The Passover and perhaps Exodus theme is found in John 6. We pause to relocate previous themes floating down the river in John’s Gospel. John seems to push several boats down this river which approaches the cross of Jesus. We are seeing Jesus, not as someone who merely had a role in Israel’s story, but as God who is making Himself known through Israel’s story and will ultimately make Himself known as King in a very unexpected way. Israel’s feasts and institutions provided a foreshadowing of Jesus’ identity and role. How do we accurately identify the Jesus of the Bible from the versions of Jesus we’ve created since Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection? John wants to help us with that question.