Jesus insists that the ultimate source of the "bread from heaven" wasn't manna or Moses but the one who came down from heaven himself, Christ. Those who ate manna in the desert were only temporary filled, it never lasted, and due to the worlds fallen nature they died, manna didn't save them. But those who eat the ultimate bread from heaven will never die!
Jesus audience and Johns readers understand that other things die (meat, vegetables etc) so that we may live. Jesus gives his life so that we may live, either he faces the wrath of his father, or we do.
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