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Good Morning.

And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. (Exodus 16:31)

In an earlier devotion, we mentioned that when the children of Israel first saw the manna they had said, in Hebrew, man hu — “what is it?” or “what/who is he?” The description given here — white coriander seed — comes from the Hebrew phrase, k’zerah gad lavan. The Hebrew word zerah is translated as “seed.” The Hebrew word gad (“coriander”) is from a root word that means “to cut, penetrate, furrow or plow.” (Gad). The Hebrew word lavan (“white”) comes from a root that means “to purify, cleanse.” And so it is that the manna – the bread from heaven – reminded them of a seed that cuts and penetrates in order to cleanse and purify and make something white. 

Of course, as we have already said previously, the manna represents the Word of God which does exactly as what has just been said. According to the parable of the Sower, the seed sown is the “word of God” (Luke 8:11). The writer of Hebrews said that “The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart” (Hebrew 4:12). And through the prophet Isaiah, the Almighty said:

“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white [lavan] as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18) 

As we know the Word of God is personified in the Messiah — the bread from heaven — who is also likened unto the Incorruptible Seed (1 Peter 1:23). When we open our hearts to Him, whether to born again or to allow His Word to continue working in our lives, it is always with the goal of purifying and cleansing so that we might become what He has called us to be. It is so that we might one day be those the Bible describes as being clothed in robes of white — robes that have been made white by the blood of the Lamb.

Blessings and Shalom,  

 

Bill  

 

 

 

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