Every Proverb must be read through the Cross, through the Finished Work of Christ and Him Crucified.
For this reason, we always ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us what He wants us to understand in the Scriptures, for the Holy Spirit will witness of Jesus:
"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:" (John 15: 26)
Every Scripture in the Old Testament also trains us in learning more about the righteousness that we have, that we are in Christ:
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" (2 Timothy 3: 16)
We have been made the righteousness of God in Christ because of what Jesus did at the Cross (2 Corinthians 5: 21), and by receiving this gift of righteousness, and the abundance of grace with it (Romans 5: 17), we can trust that all things will be added to us (Matthew 6: 33-34)
So, let us allow the Holy Spirit to reveal more of Jesus and what He did for us at the Cross.
"Better a dry morsel"
The principle of first mention reveals wonderful insights from this phrase.
"Dry" renders the Hebrew word "chareb", which also means "desolate", or lacking moisture.
The first mention of this word occurs in Leviticus, about the meal offering:
"And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another." (Leviticus 7: 10)
Morsel: "path"
Here is the original word and the letters which spell it:
path: fragment, bit, morsel
Original Word: פַּתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: path
Phonetic Spelling: (path)
Short Definition: piece
The word "Path" is made of the two Hebrew words: Peh and Tav -- Mouth and Cross.
This morsel is a picture of the Cross, and more importantly Holy Communion:
"For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me." (1 Corinthians 11: 23-24)
Jesus' body was delivered for us, and we feed off of it.
With every covenant meal, we can expect God to deliver on His promises for us, and we find the truth of this statement in the Bible's first mention of "morsel":
"And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said." (Genesis 18: 5)
Here, Abraham was sitting in his tent, and Jesus arrived with the Father and the Holy Spirit to dine with His covenant man. After they ate, God promised to Abraham:
"10And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him." (Genesis 18: 10)
This "dry morsel" is better than a house full of sacrifices because this piece of bread speaks of the full and final sacrifice which Christ Jesus offered for us, through which we receive, and keep receiving, the power of the New Covenant, ratified in the blood of Jesus!
The word "quietness" is "shalvah", which also speaks of ease, rest, security, abundance, and prosperity:
shalvah: quietness, ease
Original Word: שַׁלְוָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: shalvah
Phonetic Spelling: (shal-vaw')
Short Definition: ease
First mention of shalvah appears in Psalm 122, which speaks of the peace of Jerusalem:
"Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. (Psalm 122: 7)
Everyone of us in Christ is a member of the New Jerusalem:
"But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." (Galatians 4: 26)
This ease, this security we receive in Christ, and we draw more of God's grace as we partake of the Holy Communion!
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