Day 8: A Tale of Two Kings

This is the story of Jesus’ feeding of the 5,000. The basic details of this story are well-known, but we shouldn’t miss how much royal symbolism it contains. The story has echoes of Psalm 23, a poem about the Divine King. It also tells how Jesus provided bread in the wilderness, a miracle that people expected from the Messiah. Most importantly, Mark says that Jesus had compassion for the crowds because they were like “sheep without a shepherd”. This was biblical code language for “people without a king”. In other words, Jesus looked with compassion on the people that Herod had failed to lead. Then, He showed them the kind of King He would be.

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Recorded for Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL.

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