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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.

Wheat Grain

Food Topical Studies
Wheat is a grain that was used for food for men and for Pure, choice, clean, and beloved grain used for food for men and offerings for the LORD God. It is superior to barley and held in high esteem as a grain. It is used symbolically representing the righteous, Godly, morally excellent, virtuous and holy nature of the chosen heirs of the LORD God. Wheat can represent that which supports life, it can also serve as a symbol for…

Unleavened Bread

Food Topical Studies
Unleavened bread is bread that is baked without yeast. It is often made because of insufficient time to allow the rising of the bread. It is bread made in haste. It was also eaten at the Passover Feast and was presented with sacrifices and offerings. Unleavened bread eaten to commemorate the Passover. Unleavened bread symbolism sincerity and truth.

Flour

Food Topical Studies
Just like we today make bread and cakes out of flour, flour was also used in Biblical times for a variety of reasons. Beside flour being used for making bread there were other uses for flour. Flour was used as a meat offering to the LORD. Choice flour was presented to special guest. Flour was used symbolically. Fine flour was a luxury item.

Corn

Food Topical Studies
Corn was a cereal crop grown for food use. It was an important agricultural crop in Biblical times, and is mentioned frequently in Scripture. Corn was a basic food and important cereal crop. Corn was featuring in dreams. Corn stalks could be gathered by the poor.

Bread Grains:

Food Topical Studies
Bread is one of the staples of life. Bread was used for a memorial, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. A morsel of bread was used to comfort the heart. Bread which strengthened man’s heart. We should pray for our daily bread. Jesus is called the bread of life.

Barley Grains

Food Topical Studies
Barley is a grain crop commonly cultivated in Egypt and Palestine Barley had great value. Barley was used as payment and for reward. Barley was used for offerings to the LORD. Barley was used to for feed for the horses and dromedaries. Barley was used to feed people.

Lentils Legumes

Food Topical Studies
The Old Testament translated lentils or lentils as the smallest of the cultivated plants of the pea-family an annual legume. The seeds supply nutritious food, and are employed for making pottage, which is of a yellowish hue or reddish color. The red pottage which Jacob supplied to Esau, and for which the latter sold his birthright, was made of lentils.

Leeks Vegetables

Food Topical Studies
It is reflective to as a symbol of more abundant life the Children of Israelites experienced in Egypt. They have been compared to onion. Leeks were widely used in both Palestine and Egypt. Leeks were used as a seasoning for meats and used in soups in the time of the Romans.

Gourds Vegetables

Food Topical Studies
Many botanists and Bible scholars suggested that the wild vine and gourds were Citrullus colocynthis, a cucumber-like plant with purgative or cleansing qualities. Citrullus colocynthis is called the bitter wild gourd and not considered to be edible. It grows in sandy soil and gravel in Israel. The Colocynth grows abundantly on the barren sands near Gilgal, and all round the Dead Sea on the low flats. It covers a large amount of ground and bears a large quantity of fruit.
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