Corn
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.
The LORD will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore unto your fathers to give you. (Deuteronomy 7:13).
The blessing the Isaac gave to his son Jacob (thinking it was Esau). “Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.” (Genesis 27:28-29).
Joseph interpreted the dream of Pharaoh concerning corn as a grain. It was because of the dream of Pharaoh and the interpretation that Egypt was spared a great famine in the land and eventually Joseph was reunited with his family. There was seven years of good growing season that was followed by seven years of famine. During the years of prosperity Joseph had the people put away grains in preparation for the famine. (Genesis 41:1–57).
Green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears shall be offered for the meat offering of the first fruits to be offered unto the LORD. (Leviticus 2:14-16). You shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the same day that you have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (Leviticus 23:14).
If you shall hearken diligently unto thy commandments of the LORD which He command you, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, That He will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou may gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (Deuteronomy 11:13-14).
The corn harvest happened each spring. The reaper takes the standing grain relatively high and cuts them with a sickle. Another person follows the first gathering the stalks. Stalks that fell loose were to be left in the field, so that they could be gathered by the poor. (Ruth 2:2–7).
Those that withhold corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it. (Proverbs 11:26).
Corn was a basic foodstuff. That was eaten as a full ear in the husk. (Psalms 65:9; 2 Kings 4:42-44). It was an important cereal crop can be seen in Psalm 65: 11-13. The LORD surrounds the year with His goodness and His blessings upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the corn and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. The Pharisees complained that it was not lawful to pluck corn on the Sabbath day. Because of Jesus plucking corn on the Sabbath we discovered the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath day. (Matthew 12:1-7).
Jesus told the disciple, the hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. Jesus continued by saying if any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. (John 12:23-26).
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