A Study of God's Word
Spoken by the Lord Jesus in his sermon on the mount: (Matthew 5:2-7:27)
Matthew 7:17-18 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Also recorded in Luke: (Luke 6:20-49)
Luke 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
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Used by Jacob as he worked for Laban:
Genesis 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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Cedar (tree) wood: Leviticus 14:4,6,49,51-52, Numbers 19:6,
1 Kings 5:8, 6:9-10,15,16,6:20,36, 7:2-3,7,12, 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18
Cedar trees mentioned in:
Numbers 24:6 2 Samuel 5:11 1 Kings 4:33, 5:6,10, 9:11
2 Kings 19:23 1 Chronicles 22:4 2 Chronicles 1:15, 2:8, 9:27 Ezra 3:7
House of cedar
2 Samuel 7:2,7 1 Kings 6:18
Song of Solomon 1:17, 8:9 Jeremiah 22:14-15
Similtudes:
Job 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. (The Behemoth vs 15)
Psalm 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
A valued wood: Ezekiel 17:3,22-24, 31:3
When Israel fails to obey the Lord God:
Zephaniah 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work.
Zechariah 11:2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Promise to Israel: (Read Isaiah 41)
Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
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Part of the Lord God’s promise to Israel (read all of Isaiah 41)
Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
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Christians believe that bay symbolizes the resurrection of Christ. Bay leaves are a symbol of prosperity, honor and fame. Its leaves constituted the wreaths of laurel that crowned victorious athletes in ancient Greece.
A Bay can grow into a tree up to 40 to 50 feet tall. Thus the reference:
Psalm 37:35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
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Though the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis is not identified, popular Christian tradition holds that Adam and Eve ate an apple from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden (Adam’s Apple, the lump in mans throat). As a result, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin.
a similitude: Song of Solomon 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
What happens as Israel ignores God’s Law (Joel 1);
Joel 1:12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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1 Kings 10:11-12 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
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Ecclesiastes 12:5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Jeremiah 1:11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Exodus 25:33-34 Three bowls made like unto 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 candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Exodus 37:19-20 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Numbers 17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
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2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
2 Chronicles 9:10-11 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
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It’s interesting that Swine, Boar and Sow are mentioned in Scripture, but not pig.
Swine is found in Proverbs 11:22, Isaiah 65:4, 66:3,17
Matthew 7:6, 8:3-32 Mark 5:11-16 Luke 8:32-33, 15:15-16.
Boar is found in Psalm 80:13.
Sow (a female pig) is mentioned by Peter. He quotes a Proverb (26:11) and then seems to add to it.
2 Peter 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
He’s writing about those professed to believe but have returned to their old ways 2 Peter 2:1-21; They are fools.
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⇛ also see Boar, Swine, Unclean Animals