35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
With that teaching, Jesus made it clear that He was not speaking of carnal life but of SPIRITUAL LIFE! Given eternal life, those so born from above will never hunger or thirst again.
This was already known by Old Testament Prophets, way back to Abrahamic time, as well as under the Law of Moses. While Moses wrote down the Torah books, Job was Aramaic (Gen. 10:23. 1 Chron 1:17) and God spoke to him directly in sleeping and waking visions (Job 33:14-20, 38:1).
Job 23:12, speaking of Jehovah and His Word, of which He is the Personification:
"Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food."
And Jeremiah, speaking of The Word, Jesus being its Giver and Personification (Jer. 15:16):
"Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts."
Ingesting and digesting His Words is the same as spiritually eating Him, kept alive in the Spirit by His Words, and becoming more like Him as we learn to be controlled by the Spirit, obeying The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The bread token of His Passion is remembering that His body, once and for all time offered as sacrifice, has sanctified once and for all each who put all their trust in Him:
"By the which will1 we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once2 for all" (Heb. 10:10 AV).
"For by one3 offering he hath perfected4 for ever them that are sanctified" (Heb 10:14 AV).
Notes:
1 = the Will, the First Covenant, of The Father
2 = ἐφάπαξ (ephapax); a strengthened form of hapax (translated once) such that it is once, for all time, forever, not to be repeated.
3 = the one offering upon the cross, not many, of which truly redeemed believers remember the occasion till He comes.
4 = τελειόω (teleioō); carried through to completion, once sanctified at the moment of salvation and justification of an individual by faith alone in Christ alone, by foreknowledge happening at the Cross.
I just hope it worked out for them.
I wonder: there was a period in the catholiciism religion when Rome dismissed Judaism and took the perspective that Catholiciism replaced Judaism. Perhaps that lingers as stop for seeing the Old Testament Truths that have been fulfilled in Jesus? The seekers after signs should have known the passage from Jeremiah and thus have been able to catch the metaphor used to signify The Spiritual Bread from Heaven transition Jesus gave them from Mana to Him. Again, thank you for opening this issue more fully. Pray it penetrates a few hearts!