from the Father and he is the eternal food.
இறைவனை அரும்அடையாளங்களில் கண்ட மக்கள் அழிந்துபோகும் உணவை தேடுகிறார்கள். இயேசு அவர்களை சாடுகிறார். மேலுலகிலிருந்து வரும் அடையாளங்கள் கண்டு இறைவனோடு வாழ்ந்த மக்கள் (பாலைநிலத்தில் நாற்பது ஆண்டுகளாய்) அழிந்துபோகும் உணவுக்காக அழைகிறார்கள். அழியாத உணவு தந்தையிடமிருந்துதான் வரும். இயேசுதான் தந்தையிடமிருந்து வந்தவர்; நிலைவாழ்வுதரும் உணவு இயேசுதான்.
