Moses said to Aaron,
‘Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it,
and place it before the LORD
to be kept throughout your generations.’
Exodus 16:33
The children of Israel dined on this manna the entire time they were in the wilderness. The manna came until the day they came to the land of Canaan. The land of Canaan was to be the promised land. This manna was to sustain them until they made it to the promised land. The manna came every day for five days and on the sixth day double came to sustain through the seventh day in which no manna would fall, because it was the day of rest.
God commanded Moses to preserve an omerful of the manna in a jar. In 2 Corinthians 4:7 the Word of God declares, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels…” What treasure do we have in our earthen vessel, but the treasure of the Holy Spirit. My friend, I believe this manna just might be a picture of the Holy Spirit of the Trinity.
I am going to attempt to layout a timeline for you. Our God created the heavens and the earth in six days and on the seventh he rested. In 2 Peter 3:8 the Word tells us that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like one day. If we look through the Biblical years of the earth we see that we are in our six thousandth of years.
The Holy Spirit has been an active presence on the earth in the lives of men since the beginning. We read how he came upon those anointed of God. He led Saul, yet He left him when Saul refused to obey Him. He led David, and David cried out for Him not to leave him when he had sinned against God. He worked in and through the lives of the prophets and those willing to stand up and be faithful to the Living God. The Holy Spirit, though evident and active did not take up permanent residence in man. However, in this six thousandth year things are different for the people of God.
In Hebrews 7:9 we read that there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. Could that rest possibly be the millennial reign spoken of in Revelation 20:4-6? Could the millennial reign be the seven thousandth of years?
If it is, could it be that God has given us this double portion of the Holy Spirit in order to survive this sixth day so that we may get to that rest on the Sabbath, the seventh day? In Revelation 12:12 we read that the devil has great wrath in these last days because he knows he only has a short time. Yet our God has not left us without sufficient power (manna) to overcome him.
Oh my friend, in this six thousandth of years God has given a double portion of His Spirit to those who trust in His commandments and His instruction to listen to His Son in whom He is well-pleased (Matthew 17:5). His Spirit is not only active and evident to all men but to those who are trusting Him for the seventh day, He has taken up permanent residence within them.
In John 6:48-49 Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.” There were many who ate this manna. The manna fell for all, the righteous and the unrighteous, “for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” (Matthew 5:45)
In Hebrews 6:4-6 we are told about those who have tasted the heavenly gift, they tasted the manna, they have tasted the Word of God. They have seen and experienced His power, yet they fall away from Him. They refused to trust Him for that sabbath day. When it came time to step into the promised land, they refused. They came to the border, but they would not step across.
Oh precious one, the Holy Spirit has come and He brings us to the border of Christ. He opens our eyes, He gives us a taste, and He gives us the slightest nudge, and whispers step into the Promised Land.
My friend, have you crossed that border?
Have you been transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of Light?
If not… what are you waiting for?
Today is the day of salvation… all are welcome to partake of the Bread of Life
Oh Father,
Thank You for Your Bread of Life. Thank You for the rest that is ours in You alone. You have told us in Isaiah 30:15 that it is in repentance and rest that we are saved. Turning away from that wilderness and walking in faith into the promised land of the Kingdom of Christ and resting in Him. Knowing that He is my strength and He is my trust and He alone will supply my daily bread, my every need.
My Jesus, it is in Your name I pray,
Amen