Joshua, Caleb, those men 40-60 years old, and all those born in the wilderness now bear the sign of the covenant God has made with them. For their faithfulness in following God, even through their wanderings in the wilderness, they are now able to eat from the fruit of the land.
No more manna. They have eaten only that and a little quail for 40 years! 16 years ago, I ate pizza for 180 meals in a row while I was homeless. No matter how good the manna tasted, I can't imagine eating it for 43,800 meals in a row.
How they must have enjoyed that first feast! Communion for us is a foretaste of the feast to come. It'll be very much like the shift from manna to the food grown in the Promised Land.
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