Table

The table is an outstanding picture of the rich life God's people enjoy within the covenant. It is where the lord of the house feeds family and friends, and they share sweet communion. In the covenant home, "children [live] like olive plants round about thy table" (Ps. 128:3). The Old Covenant house of God prominently featured a pair of golden tables (Ex. 25:23ff.). In the New Covenant, the congregation gathers regularly to worship at the Lord's table. Covenant life, Christ promises, is "that...