Daily Reading from the Bread of Life

Numbers 17:10-11 (NIV)

"The Lord said to Moses, "Speak to the Israelites and get twelve staffs from them, one from the leader of each of their ancestral tribes. Write the name of each man on his staff. On the staff of Levi write Aaron's name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe. Place them in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you. The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid myself of this constant grumbling against you by the Israelites."

"So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron's staff was among them. Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the Tent of Testimony."

"The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimonye and saw that Aaron's staff, which rep[resented the house of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds."

"Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the Lord's presence to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his own staff."

"The Lord said to Moses, "Put back Aaron's staff in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die." Moses did just as the Lord commanded him."

"The Israelites said to Moses, "We will die! We are lost, we are all lost! Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all going to die?"

What did the revivascence of Aaron's staff represent?

Whenever a small sapling is hewn down, the life remaineth no more within it, and whenever it is laid in a dry place, it cures and makes a nice walking staff, or sceptre. It must have been pretty amazing to wake up, and go to find your staff had sprouted into a green tree again, huh? Why did God do this? Well, there's probably two reasons.

First, it was as a sign to the rebellious, a meaning of life, and what it truly is. You see, before Christ came to earth, God had to speak through the people in different ways, so they would have faith. God gives us life, and then due to man's fallen nature, because of sin we die, but if we remain faithful and obey God's commands, we can have life again. How does He give us Life again? Through His Holy Spirit!

This was also as a prophetic sign to the people, of the coming Messiah - Jesus Christ!

God bless!!

--Jeremiah--

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