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To: TheOtherOne; Jeremiah Jr; Lijahsbubbe; Yehuda; bearsgirl90; the-ironically-named-proverbs2; ...
The date palm symbolized ancient Israel; the honey of "the land of milk and honey" came from the date.

Ezekiel 37:1-6

1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

The first two leaves looked odd, she said, very flat and pale. "But the third looked like a date leaf with lines, and every one since has looked more and more normal - like it had a hard time getting out of the seed."

27 posted on 06/11/2005 8:37:39 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Seed time and harvest, quite a biblical theme, isn't it?

So many analogies.


32 posted on 06/11/2005 9:09:22 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Thinkin' Gal
The date palm symbolized ancient Israel
38 posted on 06/11/2005 9:20:19 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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