Spiritual 'Manna' from Heaven Is Given to This Wilderness-like World
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January 11, 2015 |
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After meeting the living God and being called as His servant, Dr. Jaerock Lee wanted to know His heart and will more; so he offered up countless prayers and fasting.
God accepted his dedication and gave him detailed explanations of things of the spiritual world written in the Bible such as: the providence of God's creation; the message of the cross; Heaven and Hell; the measure of faith; and spirit, soul, and body.
Spiritual manna from heaven restores souls and renews their lives with God's deep love contained in it. This 'manna' is provided in this book Six-day Manna. It is designed and organized for the purpose of conducting the members' Cell Service held every week. Since its publication for the last 25 years, the book has been delivering countless people out of the wilderness-like world and leading them to 'Canaan' the land flowing with milk and honey.Its newly revised edition has recently been published. Part I describes the love of God in His creating men in His image and cultivating them to gain true children. Parts II and III explain about Jesus Christ, who is the way to salvation, and the message of the cross. Part IV succinctly covers methods to gain and maintain true faith and achieve perfect salvation. Part V deals with the measures of faith and heavenly dwelling places and Part VI explains about Christian feasts.
'Manna' the bread given by God to the Israelites in the wilderness
God wanted to deliver the Israelites from their slavery in Egypt and lead them to Canaan, the land flowing with milk and honey. But in order to enter the land of blessing, they had to pass through the wilderness.
In the wilderness, yet though they had experienced God's works many times during the exodus from Egypt, they still blamed God for their suffering of thirst and hunger. Moses prayed to God, and in the answer to his prayer, God changed bitter water at Marah into sweet water and He also sent them manna and quail so that they could satisfy their thirst and hunger.
The 'manna' is well-illustrated in Exodus 16:14—"When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground." Exodus 16:31 says, "The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey."
For the Israelites, the 'manna' was just bread to maintain their lives in the 40-year-journey in the wilderness (Exodus 16). However, for us who are living in the wilderness-like world, God is providing 'spiritual manna'—the Word of God, and it is also Jesus Christ who is the Word who became flesh and came to the earth. God's Word, spiritual manna, gives us eternal life.
'Spiritual Manna'
John 6:48-51 reads, "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever…"
God provided manna to the sons of Israel throughout their lives in the wilderness; but He let them gather it for six days and on the seventh day He gave them the sabbath. That is, He allowed them to rest on the seventh day just as God rested on the seventh day after His six-day creation of all things (Genesis 2:2-3).
Today, we keep the Lord's Day on Sunday as the day of spiritual rest. On the Lord's Day, we gather in church, worship God, and listen to the message. We have spiritual food from heaven, communicate with God, and have fellowship with other members.
During the remaining six days, we have to diligently read the Word of God, which is spiritual manna, and pray fervently. If you feel the love of God in giving you spiritual manna and live by His Word every day, you will amazingly and most assuredly reap fruit of blessing.
"My soul was restored when I read Six-day Manna"
Senior Deaconess Insook Lee, age 54, 18 Parish in South Korea
Before coming to Manmin, one of my acquaintances gave me the book Six-day Manna. As I read it, I became renewed. I found the book full of the messages that I had never heard of although I had been a Christian for the previous eight years. I was overjoyed and I felt as though I was drawn into the story in a book.
It dawned on me that I had been spiritually ignorant because I hadn't known God's love, the providence in the cross, true faith, and different heavenly dwelling places. These are things that Christians need to know. I felt so thankful to learn about them. Above all, I was amazed by the fact that there are different measures of faith, and moreover, I was given hope for New Jerusalem the best of the heavenly dwelling places. I came to think, "I have to go there!"
Meantime, my soul was restored, and I was finally guided to this church full of the word of life and fervent prayer. Hallelujah!
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