Angels-MANNA

Manna is the food of angels. During the biblical Exodus the Israelites
feared that they had escaped Egypt only to starve to death in the
wilderness. During the second month of their journey God promised
Moses that his people would have bread in plenty.
. . . in the morning a fall of dew lay all around [the camp].
When the dew was gone, there in the wilderness, fine flakes
appeared, fine as hoar-frost on the ground. When the
Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is that?,”
because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them,
“That is the bread which the Lord has given
you to eat.” (Exod. 16:13–15)
Manna is Hebrew and means “What is
this?” Biblical scholars say that a nourishing
substance excreted by plant lice found on low
tamarisk shrubs in the Sinai desert is similar to
the description of manna found in the Bible.
These excretions fall to the ground in the form
in drops, and harden into grains that can be
ground into flour and made into edible bread.
A further example of food from the angels
can be found in First Kings, chapter 19. The
story is of Elijah’s forty days in the wilderness,
during which he was nourished by food and
water delivered to him by an angel:
He lay down under the bush and while he
slept, an angel touched him and said, “Rise
and eat.” He looked, and there at his head
was a cake baked on hot stones, and a pitcher
of water. He ate and drank and lay down
again. The angel of the Lord came again
and touched him a second time, saying,
“Rise and eat; the journey is too much for
you.” He rose and ate and drank and, sustained
by this food, he went on for forty days and forty nights
to Horeb, the mount of God.