The Table for Bread

Story:  The Table for Bread

Passage: Exodus 25:23-30

Characters:  God, Moses

Summary:    God gives Moses instructions for the Table for Bread. 

  

Notes:  Moses was to build a table.  Like the ark, the table was to be made from acacia wood.  It was to be overlaid with pure gold and have a gold molding around it.  It would have legs but it would also be carried with poles.  It seems that like the ark, the table was not to be touched.  Everything would be overlaid with gold.  The plates and dishes and bowls for the table were also to be made of gold.  At the end of the passage we see what the table is actually for.  The bread of the Presence is to be on the table regularly.  God was now symbolizing His presence through bread.  This obviously is paralleled when Christ calls Himself the Bread of Life. 

Questions:  Why acacia wood?

Lessons:  The table was to be used to hold the bread of the Presence.  Once again, it is to be overlaid in gold.  Once again, God’s priority for the items of the tabernacle is the items which symbolize His presence.  Today, the Bread of Life lives in us.  God’s is always present.  We may not have a golden table to show it, but we have the Holy Spirit.