Homilist Psalm 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. I. There are in the universe HIGHER ORDER OF INTELLIGENT CREATURES THAN MAN, "Angels." The proofs, the nature, the functions, the varieties of their existence abound in the Scriptures. II. This higher order of intelligences REQUIRE FOOD. No creatures, however exalted, can be self-subsisting, i.e. can live of themselves or from themselves; they must appropriate something from without. III. Of this food MAN TO SOME EXTENT IS A PARTAKER. Revelations of truth, beauty, God, are the food of souls in all worlds, and this food is universal. (Homilist) Parallel Verses KJV: Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.WEB: Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full. |
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