The Kitchen Newsletter By Omodolapo Ogunye Good day, Welcome to The Kitchen, where we explore, prepare and serve the contents in the Body of the Word as the delicacies of God—to create the form of the Father on the earth, to make the earth in His likeness, and to take charge of the economic destinies of nations for God. Relax, and let's journey through the scriptures to see the Body of the Word. THE WORD HAS A BODY The Bible opens a remarkable window into the identity of the Word in Revelation 1:1–2, 12–17. John hears a voice behind him. When he turns, he sees seven golden lampstands and, among them, someone “like a son of man.” Then John begins to describe what he sees. He sees the robe. He sees the golden sash. He sees the head and hair. He sees the eyes. He sees the feet. He hears the voice. He sees the right hand. He sees the mouth. He sees the face. John was not simply receiving an idea. He was seeing the living Word in bodily form. This is why the revelation of the Word is so important. The Word of God is not merely a collection of spoken statements. The Word has a Person, and the Person has a Body. And this Body is the revelation of the invisible God. Hebrews 1:3 says that the Son is “the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” Colossians 1:15 calls Him “the image of the invisible God.” The invisible God is made knowable through the Body of the Word. When you see the Body of the Word, you are seeing the image of the invisible God. THE SCRIPTURES TESTIFY OF THE WORD This is why Jesus gives us an important principle for reading Scripture. He says in John 5:39: “These are the Scriptures that testify about me.” The Scriptures therefore do more than provide moral instructions, historical accounts or religious information. The Scriptures testify about the Word. They testify about His Person. They testify about His Body. They testify about the members of His Body. They testify about the contents of His Body. They testify through descriptions, symbols, shadows, prophecies and revelations. This explains why John is instructed in Revelation 1:19: “Write therefore what you have seen, what is now, and what will take place later.” There is a divine timetable for revelation. Things seen in Scripture can contain realities that God intends to make known at appointed times. This makes the study of the Body of the Word more than an examination of biblical imagery. It becomes an investigation into what God is presently revealing through His Word. Jesus further explains the ministry of the Holy Spirit in John 16:15: “He will take from what is mine and make it known to you.” And in Revelation 2:7, the church is told: “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” The Spirit takes from Christ and makes Christ known. So when the Scriptures are opened from the perspective of the Body of the Word, we are listening for what the Spirit is revealing concerning Christ. THE BODY IS WHITE Consider one of the first detailed descriptions John gives us. “His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow.” — Revelation 1:14 Notice that John describes the head and hair, but the revelation goes beyond the physical member being described. The description reveals something about the character of the whole Body. Daniel saw a similar picture in Daniel 7:9, describing the Ancient of Days with clothing white as snow and hair like pure wool. Song of Solomon also uses Lebanon as a description of His appearance (Song of Solomon 5:10, 15). Why white? Scripture repeatedly associates whiteness with purity and cleanness. God says in Isaiah 1:18: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.” So the Body of the Word is presented as white like wool and white as snow. It is a Body without contamination. A Body without blemish. A Body without impurity. Everything that proceeds from the Body of the Word carries the character of the purity of God. This becomes important when we consider another description of the Body. THE BODY IS FOOD Jesus makes a startling declaration in John 6:51: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. This bread is my flesh.” Then in John 6:55: “My flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.” Here, the Body of the Word is directly associated with food. Now put the Scriptures together. The Body of the Word is described as white—clean and pure. The Body of the Word is also described as food. Therefore, we can see the Body of the Word as the clean food of God. This idea does not suddenly appear in the New Testament. It has been foreshadowed throughout Scripture. THE PURE OFFERING In Malachi 1:11, God declares: “In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name.” There is a prophetic picture here of pure offerings being brought to God among the nations. What are these pure offerings? The revelation of the Body of the Word gives us a way of understanding them as the contents and detailed descriptions of the Body—the delicacies presented to God. Song of Solomon 7:13 says: “At our gate is every delicacy.” The imagery of the gate and mouth can be connected with Psalm 141:3, where the mouth is associated with the gate of the lips. The picture is compelling: the Body of the Word contains the delicacies of God. The Father is not presented as receiving just anything. He receives what is pure. He receives what is clean. He receives what belongs to the Body of the Word. THE DAILY FOOD OF GOD This becomes even clearer in Numbers 28:1–7. God instructed Israel concerning offerings that were to be presented at appointed times. They were described as food for His offerings, made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the Lord. There were specifications. The animals had to meet particular requirements. The grain had specifications. The drink offering had specifications. This was not an arbitrary system. It was a shadow pointing toward a greater reality. The animals used in the offerings came from the category of animals regarded as clean under Leviticus 11. The lamb, bull, goat and ram became part of the sacrificial system. The message was clear: what was presented as food to God had to meet God's standard of cleanness. This points us back to the Body of the Word. If Christ says His flesh is real food (John 6:55), and His Body is described as white as wool and snow (Revelation 1:14), then the Body of the Word is revealed as clean food—food without contamination, impurity or blemish. Even the bread of the Presence placed continually before God (Exodus 25:30) participates in this larger biblical picture of bread being presented before God. The shadows point toward the reality. The reality is the Word. The reality is His Body. WHAT DOES GOD WANT TO BE FED WITH? This raises a provocative question: What does God want to receive from the earth? The Scriptures repeatedly use the language of food, bread, offerings, sacrifices and delicacies in relation to God. But the greater revelation is not merely about physical animals, grain or drink. These things were shadows. The substance is found in Christ. The Body of the Word is the meat. The Body of the Word is the bread. The Body of the Word is the drink. The Body of the Word is the pure offering. The Body of the Word is the clean food of God. And this gives us a different way to approach the Scriptures. We are not simply searching for verses to support our ideas. We are searching the Scriptures to discover the Person of the Word and the contents of His Body. Jesus said the Scriptures testify of Him. So the question is no longer simply, “What does this verse say?” A deeper question emerges: “What does this Scripture reveal about the Body of the Word?” And when that Body is revealed, the delicacies of God are made known. This is the journey of The Kitchen—to explore, prepare and serve the contents in the Body of the Word as the delicacies of God. The revelation of the Body of the Word is not merely information. It is food. And the food is clean. It is the pure offering of God. Amen. Listen to The Kitchen Podcast by Omodolapo Ogunye on Audible, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts. 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