Mon.’s Devo - The Table of Shewbread

Read Ex. 10:10-16 Next he made the table for the shewbread. This table is made of the same wood as the ark, with the same crown, rings, and poles all covered with gold. (My personal opinion is that all the furniture in the ark that is covered with gold is what we are going to see in heaven since these are copies of the real objects in heaven. (Heb. 8:5) The brazen altar and the laver were not covered with gold since there will not be a reason to cleanse ourselves from sin or atone for it in heaven. There were 12 plates set in rows of 6 where the shewbread was placed every Sabbath and the old eaten by the priests. The family of Kohath was in charge of the shewbread and the holy things in the tabernacle. Kohath means “obedient; waiting”. If we want God to entrust us with the deeper things then we must learn to wait and obey what he tells us to do. Back to the shewbread table: This constant display of bread was to remind the people that God always provides and never runs out and even deeper - his Word never grows old and is forever relevant. Remember when Joseph sat his brothers around the table in their birth order and fed then in the time of famine. This is a picture of that shewbread. Benjamin’s plate had 5 times as much. We are at that time in history. Benjamin was the youngest and last son of Jacob. He had not killed Joseph and was not guilty of that act. We are not living in the time of the law, but the time of grace. We are not guilty of killing the Lord because we have appropriated his grace that covers that sin. We will be abundantly supplied in times of need in these last days! That is so comforting when we look at the circumstances around us. Lord, thank you for your faithfulness! Thank you that you are so alive and active in our lives. May we be Kohathites that wait on you and obey your every whisper.