Sunday Nov 24, 2024

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Joanne Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies Teacher and Author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She is a graduate of Psychology/Christian and Bible Counseling with Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on historical development of Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.

Raisins Fruit

Food Topical Studies
Raisins were produced by soaking grapes in a mixture of oil and water and drying them in the sun. This preserves a fool supply that can last in the heat of the day and for long trips. Raisins was used as a peace offering. Raisins were also used to sustain life and for celebrations. They also had medicinal properties according to Pliny the Elder. 

Pomegranate Fruit and Tree

Food Topical Studies
Pomegranates was used in the architecture of Solomon’s temple. Pomegranates was used on the skirt of the robe of the ephod. Pomegranates abound in Egypt and Canaan. Pomegranates was Drank as juice. Pomegranates are Cultivated in orchards and used as shade. Pomegranates was used in describing a great calamity. Pomegranates used as a blessing.

Grapes -Fruits

Food Topical Studies
The most recognized fruit in the Bible and an important agricultural product of the ancient Near East. The failure of the grape harvest indicates misfortune or disaster, the cultivation of grapes indicates rich and fertile land. Grapes are used to make wine. Scripture contains stern warnings against excessive drinking and drunkenness.

Figs Fruits

Food Topical Studies
Fig trees grew in all areas of Palestine. They provided two or three crops per year. Fig leaves were used as coverings. Figs were usually eaten fresh from the trees, but some were pressed into cakes to use when traveling. Figs were also valuable for medicinal purposes. The fig tree could be used for dwelling safely. The blighted fig tree symbolized the sin of Israel national peril. The fig was used as an example of faith, it became a symbol…

Dates Fruits

Food Topical Studies
The date comes from the palm trees. The palm trees mentioned in the Bible are date palms trees. They have a deep, water-seeking root systems and support long, slender trunks that culminate in circles of fanlike fronds that shade the fruit maturing beneath them. A full-grown date palm takes twenty years to mature and can be more than ninety feet tall, including the circle of fronds, which itself can be from seven to ten feet in diameter. Those living in…

Apples

Food Topical Studies
The Bible has much to say about Apples. The apple is one of the most famous of the food mentioned in the Bible. The apple has been labeled as the “forbidden fruit.” It was tradition that has labeled the apple as the fruit Adam and Eve was tempted with by the serpent.

Almonds

Food Topical Studies
The Almond is listed as one of the best fruits in the land by father Israel. (Genesis 43:11). The three bowls of the tabernacle were made like almonds with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and…

Milk /Dairy Products

Food Topical Studies
Milk was used for food. Types of milk used were from camels, cows, and sheep. Goat milk was the most frequently used milk. Milk was served to the Lord by Abraham in the plains of Mamre. Milk was used to describe the Promised Land, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”Milk had dietary restriction on Israel. Milk was given as gifts. Milk is used symbolic and is associated with a person’s appearance that make them attractive and desirable. Milk stands…

Cheese Dairy

Food Topical Studies
There are three times in Scripture when cheese is mentioned. Milk is passed through a cloth, and the curd, after being salted, is molded into disks about the size of the hand and dried in the sun. There is also a cheese made out of sweet milk which would be like our cottage cheese. Turning milk into cheese, especially in the desert climates, helped to preserve the milk because there was no refrigeration.

Butter Dairy

Food Topical Studies
The Bible is combined with references to butter, the product of milk from the cow. Not only has it been regarded from ancient time as a food fit for the gods, but its use appears to have been divinely recommended and its users promised certain immunities against evil. Butter was used to offer to travelers. Our Lord Jesus Christ was given butter and honey to eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
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