~ Consider Some
Biblical Foods ~
Physical food is necessary for physical growth and
strength. Likewise some of the foods
found in the Bible are necessary for spiritual growth and strength. Consider the following foods of Scripture and
what they represent.
The Prepared Lamb
(Christ crucified) ~ “And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the
two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses” (Exodus
12:7a). “Indeed
Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for
us” (1 Corinthians 5:7b).
Daily Manna
(Christ humbled) ~ “God humbled you,
allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor
did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by
bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy
8:3). “Fed you in the wilderness with manna,
which your fathers did not know, that He
might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end”
(Deuteronomy 8:16). “Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is
written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven
to eat’” (John 6:31). Jesus said, “Your fathers
ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
This is the bread which comes down
from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die” (John 6:49-50).
Parched Grain
(Christ glorified) ~ “Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the
Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of
Jericho. And they ate of the produce of
the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same
day. Then
the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and
the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of
Canaan that year” (Joshua 5:10-12).
Good Wine
(heavenly joy) ~ “And he said to him, ‘Every man at the beginning sets out
the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You
have kept the good wine until now!’” (John 2:10). “And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly
afraid. Then the angel said to them, ‘Do
not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be
to all people. For there is born to you
this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will
find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.’ And suddenly there was with the angel a
multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, goodwill toward men!’” (Luke 2:8-14).
Pure Milk
(the Word of God) ~ “As newborn babes, desire
the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow thereby, if
indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious” (1
Peter 2:2-3). “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need
someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid
food. For everyone who partakes only of
milk is unskilled in the Word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of
full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil” (Hebrews 5:12-14).
Grapes Of Escol
(the Spirit as our down payment) ~ “Then they came to the Valley
of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they
carried it between two of them on a pole” (Numbers 13:23a).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
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