The Manna Stopped

Food You do Not know About

Jesus is challenging all of us to take another step towards the promises He spoke about your life.

When you walk down the path of God’s promises to your life, the manna will stop.

Joshua 5:12 NASB95

12 The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.

What are the surrounding events of this story?

This takes place before the walls of Jericho fell.

Joshua 5:1–15 NASB95

1 Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel. 2 At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” 3 So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. 4 This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt. 5 For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. 6 For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way. 8 Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. 9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. 10 While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. 11 On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. 12 The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year. 13 Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?” 14 He said, “No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” 15 The captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

This happened just after crossing the Jordan into the promise land.

All the kings and people by the sea have heard about these people who’s God is real and not another idle.

Joshua obeyed God and circumcised the men.

They ate of the fruit of the land for the first time.

Manna = What is it?

When you and Jesus begin to go towards who you are and you start to see fruit in your life, the “what is it” stops.

Your not knowing why God has saved you or healed you goes away.

Your confusing prophecies and dreams go away.

All this happens when you are walking out your promises and purpose with Jesus.

John 6:58 NASB95

58 “This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.”

The Bread of Life within you is much better than bread that falls in your life.

John 4:32–34 NASB95

32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

Closing:

The manna will stop when you walk down the path of God’s promises to your life.

After the manna stops, we can live on the true Bread of Life.

Activation:

Take communion

Ask Holy Spirit who He wants you to pray for this week to see them walk into their promises.

John 6:42–58 NASB95

42 They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. 46 “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 “I am the bread of life. 49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 “This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” 52 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 “For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58 “This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever.”

Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon 1035 βρῶσις

1035 βρῶσις [brosis /bro·sis/] n f. From the base of 977; TDNT 1:642; TDNTA 111; GK 1111; 11 occurrences; AV translates as “meat” six times, “rust” twice, “morsel of meat” once, “eating” once, and “food” once. 1 act of eating. 1A in a wider sense, corrosion. 2 that which is eaten, food, ailment. 2A of the soul’s food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it.

Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon 977 βιβρώσκω

977 βιβρώσκω [bibrosko /bib·ro·sko/] v. A reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary word [perhaps causative of 1006]; GK 1048; AV translates as “eat” once. 1 to eat.

My food

Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon 1033 βρῶμα

1033 βρῶμα [broma /bro·mah/] n n. From the base of 977; TDNT 1:642; TDNTA 111; GK 1109; 17 occurrences; AV translates as “meat” 16 times, and “victual” once. 1 that which is eaten, food.