Jesus Christ the Apple Tree. “As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. In his delightful shade I sit, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. He has taken me to the wedding feast at the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.” (Song …
The Parable of the Mustard Tree. “Jesus put before His listeners another parable: ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a farmer takes and plants in his garden. It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it grows up it is larger than any garden plant and becomes a tree, …
The Trees Shall Clap Their Hands. ”For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands…” (Isaiah 55:12). SCIENCE FACT: Atoms, the building blocks of all created matter on the …
The Tree of Christ. “Faithful cross! above all other, one and only noble tree! None in foliage, none in blossom, none in fruit thy peer may be; Sweetest wood, and sweetest iron! Sweetest weight is hung on thee. Bend thy boughs, O tree of glory! Thy relaxing sinews bend; For awhile the ancient rigor that …
The Mount of Olives. “And Jesus came out, and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed Him there… Jesus had often retired to the Mount of Olives with His disciples.” (Luke 22:39; John 18:2). On the eastern border of Jerusalem, about two miles away from the city, is a small …
Nathaniel Under a Fig Tree. “The next day, after Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, He met Philip and said, ‘Follow me.’ Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel and said to him, ‘We have found Him of whom Moses said in the Law and the prophets …
The Miracle of Aaron’s Almond Branch. “Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.”(Numbers 17:8). Aaron’s big walking stick, in Biblical terms …
The Object Lesson of the Fig Tree. “Now in the morning, as Jesus returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, ‘Let no fruit grow on you ever again.’ Immediately the fig tree …
The Cedars of Lebanon. “The righteous shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” (Psalm 92:12). The magnificent cedar trees in Lebanon were the most honored of all the trees in early Scripture. They are mentioned over 100 times in the Hebrew Bible, and were known in biblical times as the “king of trees.” There were good …
On Christ as the Branch from the Stump. “Joseph took his family and they settled in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled…. He shall be called a Nazarene (meaning ‘branch’).” (Matt. 2:23). The striking words of the angel Gabriel to Mary at the Annunciation had historical meaning …
The Tops of the Mulberry Trees. “Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. Therefore David inquired of the Lord, and He said, ‘You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. And it shall be, when you …
Flourish like a Tree. “The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like the cedar of Lebanon. Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courtyards of our God. Even in old age they will be vigorous, still full of sap, still bearing fruit, proclaiming that the Lord …