Prepper Recon

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

John 6:53-56

Do you ever feel like Jesus didn’t get the memo on the seeker-friendly movement? The statement he made in today’s verse sounds flat out crazy to me. Eat your flesh? Drink your blood? Likewise, many of his followers couldn’t take it. John 6:66 says that many of his disciples gave up on him that day. And what about the unchurched? Could you imagine bringing your neighbor to hear this guy, Jesus, speak? After all the time you’d spent cultivating them so they’d finally come to church with you, now he says we have to drink his blood and eat his flesh. He had to know that attendance would fall off after such a statement. Couldn’t he have polished that message? Perhaps refined the delivery a bit? Or softened the blow with some humor? The bottom line is, he didn’t.

Later on in the chapter, he asks the 12 disciples who still remained. “Will ye also go away?”

Even though, in verse 63, he told them, “The words I speak unto you are spirit, and they are life,” the explanation went soaring over their heads.

Peter didn’t understand what Jesus meant. He was just as confused as any of us would have been. But, he chose to stay anyway. He answered Jesus by saying, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.”

When you don’t understand everything that Jesus says, when his message is nowhere near what we think of as seeker-friendly, are you willing to accept that his ways are higher than our ways? Do you have the faith to stick by his side because you are sure that he is the Christ, the Son of the living God?

Come back every Sunday for a new Prepper Bible Study! The most important prep of all is knowing GOD. Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die.” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day. Click here to learn more about knowing GOD.

Have a blessed day and happy prepping!

Mark