John 6:58 - This is the bread which came down out of heaven -- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."
Jesus said his flesh figuratively came down from heaven, as did the manna that fed Israel actually came down from heaven. (John 6:31) It was the Heavenly Father who prepared the body of flesh and blood for Jesus. (Hebrews 10:5) Thus, Jesus' flesh was without the condemnation that is upon mankind through Adam. (Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22) His flesh was therefore sinless, as was Adam's before Adam sinned. If Jesus remained faithful while in the days of his flesh (Hebrews 5:7), he could offer his body of flesh with its blood for all who are dying in Adam, and that is what he did. The condemnation upon Adam would have been eternal had not Jesus paid the price to bring mankind out of that condemnation. (Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21,22; 1 Timothy 2:5,6) Jesus thus eternally sacrificed his body of flesh with its blood for our sins. (Luke 22:19; Hebrews 10:10; 1 Peter 2:24) Consequently, anyone who figuratively eats of the figurative bread through faith in Christ, will live forever in the age to come. -- John 17:3; Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; Romans 3:25,26; 5:1,21; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 John 5:13.
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