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1 Corinthians 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live off the things of the temple?
and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
By this we can discern the meaning of the expression “Priests and Levites”. Any qualified man of the tribe of Levi could minister at the Lord’s Altar in Gifts and Sacrifices. Only sons of the line of Aaron, further refined by Phineas, later Zadok could partake of the Lord’s Table in the Holy Place of the Temple.
The Table Of The Lord
Luke 22:
29 And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father
bestowed one upon Me,
30 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom…
The table of the Lord in the Sanctuary was the place where
the Lord's bread was laid before Him for the tribes of Israel.
Exodus 25:30 You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always in the Holy Place, outside the veil where the lampstand and
altar of incense were placed.
The place where the Lord's incense was offered was called an altar,
only the place of the showbread is called a table.
All were anointed within the sanctuary.
Exodus 30:
25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer.
It shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;
27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils,
and the altar of incense.
The place for breaking the bread of fellowship was at the Lord’s Table, among the sons of Aaron in the Holy Place every Sabbath.
Leviticus 24:
8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually,
for the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and for it is
most holy to him above the offerings of the Lord
made by fire, by a perpetual statute.
This is the meaning of the term 'purpose of heart'.
Acts 11:23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with the purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
Breaking the bread of fellowship is the place where our hearts are laid out before Him, and where we minister to one another in Spirit and Truth.
This must be holiness unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.
Without a holy table of the Lord, the fellowship of love among the holy priests defiled their worship.
Malachi 1:12 But you have profaned it, in that you say,
The table of the Lord is polluted;
and the fruit thereof, even his bread is contemptible.
The change in the priesthood brought about a change of the law.
Hebrews 7:
12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also
a change of the law.
13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe,
from which no man has officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe
Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek,
there arises another priest
16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment,
but according to the power of an endless life.
The Saints not only minister to one other, but also to the Father's
special people at the table of the Lord.
Luke 14:
13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed,
the lame, the blind.
14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you;
for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him
heard these things, he said to Him,
Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!
and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
By this we can discern the meaning of the expression “Priests and Levites”. Any qualified man of the tribe of Levi could minister at the Lord’s Altar in Gifts and Sacrifices. Only sons of the line of Aaron, further refined by Phineas, later Zadok could partake of the Lord’s Table in the Holy Place of the Temple.
The Table Of The Lord
Luke 22:
29 And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father
bestowed one upon Me,
30 that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom…
The table of the Lord in the Sanctuary was the place where
the Lord's bread was laid before Him for the tribes of Israel.
Exodus 25:30 You shall set the showbread on the table before Me always in the Holy Place, outside the veil where the lampstand and
altar of incense were placed.
The place where the Lord's incense was offered was called an altar,
only the place of the showbread is called a table.
All were anointed within the sanctuary.
Exodus 30:
25 And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer.
It shall be a holy anointing oil.
26 With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony;
27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils,
and the altar of incense.
The place for breaking the bread of fellowship was at the Lord’s Table, among the sons of Aaron in the Holy Place every Sabbath.
Leviticus 24:
8 Every Sabbath he shall set it in order before the Lord continually,
for the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and for it is
most holy to him above the offerings of the Lord
made by fire, by a perpetual statute.
This is the meaning of the term 'purpose of heart'.
Acts 11:23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with the purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
Breaking the bread of fellowship is the place where our hearts are laid out before Him, and where we minister to one another in Spirit and Truth.
This must be holiness unto the Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons.
Without a holy table of the Lord, the fellowship of love among the holy priests defiled their worship.
Malachi 1:12 But you have profaned it, in that you say,
The table of the Lord is polluted;
and the fruit thereof, even his bread is contemptible.
The change in the priesthood brought about a change of the law.
Hebrews 7:
12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also
a change of the law.
13 For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe,
from which no man has officiated at the altar.
14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe
Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek,
there arises another priest
16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment,
but according to the power of an endless life.
The Saints not only minister to one other, but also to the Father's
special people at the table of the Lord.
Luke 14:
13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed,
the lame, the blind.
14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you;
for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
15 Now when one of those who sat at the table with Him
heard these things, he said to Him,
Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!
