Exodus 16:35

manna

Manna, type of Christ as the "bread of life," come down from heaven to die "for the life of the world." (John 6:35); (John 6:48). A "small" thing (Exodus 16:14) having but the taste of "fresh oil." (Numbers 11:8) or "wafers with honey" (Exodus 16:31); it typifies Christ in humiliation as presented in Matthew, Mark, and Luke; "having no form nor comeliness; . . . no beauty that we should desire him" (Isaiah 53:2). But as such He must be received by faith if we would be saved (John 6:53). To meditate upon Christ as He went about among men, doing not His own will but the will of the Father (John 6:38) is to feed on the manna. This is, of necessity, the spiritual food of young believers, and answers to "milk" (1 Corinthians 3:1); (1 Corinthians 3:2).

But Christ in glory, and the believer's present and eternal association with Him there, answers to "the old corn of the land" (Joshua 5:11) the "meat" of (Hebrews 5:13); (Hebrews 5:14) or Christ as presented in the Epistles of Paul.

Compare (2 Corinthians 5:16).