Imagine this beautiful table, set up out in the middle of an ancient nomad-like community.
It's just like the God I know, to nudge beauty into the otherwise laborious responsibilities that religion had imposed upon the Kohathites.
I hope that beauty, that table of Presence finds its way into your Christmas this year!
“Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is continually there is to remain on it."
Numbers 4:7 NIV
I pray the table of Presence finds its way to the homes of all of your readers. As for my house, it will not be covered in blue cloth, though (it doesn't match the china pattern). Merry Christmas and may Christ's presence be found it your table.