Tabernacle Lectures (132) The 12 loaves of bread

Leviticus 24:5 “And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof”

The twelve loaves of bread point to the twelve tribes of Israel. While they were in the wilderness, they endlessly rebelled and complained to God. But they were made into 12 loaves of bread inside the Holy Place and changed into an image that satisfied God so he could accept them. God accepted the loaves of bread because they were made with fine flour, in other words, Jesus Christ.

If you look at Leviticus 24, they were all in the same land of Israel, but you can discover that there is a difference between being inside the Holy Place and outside the Holy Place. Inside the Holy Place, the people are placed on top of the table of Jehovah as pure bread that God happily accepts because of Jesus Christ. But outside the Holy Place, the people of Israel are dying because of sin and curses.

When you look at the people of Israel outside the Holy Place, they had no hope and there was only destruction and curses. But look at the twelve loaves of bread that are placed on top of the table of showbread of God inside the Holy Place. It means Jesus Christ broke himself down for the people of Israel, so God accepted Israel after looking at Jesus Christ.