Today's encouragement comes from Joshua 5:12, where we read these words:
"Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.”After our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven, and took His place at the Father’s right hand; and after the Triune God finally closed the canon of the NT scriptures—the church of Jesus would never again need to “eat” from any of the provisions that were necessary (before the events mentioned above). Not only were abrogated OT rites done away with, but also tongues and prophecy, etc., went by the wayside.
True, i.e. regenerated Christians feed on Jesus Christ the Bread of Life; and they have no taste or relish for anyone or anything else. Non-regenerate peo-ple spend all their time filling their souls with the chaff of the world and its false religions. Let all the saints be sated to the full in our Messiah!
[Puritan quote of the day: "Feeling and freeness of spirit are often reserved until duty is discharged.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
[Puritan quote of the day: "Feeling and freeness of spirit are often reserved until duty is discharged.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
