Isn't that a funny way to say it? Wouldn't it make more sense to say, "Thy manna Thou didst give to their mouths"? The passage made me pause because it vaguely sounds as if Nehemiah is saying that the reason we don't have manna every day is because God withholds it. As if manna would like to fall, manna should fall, in the world's normal state manna would fall, but God withholds it.
It's not really strange to think of food this way. We think of water this way, our other sustenance. God lets it fall, and when He withholds it, we long for it.
This is the kind of idea that Adam and I talk about privately in our spare moments, all the time. These ideas -- especially about what the unfallen Earth might be like (and therefore what the New Earth might be like) occupy our minds and conversations almost every day at some point. Is it wrong to be so fixed on eternity? I don't think so; it's just another way of saying that our minds are fixed on God's kingdom, and that's always good.
So, when you think of your eternal life on the New Earth and you imagine all the details of that life, just for fun, add in an early morning event: falling manna. That would be cool.
3 comments:
Thinking about eternity keeps us sane in the here and now! :) Hope is a good thing!
This world as it is is not our final home. All will be made new and what Jesus/God has prepared for us is more than we can even imagine. I am looking forward to eternity spent with Jesus and all who believe, rejoicing in what He has done for us. It will be awesome to say the least.
FlowerLady
Oh my, I always thought manna was like a mushroom and not a seed. Shows you how much I don't know. I wouldn't go outside until the falling manna stopped or that might hurt. Have a great weekend. Mike and I are heading off to New Hampshire for a weekend of antiquing and attending what they are calling "the world's largest yard sale." OK, we'll see about that.
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