Bread of Life See also Jesus Christ; Sacrament Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life. The bread of the sacrament symbolically represents Christ’s body. I am the bread of life, John 6:33–58. Eat and drink of the bread and water of life, Alma 5:34. Bread is in remembrance of Christ’s body, 3 Ne. 18:5–7. Bread is an emblem of Christ’s flesh, D&C 20:40, 77 (Moro. 4).