THE TABLE

The Table

Series: “In the Shadows” part 3

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Hebrew 8:5—These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

The Table of the  of    (Hebrew: Lechem hapanim)

Exodus 37: 10-11—He constructed the table of acacia wood, thirty-six inches long, eighteen inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding all around it. …Vs. 16, He also made the utensils that would be on the table out of pure gold: its plates and cups, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

Exodus 40: 22— Moses placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the curtain

The Table Commemorates God’s:

At the Table…

1. We God by acknowledging our  on Him and recognizing His  for us.

       a. Worship is a lifestyle marked by and .

Numbers 15: 17-21—The Lord instructed Moses, 18 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land where I am bringing you, 19 you are to offer a contribution to the Lord when you eat from the food of the land. 20 You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor. 21 Throughout your generations, you are to give the Lord contribution from the first batch of your dough.

1 John 4: 19— We love because he first loved us .

       b. God the with us through His Son, Jesus Christ.

John 1:1— In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God….

vs.14, The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and onlySon from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 6: 35— Jesus said … “I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in me will ever be thirsty again.

Bread represents the of Christ broken on the cross.

Wine represents the of Christ poured out for our Redemption.

Frankincense represents the of Christ by offering Himself.

Luke 22: 18-20—For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”20 In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

The Big Take-Away:

Everything we in the Garden of Eden, we in Christ.

(ref: 1 Cor 1:9; 2 Tim 1:9; 1 Cor 1: 18; Rom 12: 2; Rom 5:9-10)

1 Corinthians 11: 25—In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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