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John 6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the
bread which came down from heaven.
John 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father
and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from
heaven?

Lesson Notes:

(John 6:41-42) – The household elders murmur, grumbling among themselves, in response to the
Messiah equating Himself to “the bread which came down from heaven”. They continue their
effort to dilute His identity and reinforce the Messiah’s place within His biological family.
Binding Him to His birth parents, Joseph and Mary they limit Him to be a human son to avoid
accepting Him as a divine son. They took issue with His assertion that He was God on earth in
human form.

John 6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not
among yourselves.

John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

Lesson Notes:

(John 6:43-44) – Challenging the murmurs, He explains that men cannot come to Him or
approach Him as God on earth unless the Father, (God actively present in Heaven), draws them. In
Hebrew the word draw, “helk-uo” [hel-koo-o] literally means to drag using force. Using the
term implies that man’s carnal mind and nature by default are at odds with God. The Father
(God actively present in Heaven) uses the convicting power of His word to forcibly drag man against
his nature to its revelation.

The illustration of His statement is demonstrated later when the Messiah queries the disciples
about His identity and Peter utters the reply: “thou art the Christ”, but not without the forcible
influence of divine revelation from the Father (God actively present in Heaven). (Matthew 16:17)

Using the statement, “raise him up at the last days,” is a reference to the final judgment of
humanity and creation, the Son of God will raise up from the dead, all those drawn to Him. The
son of God connects His present mission as Messiah to His future authority as Judge of all
Humanity (Son of Man).
The decision to accept or reject Him as Messiah will have consequences in the future. He
established the premise in His apologetic after He was confronted about healing the man that
walked into the temple with his bed. In John 5:25, He stated that the hour would come when
the dead will hear his voice and live. He repeats the same truth, telling the disciples that those
forcibly drawn to Him will be raised up, resurrected from the death, to the reward of eternal
life.

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