Dear Family,
Today is Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Today is Day 3 of Week 1 in our Count to Pentecost.
Are we aware there is an abundance of symbolisms that God gave Israel throughout their wilderness journey? Consider in addition to the Tabernacle, the sacrificial system, and the priesthood; God also provided for their physical needs at specific time in some ways that can only be described as being supernatural; only from God. And, here is the point; are we aware these were given as symbolic pictures of the coming Messiah.
We know this is true because of what Jesus told Nicodemus in the Gospel of John.
John 3:10,14-15 (10) Jesus answered and said unto him; Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: (15) That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Jesus also taught the Jews who followed Him that He symbolically pictured the manna that their forefathers ate in the wilderness.
John 6:41,48,51 (41) The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said; I am the bread which came down from heaven. (48) I am that bread of life. (51) I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
And, of course, we also know; Paul correctly taught the Corinthian Brethren that the rock in the wilderness; where the waters came out; was Christ.
1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
We can also add the account of the bitter water that was healed by the tree thrown into it (Ex. 15:22-27) to the account of the rock and the bronze serpent and the manna.
So, we repeat again, there is an abundance of symbolisms that God gave Israel throughout their wilderness journey; and, these were given as symbolic pictures of the coming Messiah!; our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ!
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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