The Manna

Exodus 16:14-22

Theme: Contributor    

Key verse: v.15

36 verses; 1063 words

Grade level: 7.9

Outline:

I. A Special Diet. vs.1-22

II. A Special Day. vs.23-36

“manna” - occurs 19 times in the Bible.

19 is the number for faith.

1st occurrence: Exodus 16:15.

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

Psalm 78:24 “And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.”

Numbers 11:7 “And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.”

The Lord is informing us that both the value and the beauty of this manna was unexcelled, and was excellent for food.

The manna changed its color in the eyes of the Israelites. That which was very attractive to them at the first became dull and unattractive at the last.

So holy things may become common if they are handled carelessly. (Compare Numbers 11:8 with Exodus 16:31.)

Num. 11:5 (c) The six vegetables mentioned in this passage refer to six kinds of pleasures with which the Egyptians regaled themselves. None of them are stable, none of them are very profitable, all of them have an unhappy odor, none of them are a source of strength for the body. These are used as types of various kinds of pleasures and pursuits offered by the world to those who belong to this world and have never tasted the heavenly manna. The things which the world offer hardly satisfy for more than one day at a time. The game played today does not satisfy the craving for tomorrow. The music played today is not acceptable tomorrow. The show that is seen today has no attraction for tomorrow.

Here are two TYPES of Christ as the bread.

I. Christ, The Living Bread.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

God gave it to Israel in a miraculous way. He is the living bread which sustains the lives of God’s people.

It was always pure white.

It was sweet.

There was enough for all. (See also John 6:49; Hebrews 9:4.)

II. Christ, The Giving Bread.

Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

This bread is a type of some sort of unseen and unknown blessings which are given by God for the blessing of His people when they live victorious lives for Him.

It is a gift that is lovely, precious, attractive and satisfying, but the character of it is unknown.

Conclusion:

Have you had Heaven’s Manna which is Jesus Christ?