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The Shared Meal




(Old Testament)

Exodus 16

Manna and Quail

16 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. 2 In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?” 8 Moses also said, “You will know that it was the Lord when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”

9 Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”

10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the Lord appearing in the cloud.

11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[a] for each person you have in your tent.’”

17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”

20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers[b] for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”

24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[c] refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[d] It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”

33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”

34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

36 (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)

Footnotes:

1. Exodus 16:16 That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36
2. Exodus 16:22 That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms
3. Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.
4. Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).

(End of Scripture Passage)



We all know of the Jewish Holiday of Passover, which is echoed in The Last Supper and Christian Liturgies, but did you know that there is a Jewish Holiday that commemorates the gathering of Manna? It recalls the time between the Passover and the Giving of the Law, which is 49 days. The Torah commands that these days be counted, and at the culmination of that time the Feast of Shavuot (or Pentecost…meaning "50") A sacrifice of an Omer of Barley occurred at the beginning of the 49 days, and the First Fruits of the Wheat harvest offered at the end. The "Omer" was the same measurement used in the gathering of the Manna. So, in between Passover and Shavuot, there would be 49 "omers" of Manna collected. The "Counting of the Omer" is not well-known in the Christian Community. However, the Holiday of Pentecost is near and dear to our hearts!

During the Days of the Counting of the Omer, Jesus' Disciples and others of His followers were sequestered in the upper room, waiting for Pentecost, as they had been instructed. And, in harmony with the topic of this study, they must have been eating together!
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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

Blessed Are You, Oh LORD,
Our God,
King of the Universe,
Ancient of Days,
Our Rock and Our Redeemer!
You Alone Are Worthy of Praise,
For You Alone Are Worthy; You Alone Are Holy;
You Alone Are Righteous and Just;
And You Alone Are The One True God of The Universe!
How Wonderful Are Your Precepts;
How Precious Is Your WORD!
How Eternal and Sure Are Your Promises!

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.



We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

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My Maternal Grandmother had a very cool pre-Christmas decoration which she brought out a month before THE BIG DAY. It was a brightly painted calendar with little doors on each day. Behind each door was a treat (usually a hard candy) and I delighted in opening the doors one by one and retrieving the prize inside. I did not know it at the time, but this decoration was known as an "Advent Calendar" and was a traditional way to count the days leading up to Christmas.

"Counting The Days" is a very universal human trait. We see hatch marks on the walls of prisons counting the days of a sentence. We count the days leading to an important event, and the advertisers try to entice us by counting down the "Shopping Days Till Christmas". We even had a very humorous thread here on FR counting down the days to the Inauguration of our President. The days that are counted between the Passover and the Mandated Feast of Weeks (Shavuot or Pentecost) are counted by the "Omer" a pot of measured size that was used to gather the Manna in the Desert.

Christian Interpreters who compare Passover to the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus would see these days as the 40 days that Jesus shared with His Disciples after the Resurrection, plus the ten more days the disciples awaited the Infilling of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. (Pentecost is a Greek word that means "50th Day")

And so, Passover was a Feast, and Pentecost is a Feast, and the days of counting in between are a feast (in a way) because the Manna was gathered one day at a time, with provision for the Sabbath, and nobody was allowed to hoard or gather too much. If some disobedient person did hoard some, it would soon emit a foul odor and the EVERYBODY would know. Manna was a form of "shared meal", as everyone gathered it together, and nobody could "save it for later".

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



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Hallelujah and Amen

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Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



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Hallelujah and Amen

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And soon Pentecost will be upon us.

Joining in prayer of the Peace of Jerusalem.

As we pass the 70th anniversary of Israel’s Independence: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/04/19/its-israel-independence-day-and-millions-around-world-are-being-aided-by-jewish-state.html

[Hiskid]

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



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Hallelujah and Amen

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Thank You, Silentgypsy, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



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Hallelujah and Amen

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Thank You, Maudeen, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

Christ Is Risen. He is Risen Indeed.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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