And ye shall eat in plenty
Or, "in eating eat" F14; most surely eat, and in great
abundance; which Hebraism not only denotes the certainty of a
thing, but the increase and abundance of it; see ( Genesis
22:17 ) ( 1 Chronicles
4:10 ) ; there is plenty of spiritual provisions held forth
under the Gospel dispensation: much in God, in his goodness,
grace, and love, truth and faithfulness; in his covenant, the
blessings and promises of it: much in Christ, who is compared to
many things eatable; is called the Lamb of God, the fatted calf,
the hidden manna, the tree of life, and the bread of God;
everything in him, and that belongs to him, is food for faith;
his flesh is meat indeed, his blood is drink indeed; the fulness
of grace in him; the righteousness wrought out by him; the
salvation he is the author of; upon all which the believer lives
by faith: much in the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, compared
to honey for sweetness of taste; to milk for its nourishing
nature, easiness of digestion, and the suitableness of it for
babes; and to strong meat fit for men: and there is groat plenty
also in the ordinances of the Gospel, particularly in the Lord's
supper, the feast of fat things, where saints are invited to eat
and drink abundantly; which eating is not a bare attendance on
outward ordinances, or a superficial taste of the things in them,
but a feeding upon them by faith, receiving and digesting them;
and be satisfied;
eat to satiety; eat and be full, so as to be entirely contented,
and desire no other sort of food; thus saints, as Naphtali, are
satisfied with the favour and love of God, having a delightful
sensation of it, and a full persuasion of interest in it; with
Christ as the bread of life, so as not to hunger after other;
with his righteousness, as not to seek any other; and with his
salvation, being so suitable to them; and with the goodness and
fatness of the Lord's house, his word and ordinances; and
praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt
wondrously
with you;
acknowledge him to be the giver of all this spiritual food, and
that they are unworthy of it; ascribe it entirely to the grace of
God, who has done wonders for them; in wonderfully setting them
apart for himself in eternal election; in making such a well
ordered covenant with them in Christ; in sending him to be their
Saviour and Redeemer; in calling them out of darkness into
marvellous light; in bestowing such love upon them, as to call
them and make them his children, and also heirs of him and
eternal glory; see ( Psalms 22:26
) ; and my people shall never be ashamed;
because they shall always have food to eat; shall never be
disappointed, when they rightly apply for it in proper places and
times; and not be like the troops of Tema, and companies of
Sheba, ( Job 6:19
Job 6:20 ) ; they
shall not be ashamed of their faith and hope, and expectation of
good things promised them; nor of the word and ordinances, and
the profession they have made of Christ in this world; nor shall
they be ashamed at his coming; but shall be placed at his right
hand, and received into his kingdom, and shall be led by him to
fountains of living water, and be satisfied with pleasures for
evermore.