Tabernacle Lectures (116) The shewbread

Leviticus 24:5 “And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.”

The shewbread means “the bread that is arranged for God to see.” There were 12 breads according to the number of the 12 tribes of Israel, one bread per tribe, and they were arranged 6 breads per row, in 2 rows. The material to make the shewbread was “fine flour.”

Fine flour is wheat that has been very finely crushed. The wheat cannot keep its form and become fine flour. Fine flour is talking about losing the original form. The bread made from this fine flour represents Jesus Christ. Christ’s shell of flesh was completely taken off and he denied his form. He was made into the form God was pleased with and became the bread of life that brought life to mankind.