EXODUS CHAPTER 25 - 25:30
EXODUS CHAPTER 25 25:30 Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest ( PETER 2:9; REVELATION 1:6 ). In John 6:33__58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down;" but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" ( JOHN 12:31__33 ). We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in HEBREWS 12:2__3. 25:10 All begins with the ark, which, in the completed tabernacle, was placed in the holy of holies, because, in revelation, God begins from Himself, working outward toward man; as, in approach, the worshipper begins from himself, moving toward God in the holy of holies. The same order is followed in the Levitical offerings ( LEVITICUS