John is the only Gospel that details the aftermath of the multiplying
feast. The people (well fed) are apparently not satisfied with leftovers (2
baskets of barley loaves) and so chase after Jesus to see what is on the
breakfast menu. Jesus rightly calls them out when they say, “Rabbi, when did
you come here?” which means, “Have you baked the bagels and cured the lox?” But
Jesus should not be surprised at their desire to be fed on the cheap as we all
enjoy a happy hour now and then. That is to say we’d all like to be taken care
of, provided for, live in the lap of luxury, etc. etc. etc. But Jesus would
have us look beyond what is to what will be so that the work of God, that is believing
Jesus was sent as the sign of what will be and already is, means we no longer
lust after that which cannot satisfy. “You wanted breakfast?” Jesus asks. “How
about a feast that never ends?”
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