PART 10 B

YESHUA WALKS ON WATER

Immediately, Yeshua constrained His disciples to get into the ship and go to the other side ahead of Him to Beit-Tzaida, while He sent away the people and departed up a mountain to pray. When night arrived the ship was in the middle of the lake and Yeshua was alone on the land. He saw them having trouble rowing because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night Yeshua came out to them walking on the lake and began to pass them by. They all saw him walking on the water and thought it was a ghost, so they screamed. "Be cheerful and do not be afraid." He said. "It is I!" As He went to them into the ship the wind stopped and they were overwhelmingly amazed and confused. They did not consider the distribution of the loaves because their heart was hardened.

PEOPLE TOUCH THE TZITZIT

When they reached the other side of Lake Kinneret, they docked on the shore. As they were coming out of the ship, the people recognized Yeshua and immediately ran throughout the whole region around there. They began to carry around the beds of those who were sick to the places they heard Yeshua was. Whatever villages, cities or countryside He entered; they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him to allow them to touch at least the Tzitzit of His Tallit. Then, all who touched Him were healed completely.

BREAD OF LIFE CONTROVERSY

The day after that, the people who stood on the other side of the lake saw that there was no other boat there except the one which His disciples entered. But Yeshua did not go with his disciples into the boat, so His disciples had left without Him. Then they also took boats (for other boats from Tiberias had arrived) and came to K'far-Nachum looking for Yeshua. When they found Him on the other side of the lake, they inquired of Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?” Yeshua responded, "Amen, amen! I tell you, you do not seek me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures into eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. Abba Elohim has certified Him.” “What should we do, so we can also do the works of Elohim?" they asked. "This is the work of Elohim, that you trust Him who He has sent," Yeshua answered. They said, "What sign do You show then, so we can see and trust You? What work do You do? Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" "Amen, amen!" Yeshua declared. "I tell you, Moshe did not give you that bread from heaven, but Avi gives you the remembrance bread from Heaven. For the Bread of Elohim is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world." They said, "Adonai, from now on give us this bread." "I am the Bread of life. The one who comes to me will never hunger and the one who trusts in me will never thirst," Yeshua instructed. "But I told you that you have seen Me, yet you do not trust. All who Abba gives to Me will come to Me and the one who comes to Me I will never refuse. For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is Abba's will, the One who has sent Me, that I will not lose anyone He has given to Me, but will raise him up again at the last day. This is also the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him, may have eternal life and I will raise them up at the last day." Some leaders of the Yehudim murmured at Him, because He said, "I am the Bread who came down from Heaven." They said, "Is this not Yeshua, the son of Yosef, whose father and mother we know? Why does he say then that he came down from Heaven?" Yeshua said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to Me unless Abba who has sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall be all taught by Elohim. Therefore, everyone who has heard and has learned of Abba comes to me. No one has seen Abba, except He who is of Elohim. He has seen Abba. Amen, amen! I tell you, the one who trusts in me has eternal life. I am that Bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness but are now dead. I am the Bread who comes down from Heaven which a man can eat and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man consumes this Bread he will live forever. And the Bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Those leaders of Yehudim fumed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us flesh to eat?" Then Yeshua said to them, "Amen, amen! I tell you, unless you consume the flesh of the Son of man and partake of His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever consumes my flesh and partakes of my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed and My blood is libation indeed. He who consumes My flesh and partakes of My blood dwells in Me and I in him. As the living Abba has sent Me and I live by Abba, so the one who consumes Me, even he shall live by Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven {Yeshua pointed to Himself}. It is not the same as your fathers did in eating the manna and are now dead. The one who consumes this bread will live forever." Yeshua said these things while teaching in the synagogue of K'far-Nachum. Many of his disciples, when they had heard it said, "This is a hard saying; who can shema it?” When Yeshua knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said to them, "Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of man ascend up to where he was before? It is the Ruach {HaKodesh} who gives life. The flesh adds nothing. The words which I speak to you are the Ruach {HaKodesh} and life. But there are some of you who do not trust." For Yeshua knew from the beginning who they were who did not trust and who would betray Him. So He said, "I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is given to him by Avi." From that time many of His disciples departed and walked no longer with Him. Then Yeshua said to the twelve, "Will you go away also?" Shimon Kefa answered, "Adonai, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. We trust and are sure that You are the Moshiach, the Son of the living Elohim.” Yeshua answered them, "Didn't I choose all twelve of you, yet one of you is a deceiving spirit?" He spoke concerning Yehudah Kir'yot son of Shimon, because it was he who would betray Yeshua, as one of the twelve.