above unto them that had eaten. Then those men when they had seen the miracle which Jesus did, said, 'This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.'"[1]
Now what do we see here? Nothing less than an act of creation. He, who, unseen, during forty years fed the children of Israel in the desert with manna sent down from heaven,—He, the same, now standing before their descendants—clothed with humanity—visibly created bread for them. Was not this God manifested? Was not this the incarnate Word, "by whom all things were made, and without whom was not any thing made that was made"[2]—now visibly appearing, and exhibiting His power,—creating now manifestly, as He created at the beginning, and is, indeed, unseen, ever creating? Here, then, were shown at once the extent and the nature of the Divine Power—that it is limitless, and exerted ever to benefit and bless man. Jesus indeed, not only created bread, but called Himself "the Bread, which cometh down from heaven;"[3] That is, He is the continual nourisher and support of man's life, both mental and physical, for He is Life itself: "I am," He said, "the way, the truth, and the life."
Thus much, then, for the Divine power as manifested in Jesus Christ. We have presented a bare outline of its character and extent: namely, that it is power over disease, over death, over material elements, and over the still stormier spiritual elements; it is the power of deliverance, of protection, and of creation. In "God Speaking,"—God as manifested in His written Word—we had evidences of His power in all these
