Both the manna and the old corn of the land are types of Christ. The former presents Him in His humiliation—the Bread that came down from heaven, but not simply as the humbled One. It is rather Christ adapted to all the wilderness needs of His redeemed. The old corn of the land is Christ in glory—Christ known in those heavenly relationships in which divine grace sets the believer. As those who are risen with Christ, we feed on Him as the old corn of the land. Viewed in one light the Christian, though out of Egypt, is yet in the wilderness journeying to the rest that remains, and as such he needs Christ as the manna. Viewed in another light he is on the other side of Jordan—risen with Christ—and then Christ as seen in the old corn of the land is his food. Christ suited to our circumstances here is the manna. Christ leading our hearts into that scene of heavenly blessedness where He lives, so that we know and live with Him there, is the old corn of the land. An experimental knowledge of Christ in both ways is our privilege; and we shall suffer, and that greatly, if we think little of either.