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Originally Posted by Joanna Lytton-Vasey
It really is a lovely verse, Brother. It always makes me wonder, though, what is the point of someone having a name if only they know what it is? But I expect its purpose will be made clear. Do you think Jesus has a new, heavenly name too? Of course, only He will ever know that.
Mary, I think the point with manna is that it is fresh every day. Exodus 16:19-20 tells us that its shelf-life is very short.
It's all very exciting, isn't it? I can't wait!
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Exodus 16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
We think of a day as being determined by the sun. Candles could be marked off, so many hours between sunset and sunrise, and the manna sent into our reality from Heaven needed to be sorted before sunrise. Heaven is more real than what we have here. For example this world will end but Heaven does not end. Another difference is that there's no sun in Heaven: it's one of the things that will end. With no measure of time as applied to manna for it to engender worms how likely is it to stink up Heaven?
Not everywhere is worm free, though.
Mark 9:47-48 If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Hell contains worms aplenty, they never die and are likely to gnaw. Candles would melt almost immediately but there are no candles required in Heaven. Since such different conditions apply in those three places, manna in Heaven could be consumed at one's leisure. Hell is very unlikely to serve manna because even the heat of daylight was enough to make it melt; with molten brimstone everywhere it would fare even worse than candles. God does not say whether He made fresh manna 24-hourly or had a storehouse available: perhaps that's a question for The Pastors.
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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