I really appreciated the Eucharistic parallels. The bread of fine flower represented the body of Christ. The Oil represented that he is anointed of the Holy Spirit. The wine represented his blood. What is amazing is that this was open to both Jews and Gentiles. This shows that it was always God's intent to unify the Jews and the Gentiles, and he did in Acts 10 and 15, when Cornelius was filled with the Holy Spirit, and when the church declared that one did not have to be a circumcised Jew to be a Christian.
I also love the story of Aaron's Rod that budded. I think that this foreshadows the resurrection of Christ. Christ died, and was dead for three days. Then God raised Him from the dead. Christ our high priest.
It is also possible to see the rod as foreshadowing the Cross which brings life, as it says in the study notes.
Also, yesterday I wrote about the dangers of rebelling against our priest or bishop using Aaron and Miriam's example. Here we see more than a mere two person rebellion, but a genuine schism. 200 of Israel's leaders rebelled against Moses and led their people to do so as well.
They had the arrogance to refer to Egypt as the Promised Land(16:13). They were punished for their rebellion. I think that this speaks of the dangers of following various clergy into schismatic sects that claim to be able to lead people to a Promised Land away from the church.
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