1 Kings 19:8

" Went in the strength of that meat, " etc . It is very noticeable how many miraculous feedings we have in Holy Scripture. Not only does the New Testament record a feeding, now of five thousand with five loaves, now of four thousand with seven loaves ( Matthew 15:9 , Matthew 15:10 ); not only is one or other of these mentioned by all four evangelists; but the Old Testament, in addition to such narratives as those of 1 Kings 17:14 sqq.; 2 Kings 4:1-6 , 2 Kings 4:42 sqq; tells of a miraculous supply of food which extended over forty years ( Exodus 16:14 -85; Deuteronomy 8:3 , Deuteronomy 8:4 , Deuteronomy 8:16 ). Is not all this to teach us that man doth not live by bread alone? ( Deuteronomy 8:3 .) Are they not rehearsals, adumbrations of the great mystery of our religion, of the true "bread from heaven which giveth life unto the world"? ( John 6:32 sqq.) We too are journeying to Horeb, the mount of God. The home of our souls is the "mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense" ( Song of Solomon 4:6 ). And the journey is too great for us. Without Divine aid, without soul food, we shall " faint by the way." But God has provided for us a gracious viaticum, a meat which the world knows not of, flesh which is meat indeed, blood which is drink indeed ( John 6:55 ).