'Rightly Dividing the Word'
Holy Place (New Jerusalem)
The Holy Place of the tabernacle was holy for it was filled with the presence of the Spirit of God. So, whoever, entered the Holy Place, he would find himself completely immersed in the Spirit of God.
This is a picture showing how, at the baptism of the Holy Spirit by our Lord Jesus, the spirit of a godly Christian is completely immersed in the Holy Spirit dwelling within his physical body (temple of God).
The Holy Place in the new Temple of God (sanctuary representing the New Jerusalem), will only have 2 furniture (c.f. 3 furniture in Mosaic Temple)
1. Table of Showbread
2. Golden Lampstand.
Heb 9:2 For a tabernacle was prepared: the first part, in which was the lampstand, the table, and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary;
Jesus, the Bread of Life
Lev 24:5-6,9 "And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the Lord... And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute."
When the priest ministered in the Holy Place, the showbread on the golden table was his main food during his service there.
Since our Lord Jesus came as the Bread of life, He fulfilled the showbread, so that every Christian who eats this Bread will have abundant life. A life, so fulfilling and meaningful of having willingly and joyfully given up his all, to love God and men as shown by our Lord Jesus.
John 10:10 "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
Word of God is Spiritual Food
Mat 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "
Everyone must eat daily in order to keep his physical body healthy. Similarly, every Christian must read and keep the word of God, which is food for his spirit, in order to grow spiritually.
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Will Never Hunger
John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
Coming to Jesus will mean abiding in Him. To abide in Jesus, we need to believe Him by keeping His words and commandments.
When we abide in Jesus, and He abides in us, we will never go hungry for the bread of life (word of God) is within us.
John 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me."
Brethren, in Christ Jesus, Christians only need to keep His words and commandments to fulfil the priesthood partaking of the showbread in the Holy Place.
