Exodus 25:23-30 (KJV)
23 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.
26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table.
28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them.
30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Above we see the description of the table and that it is made with shittim wood overlaid with pure gold. The assortments such as the dishes, spoons etc. are also made with pure gold.
The shewbread represents the Word of God. Jesus is the bread of life. Remember Jesus is the Word of God.
John 6:51 (KJV)
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Remember though, Jesus doesn't speak His own words. That's why He is called the Word of God, Jesus is God's thoughts made audible.
John 12:49 (KJV)
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
So when Jesus speaks, it is the Father speaking through Him. So the Word of God originates from the Father and is spoken by the Son. The table of shewbread represents the Word of God with the Father as the source and the Son as the channel. Notice below in Leviticus and how there are two stacks of bread on the table.
Leviticus 24:5-9 (ASV)
5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before Jehovah.7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 8 Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah continually; it is on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
Verse 6, two rows of of bread, six pieces of bread in each row. If the shewbread represents the Father and the Son, then one stack of bread represents the Father and one stack represents the Son. The Father and the Son are the two Divine beings of the Godhead. Many in Christendom teach that there are three Divine beings of the Godhead including the Holy Spirit. Of course the Holy Spirit is the actual Spirit of God and Christ and not a third divine being. What's interesting to note is that if you add a third stack of 6 pieces of bread, you would then have three stacks of 6 pieces of bread calculating "666". Some food for thought!
Verse 8 is also noteworthy. The High Priest was to set the bread in order every Sabbath day before Jehovah God. The bread would be continually provided the Congregation of Israel by an everlasting covenant. When we keep the Sabbath day, it is a memorial to Jehovah's creation of this world that He did through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Two Divine beings in the work of creation with the Spirit of Jehovah as the agency in which the Father and Son created everything. As Spiritual Israel, we are to continually give our worship to the Father Jehovah and His Son Jesus, especially on their Holy Sabbath day. True Sabbath keeping is done in honour of The One true God Jehovah and His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. We provide ourselves as living sacrifices to Two Divine beings not three.
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