John 6:51 English Standard Version (ESV) I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

I have listed several verses about how good the Lord tastes. Look to the response by the Jews of Jesus’ day about the comment above.

v52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

v60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”

Their understanding was taught to them by men who declared this to be a violation of the law. They had no basis of understanding to accept His words. The reasons for that goes all the way back to the Exodus and why all but two died in the wilderness that had escaped Egypt.

Hebrews 4:2 English Standard Version (ESV) For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

Without faith to unite the Old Testament questions with the New Testament answers, there can be no fulfilment of the promise and why God said; v3 “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” There is no entering into this new covenant without faith in Christ.

Romans 14:23 English Standard Version (ESV) But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

Faith comes first.

Ephesians 2:8 English Standard Version (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Faith is the path to salvation by grace. God’s unmerited favor cannot be accessed by any other means than faith in the sacrificial atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross.

Exodus 16:12-15 English Standard Version (ESV)

¹² “I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

¹³ In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. ¹⁴ And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”  For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.”

Posting the same verses three days in a row acknowledges how easy it is to overlook important issues in the light of obvious insights. Today it is the phrasing in verse 12, “you shall be filled”.

While the quail covered the camp and the abundance is noted there is no mention of satisfaction. It is possible that they could have eaten all night and not been satisfied. It is the bread of life that fills our souls, that satisfies our hunger.

How many times have we stood in front of the refrigerator staring at the contents thinking, “I want something good.”? It isn’t enough to fill our bellies, we want something that tastes good.

Psalm 34:8a English Standard Version (ESV) Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good:

Psalm 22:26a English Standard Version (ESV) The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied;

1 Corinthians 10:17 English Standard Version (ESV) Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.

John 6:51 English Standard Version (ESV) I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”