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Month: February 2015

Olive/Olive Oil

Food Topical Studies
The Olive is an important food in Israel and a source of oil. Olives was one of the blessings of the Promised Land. Olive oil was used to burn in lamps. It was also used as a holy anointing oil and also to anoint kings and full of goodness. Olive tree and olives were used symbolically. It has been used as an emblem of peace and reconciliation and a symbol of the anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Locust

Food Topical Studies
The locust are one of the few insects mentioned as a clean or allowed source of food. Locusts were fried in flour or honey, or were preserved by being dried. Locusts and wild honey a basic diet in the wilderness for John the Baptist. Locust are a used as an illustration of the judgment of the LORD God against a rebellious nation. Locusts are ravenous at all three stages of their development-a larval stage in which wingless locusts hop like…

Egg

Food Topical Studies
Eggs are mentioned in a law that allows for taking the young birds but not the mother; it is significant that the taking of the eggs is not mentioned. It has been suggested that the egg is of a serpent and is figurative of the schemes of evil men.

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…
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