Wow!! This has been a challenge trying to get through just this short blog entry. I am watching my grandson up in the family room. We have had supper (BLT my favorite), played with the web cam on the computer, patted the dog, watched a TV program about Willie and his Wellingtons, read a book, shot some hoops, picked up toys and had a bath. All the while I was typing a sentence or two below.
Hey we are halfway through our list from Luke 6:1-5. For such a short passage it is hard to imagine we need to establish our understanding of so many words. But we need to remember that this story took place 2000 years ago and referred to another story that happen about 1000 years before that. So there are a lot of cultural and historical ideas we are not familiar with. Here is our list.
Sabbath
Sabbath
- Pharisees
- Lawful
- David
- Showbread
- Priests
- Son of Man
- Lord of the Sabbath
So what is the showbread? First we need to know what the tabernacle was. It was the portable dwelling place for the divine presence from the time of the Exodus from Egypt through the conquering of the land of Canaan. Built to specifications revealed by God (Yahwe) to Moses at Mount Sinai, it accompanied the Israelites on their wanderings in the wilderness and their conquest of the Promised Land. The tabernacle was surrounded by an outer courtyard. It consisted of a enclosure divided into two sections. One section was the holy place containing the table with the showbread and a holy of holies containing the Ark of the Covenant. Everything in the tabernacle was specified by God including how the table was made, the table cloth, the utensils and the show bread. All set aside and considered Holy (set aside) for God.
It was up to the priest to take care of the showbread and made sure it was always fresh. But that's a topic for next time.
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