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By Rkv. Jerry J. Pokorsky Special to the Rappahannock News
The thousands of people who were fed by the Lord in the miraculous multiplication of loaves must have pondered the meaning of the miracle. Who wouldn’t be incredulous? A wonder worker having the ability to provide for an abundance of foodstuffs would be useful indeed. But how useful and in what way?
A foodstuff wonder worker is just the kind of Messiah many in Israel were looking for. He would be useful in military campaigns. Supply lines could be eliminated. Wellnourished troops could surprise an enemy with great strength and versatility. Even the intimate friends of Christ, the Twelve Apostles, expected the Messiah to establish his kingdom through force.
But Christ made it clear that the kingdom of God would not be established by military conquest. When the Apostles James and John asked the
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