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THE GOLD-OVERLAID TABLE AND THE SHEWBREAD (Ex. 37:10-16;
25:23) = Christ the food of His People (Christ the BREAD OF LIFE, our SUSTENANCE
and SATISFACTION, Jn. 6:48, 57-58).
It measured 2 cubits long, 1 wide, and l 1/2 high. Thus, it was c. 3 1/2 ft.
long by 2 ft. wide and just about 3 ft. high (same height as ark of covenant).
This speaks of Christ maintaining and sustaining His people in the presence of
God. "This is my song, all the day, long; Jesus satisfies me."
The table was made of wood covered with gold; thus, Christ's true humanity
surrounded by His deity is the basis on which the bread (truth concerning His
person) is placed. The table speaks of communion (fellowship). But there was no
chair in the tabernacle. The holy place was a place of service. We are not to
sit and do nothing. If we commune, it is to fit us for service.
So we feed the hungry multitude. Jesus said, "Give ye them to eat" (Jn. 6:35).
The border around the table -- a handsbreadth -- (seemingly something to protect
loaves from falling as carried through wilderness) reminds us of the words "they
shall not be able to pluck them out of my hand."
The bread was covered with frankincense, picturing the pleasantness of the
perfections of Christ.
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