Bible TimeJesus Feeds 5000
Jesus takes the disciples by boat to a private place. After a time he feeds 5000. This parable marks 5000 years from Noah’s flood where Jesus begins to feed the people. The interval is the number of years from Noah to Jesus and is only off by 126 days.
Bible Story
42 Mark 6:30-44
30And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught.
31And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
32And they went away in the boat to a desert place apart.
33And the people saw them going, and many knew them, and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.
34And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
35And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, The place is desert, and the day is now far spent;
36send them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.
37But he answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred shillings' worth of bread, and give them to eat?
38And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39And he commanded them that all should sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
41And he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake the loaves; and he gave to the disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
42And they all ate, and were filled.
43And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.
44And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
Background
This story, like so many others in the Book of Mark begins with travel across the Sea of Galilee by boat.1 This resets the prophetic time clock back to the Bible’s most famous boat: Noah’s Ark.
When they get to the mountainside Jesus has compassion on the crowds that have come out to meet him so he decides to feed them. After a dialog with the disciples on where the food will come from, Jesus proceeds to divide five loaves and two fish. The people, organized in ranks of 100s and 50s sit on the grass. Jesus looks up to heaven, gives thanks, then gives them to the people to eat. When the miracle is over Jesus has fed 5000 people.
Prophetic time intervals are always rendered at a 1 to 1 ratio. In this case, 1 person is 1 year. The interval from Noah’s flood is 5000 years.
Noah’s flood the 17th day of the 2nd month of the year 6020 from Adam. 5000 years later is the 17th day of the 2nd month of the year 11020 from Adam. This is date is known in history as Sunday, July 29, 31 OS. This is 126 days after Resurrection Sunday. Pretty good, a parable off by only 126 days across 5000 years.
The feeding of the 5000 is an interesting story because it does not involve other people. This story only involves Jesus, his disciples and the ever present crowds. This parable focused on Jesus, his disciples and the crowd.
Jesus is ultimately the one who has been in heaven and seen into the heavenly realm. In order to share that with other’s he had to die on a cross. He did that 129 days before the indicated prophetic date. After his resurrection he began to feed everyone else. The main ceremony Jesus left his church with is called Communion. In the ceremony, wine and bread are taken by Christians as a remembrance of the body and blood of Jesus. In this parable the bread and the fish also represent the body and blood of Jesus.
1Mark 6:32
