Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which though knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Again here is a reference to manna, the bread of life given to the people of Moses as they wandered in the wilderness. Also, in this case we are taught to live by the word that comes from the Lord and not on bread alone. In the temple we are taught that both body and spirit must be constantly nourished.
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heave: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Jesus gave his body to be tortured after having his soul crushed all of the sins of the world. Our sins would otherwise be the death of our spirits, but He gives us life through His suffering, death, and resurrection.
1 Corinthians 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
I suppose this means that they would not have forgiveness of their sins and that they would be responsible to suffer as Jesus suffered to pay the price for those sins. Yet, the Lord already suffered for those sins so the sin is double, we commit it and are responsible to pay the price of justice for it, but we sin in allowing Jesus to suffer for it needlessly without receiving of His forgiveness and His paying the price already for that sin.
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