Expert: Dennis Herman - 3/15/2011

Question
What is the spiritual meaning of the feeding of five thousand by five loave and two fishes with remnant of seven basket gathered
Secondly, what's the same spiritual meaning of feeding the four thousand and remnant of seven basket gathered. All in the book of Mark 6:34+... and Mark 8: 5-8, respectively.

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Answer
I never studied this acted parable.  It is easy to find the meaning of the few of the key words.  Search the words bread and fish in a Bible program.  Here are a few to get you started.


John 6:33-35 KJV  For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.  (34)  Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.  (35)  And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:47-48 KJV  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.  (48)  I am that bread of life.
John 6:51 KJV  I am the living bread which came down from heaven: 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.

We can see, Jesus is the bread of life.  


Ecclesiastes 9:12 KJV  For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Habakkuk 1:14 KJV  And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Mark 1:17 KJV  And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

Fish is often a symbol used to represent men, or people.  

You can find the spiritual meaning to any symbol by searching scripture.  On a computer it only takes a few minutes.

Here is the only study I have done on fish.  http://adventbiblestudy.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/fish-mouth-and-a-piece-of-money...

Here is a study on bread.
http://adventbiblestudy.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/bread-upon-the-waters-ecclesias...