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What is the hidden manna?

Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
 

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What is the hidden manna?

Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
I think both the references to the manna and the stone have a context of privacy just between the person and Christ. That's rewarding. The idea of have secrets between two people speaks of intimacy and how one values the other. The manna may be understanding of some secret truth. And the new name speaks of private identity - kind of super hero under a mask scenario in which only the most closest friends know their identity.
 
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What is the hidden manna?

Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’
The hidden manna is The Holy Spirit I believe. That Comes when you are born again.
 
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Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

In order to understand what is written in Revelation one must understand that Jesus is giving references to thing already known to his people. These things are found in the previous writings, - The 'Old 'Testament.

So what was 'manna' or 'man'. The Hebrew word means something like the French Qu’est-ce que c’est?
It means 'What is it?

It was said to come down from heaven.
It was later called the Bread from Heaven.
The word in Revelation is a transliteration from Hebrew so we know it's not meaning 'bread'

The white stone harkens back to the High Priests garments where on the Breastplate there was a pocket and within that pocket were two stone, the Urim (lights) and the Thummin (perfections).
 
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When i thought about the title of your thread and your OP, what came to mind for me is that "hidden manna" is to be found when God's own Holy Spirit teaches us through God's own Word, as it is written in this verse:

"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." ~Jere 33:3

In addition, a particularly delightful verse comes to mind:

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What is the hidden manna?

Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

The manna is the Word of God (spiritual food) and Jesus is the embodiment of the Word of God and therefore also the manna (spiritual food).

John 6

47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life. 48I am the bread of life. 49Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 50This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

God Bless.
 
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Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

Like the rest of Revelation (Apocalypse) the language is mysterious and very symbolic so there are many interpretations of what is written in Revelation. Out of the many commentaries I looked at for this particular verse I tend to agree with the following:

The promise to the overcomer is twofold. I will give some of the hidden manna. This is in accord with the understanding of redemption as a second exodus. The Jews put it thus, ‘As the first Redeemer brought the manna down, so the second Redeemer will bring the manna down.’ For the Christian, of course, that is given a spiritual meaning, akin to the ‘water of life’ (cf. 22:17). The white stone is ambiguous, in that it had a variety of meanings and uses in ancient society. An individual on trial would be given by the jurors a stone, a black one indicating guilt, a white one acquittal. If this were in mind the promise would be related to that given to the Smyrneans (2:11). A custom existed when two persons wishing to seal friendship, broke a stone into two and each retained a half, thereby giving access to each other’s home. An extension of such a custom was the use of a stone for admission to a feast; when it applied to an association that regularly held feasts it could be expensive and restricted—much like an exclusive club today. There is evidence of donating to victors at the games a stone which served as a reward and was provided out of public funds. Much would depend, in interpreting possibilities of understanding, as to whose new name written on the stone is in mind. If it were the Christian’s, then the promise would indicate entrance into a distinctive relationship in the new life of the kingdom of God. If it were the name of God (cf., or of Christ (cf. 19:12b), then it would denote a new and hidden relationship with the Lord, with perhaps an allusion to the power inherent in the name of God. The Christian participates in the power of the Lord and, in a unique manner shared by none, in the character of God.



George R. Beasley-Murray, Revelation, ed. D. A Carson et al., New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition. Accordance electronic ed. (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1994), 1428-1429.
 
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When i thought about the title of your thread and your OP, what came to mind for me is that "hidden manna" is to be found when God's own Holy Spirit teaches us through God's own Word, as it is written in this verse:

"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." ~Jere 33:3

In addition, a particularly delightful verse comes to mind:

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That is exactly right in as much as The Gift of The Holy Spirit and Christ teaching each and every one of His Brothers and Sisters Personally.
 
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