The word “manna,” I believe, is familiar to every brother and sister in the Lord, as it is recorded in the Old Testament that, after Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, they stayed in the wilderness for forty years, during which time God sent manna from heaven to feed them every day. At that time, the manna bestowed by God was the material food, which the Israelites needed most to survive in those days.
It’s recorded in the Bible: “To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna” (Revelation 2:17). Here it mentions “hidden manna.” Then what does the “hidden manna” refer to? Let’s look at several passages of scriptures.
“And He humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that He might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of Jehovah does man live” (Deuteronomy 8:3). “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). “I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven” (John 6:48–51). From God’s words, we can know that we humans live not only by the material manna, but even more by God’s words. God’s words are the bread of life and our spiritual manna. So, manna not only refers to one type of material food but also to God’s words. We all know that the words of the Lord Jesus were bestowed upon mankind and were made known two thousand years ago, so the Lord Jesus’ words are not the “hidden manna.”
The Book of Revelation clearly prophesied, “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna” (Revelation 2:17). In John 16:12–13, where the Lord Jesus said: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come.” These prophecies tell us that when the Lord returns in the last days, He will speak again, bestow upon us mankind more truths and tell us all of the mysteries we don’t know as well as the things to come. These words are the “hidden manna” mentioned in the Book of Revelation. Therefore, if we are able to find what the Holy Spirit says to all churches, that is, the utterances of the Holy Spirit, we will obtain the hidden manna.
Now, only The Church of Almighty God is openly testifying that the Lord Jesus has returned, and that He is the incarnate Almighty God. Almighty God has expressed millions of words in the last days and opened up the mysteries of God’s entire management plan. He has expressed “You Should Know How the Whole of Humanity Has Developed to the Present Day,” “Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God,” “The Work in the Age of Law,” “The True Story Behind the Work of the Age of Redemption,” “Christ Does the Work of Judgment With the Truth,” “The Inside Truth of the Work of Conquest (1–4)” and more. He also tells us how Satan corrupts mankind, why mankind is incapable of escaping the bonds of sin, how God carries out the work to save and purify man, the inside story of God’s three stages of work, the essence and inside story of the Bible, the significance of God’s name, why God is to perform His work of judgment in the last days and the meaning of this work. In addition, He has revealed how the good and evil servants, the sheep and the goats, and the wheat and the tares are sorted, how people are separated according to their kind, how Christ’s kingdom comes into being, the beautiful scenes of the Millennial Kingdom, the true destination of mankind, and so on. Almighty God has laid bare to us the mysteries of God’s work of the past, the present, and the future, as well as all the mysteries of God’s 6,000-year management plan. Almighty God’s words are the utterances of the Holy Spirits and the “hidden manna” predicted in the Book of Revelation. Those who truly believe in God and thirst for God’s words all actively seek and investigate the true way, and one by one come before Almighty God after hearing that Almighty God’s words have authority and power and are the “hidden manna” prophesied in the Book of Revelation. Such people are the wise virgins who have been raptured before God’s throne and attended the wedding feast of the Lamb. This completely fulfills the prophecy in the Book of Revelation: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20). So, if we want to welcome the Lord and obtain the hidden manna bestowed by God, we should listen to Almighty God’s utterances, for only that accords with the Lord’s will.