Post by Lee on Mar 17, 2014 23:42:51 GMT
They were called the shewbread (Exod. 25:30), because always on show, “before the Lord”. But what were they there to show? First, the national constitution in twelve tribe subjection to the law of Moses. We learn this from their number, which connects them with the “twelve tribes of Israel”, and from the statement that the cakes were to be considered as taken from them as an offering for a memorial (Lev. 24:7–8).
We not only see the twelve cakes piled on the table in the Mosaic holy place to “show” the truth; but in the finished antitype we see twelve thrones for the twelve apostles, over the twelve tribes of Israel (Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30). Thus the law and the prophets and the gospel coincide in exhibiting this much-forgotten feature of divine truth.
Roberts, R. (1987). The Law of Moses (electronic ed.). Birmingham, UK: The Christadelphian.
It was this shewbread that David ate.
We not only see the twelve cakes piled on the table in the Mosaic holy place to “show” the truth; but in the finished antitype we see twelve thrones for the twelve apostles, over the twelve tribes of Israel (Matt. 19:28; Luke 22:30). Thus the law and the prophets and the gospel coincide in exhibiting this much-forgotten feature of divine truth.
Roberts, R. (1987). The Law of Moses (electronic ed.). Birmingham, UK: The Christadelphian.
It was this shewbread that David ate.