Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Revelation 20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Revelation 20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Friday, January 05, 2007

What was manna like?

Genesis 3:15 asked. I'll attempt to reply from scritpure.

Q: What is manna?
A: Psalms 78:25 - Man did eat angels' food:

Q: Who had it?
A: John 6:31 - Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Q: What was it like and the color thereof?
A: Exodus 16:31 a) - And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white;

Q: What what its taste like?
A: Exodus 16:31 b) and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Q: What was God's prepration method?
A: Exodus 16:23 To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

Q: Were the people happy?
A: Numbers 11:6-7 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium (notice the murmuring and resulting change of color).

Q: Did the people follow God's instructions?
A: Numbers 11:8 a)And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it:

Q: How did the taste change as a result?
A: Numbers 11:8 b)the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. (Gone is the taste of honey).

Q: Is there a lesson to be learnt?
A: Several lessons and spiritual applications could be drawn from the manna account. For this post, I would say that God likes to prove his worshippers and that he has good thoughts towards us, only we should be ahsamed of our murmurings when things seem to go into a rut and we should not forget God's heavenly blessings.

Deuteronomy 8:16 - Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

5 Comments:

  1. Matthew Celestine said...
    Manna is angel's food. It is not from a natural plant source, no matter what some commentators claim.

    God Bless

    Matthew
    Consecrated said...
    I agree totally.
    Anonymous said...
    That was interesting.

    (this is off topic, but I've been trying to sign inthe gesbook, but its not working!)
    Redeemed said...
    Alright, mom ;) yet another great post; that's my momma :)
    Anonymous said...
    Thank you for the reply---definetly helpful to see all those references at once.

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