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Is Jesus our bread that came down from heaven? ~ Cross reference of John 6:31 to Exodus 16:4

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If you read Deuteronomy 13, G-d tells Israel how to identify a false prophet. The prophet must prophesy events that no one knows about and that event must happen. If it does not happen, he is a false prophet and he should be killed. If the event does happen, the prophet should never talk about worshiping any other G-d but the ONE TRUE G-D of the universe. If he does, the prophet must be killed. John asserts that the crowed said that Moses fed them Manna from heaven, when all passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy clearly say that G-d did these miracles and Moses was the agent.  Jesus then quotes three passages that call out what every Jew has believed in for 3500 years that G-d gave Israel manna from heaven and sustained them through the 40 years in the wilderness. What does not align with Tanakh is Jesus's claim that the son has the power to give eternal life. Jesus claims that god gave him the power. unfortunately I am not aware of any passages in Tanakh that say that we need to beli...