PropheticPerspectives.com | The Golden Pot

Bread from Heaven
1) How did the Lord miraculously provide for Israelites during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness? Exodus 16:14, 15

2) What did the Lord command be done with a sampling of this manna? Exodus 16:33, 34

3) Where was this pot of manna put? Hebrews 9:4

4) How long did the manna last? Exodus 16:35; Joshua 5:12

5) What important truth does this teach us? Psalm 34:10; 37:25; Philippians 4:19

A Simple Test—the Sabbath
6) What test was coupled with the promise of God providing for our needs? Exodus 16:4, 5

7) What was the purpose of the double portion on the sixth day? Exodus 16:29, 30

8) When was the Sabbath instituted and what was it a reminder of? Genesis 2:1-3

9) What further commands did God give relating to the seventh-day Sabbath? Exodus 20:8-11

10) How did Jesus relate to the Sabbath? Luke 4:16, 31

11) What did Jesus expect His disciples to be doing long after his death? Matthew 24:20

12) Did Paul and the other apostles follow Jesus’ expectation in keeping the Sabbath holy? Acts 13:42, 44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4, 11

Reformations in Sabbathkeeping
13) What preparation needed to be made in order that they could rest on the seventh day? Exodus 26:23, 24

14) What reformation did the Lord bring about after the Babylonian exile? Nehemiah 13:15-19

15) What reformation has the Lord promised will take place in the last days? Isaiah 58:13, 14

16) What warning sounds down to us from the golden pot of manna? Hebrews 4:1, 2

17) With this warning in mind, what should be our attitude toward God’s rest day? Hebrews 4:9-11

18) What important lesson was God trying to teach Israel through the manna? Deuteronomy 8:2, 3

19) What does God still call His simple test of obedience today? Ezekiel 20:12, 20

20) What promise can we claim, if we truly put God and His commandments first and foremost? Matthew 6:33

Commitment
The Lord has given to mankind a beautiful gift of love, which He has also made a test of obedience. Each Sabbath the Lord wants to commune with His people. The golden pot of manna from the ark testifies of God’s desire for a reformation in keeping the Sabbath in order to come fully into His presence. Will you accept this gift of love?