"The Bread of the Presence"

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Leviticus 24:5-8

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“You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.

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And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before Yahweh.

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And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to Yahweh.

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Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before Yahweh continually; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. Leviticus 24:5-8

John 6:31-25

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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

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Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

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Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. John 6:31-35

These words lit up my Spirit, "The calling of the Twelve" is at hand.

Friends, do you remember the story when Yeshua feeds the 5000 in Luke 9? After he multiples the five loaves and two fish, do you remember how many baskets of bread were leftover?

There were Twelve.

Twelve is the biblical number for divine government. This is why the Father called forth 12 Tribes in Israel and 12 Apostles during the time of Messiah. But there is another use of the number 12 that is deeply prophetic.

Moses declared there were to be 12 loaves of bread "arranged before Yahweh regularly." (See Lev 24; Ex 25) These 12 loaves were set on the Golden Table and were commanded to be in the Lords Presence continually.

Friends, these 12 loaves were called the "Showbread" or "The Bread of the Presence" and they symbolized the Twelve tribes of Israel who are seated at Gods table and who live before Him continually.

My friends, we are the temple. And within us, God is setting up His Golden Table, and upon this table sits the very "Bread of the Presence."

As we journey with the Father today, he is raising us up as a temple of the Holy Spirit. And he is placing within us the "Bread of the Presence." He is doing this because when the famine of the word comes (Amos 8:11) we will not only have bread for ourselves but we will become the very bread the Father can distribute to His people scattered throughout the nations.

Today, may we live our lives as the Twelve loaves of Showbread, walking before the Fathers face continually. And may we access the Bread of Life stored deep within us, and may this become our sustenance during this intense time of preparation and consecration.

Our Prayer

Father, we know your word. We know those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be satisfied. (Matt 5:6) We hunger and thirst for more of you. Our only desire is to become as the Bread of the Presence, and to live our lives at your table always. As we walk with you on this great journey, may you feed us with the Bread of Life so that we may be totally satisfied. Prepare us to be your temple and place within us the very bread you will use to feed the nations. May our hunger pains remind us daily that we were designed to be satisfied only by your Presence. Teach us to live in your Presence continually. For the glory of Yeshua our Messiah. Amen.

A Word from Our Father

My child, you are precious to me. I know the weakness of your frame and the challenges you are facing. Do not shrink back from the calling. Keep walking with me through your physical hunger and I will increase your spiritual hunger. You have within you a greater capacity to contain my Presence. Yeshua is the Bread of Life, and you are His disciple, destined to become my end times temple, filled with the nourishing bread of my Presence. From you, I will feed the nations during the famine of the word which is nigh at hand. The hour has come for the 12 to come forth. Arise my child and sit at the Golden table and live today before me, and bask in the glory of my Presence. You are my temple. And within you is my Shewbread.

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