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2,000-Year-Old Seed Sprouts, Sapling Is Thriving
National Geographic ^
| 11/22/2005
| John Roach
Posted on 11/23/2005 9:23:40 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
An ancient and very beneficial plant flourishes in the Holy Land.
Awaiting Muslim threats to smash it and throw it into the sea...
To: Red Badger
All I can say is cool!!!!
To: Red Badger
Very interesting article. Wonder why they were wiped out in 500 AD.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:29:20 AM PST
by
BigFinn
To: EternalVigilance
An ancient and very beneficial plant flourishes in the Holy Land. So does anyone know if the seedling is any different than modern ones?
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:30:28 AM PST
by
sr4402
To: EternalVigilance
TROP only grows chaos and misery..
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:32:09 AM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Red Badger
The sex of the sapling is unknown, but the researchers are hoping for a female, which would bear fruit. Imagine hooking up a 2000 year old Jewish date, that was interested in bearing fruit!
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:32:12 AM PST
by
RightResponse
(What if the Left, just got up and .....)
To: HairOfTheDog
Yé! utúvienyes!
blast from the past...
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:33:09 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
(.)
To: RightResponse
Right up Bill Clinton's alley, so to speak.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:33:18 AM PST
by
Licensed-To-Carry
(Praise be to the LORD, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle.)
To: RightResponse
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:37:22 AM PST
by
STD
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To: sr4402
So does anyone know if the seedling is any different than modern ones? The article says that it is different.
To: sr4402
In ancient times the Judean date palm was a staple source of food, shelter, and shade. References to it are made in the Bible, the Koran, and other ancient literature. Judean date palms were wiped out by about A.D. 500.
To: RightResponse
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:39:57 AM PST
by
patton
("Hard Drive Cemetary" - forthcoming best seller)
To: SJackson; Alouette; Salem; Esther Ruth
Some good news from Israel - ping!
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:40:13 AM PST
by
Convert from ECUSA
(It really, truly is a "religion of peace", and the jihadistinian rioters in France prove it!)
To: STD
Yeah, but you gotta admit...it was pretty funny!
Regards,
To: sr4402
Watch this date palm for some miraculous healings. It will then become the object of idol worship. People the world over will fly to Israel for cancer treatment.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:41:38 AM PST
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STD
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To: STD
Or it will bear fruit, then move in with the kids for another 2000 years....
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11/23/2005 9:45:24 AM PST
by
RightResponse
(What if the Left, just got up and .....)
To: Red Badger
The real significance of this is religious. Jesus told us of seeds that had to die to live. A seed will sit dormant for years(even thousands), and still retain the ability to come alive. Just as our souls are dormant and dead until we die to self and live for Him.
This is the image of Baptism. We die by being held under water, but rise to new life. He wanted us to know that he would be "planted", only to rise to new life. It is also depicting the verse that we "see through a glass darkly". We cannot know, by looking at ourselves, what we will become in a glorified state. If you look at a kernel of corn, could you ever envision a corn stalk, or an acorn an oak tree?
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:51:15 AM PST
by
chuckles
To: STD
Judean dates instantly remove unwanted fat.
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:52:18 AM PST
by
Feiny
(Killing threads since 1999.)
To: RightResponse
2000....20... they're all the same.......oy vey!....
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posted on
11/23/2005 9:54:13 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(United States Marine Corps, Saving France's Bacon Since 1775.............)
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