Who is mentioned most in the bible

You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Create a free website or blog at WordPress. Home About. Posts Comments. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading During the exodus some complained about the luxuries they lost in following God Jesus said, "I am the True Vine In winter the branches lose their leaves and the vine has to be pruned if it is to flourish again and bear fruit well.

As the cut-off branches are fruitless, useless and dead away from the parent plant, so are Christians who are not abiding in Jesus Christ and thus sharing in His life. Absalom, David's son who rebelled against him was killed when caught by the hair in the branches of a Holly Oak. The Pharisees tithed horsemint when they tithed mint, rue and all kinds of herbs, but neglected the more important matters of judgment and the love of God.

The oriental hyacinth may be referred to as lily in the Song of Songs in the description of Solomon's Garden. Wild species are very fragrant and cover the hillsides in Israel in spring with blue. The fig tree is the only plant cursed by Jesus in the bible Mark In the Old Testament, the fig tree is a symbol of prosperity. The Judean broom is believed to be the plant usually called "juniper" in the Bible, such as the juniper tree under which the prophet Elijah rested after his tremendous and successful contest with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel.

We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt The valuable health giving properties of citrus fruit were appreciated in very ancient times, in the citron or etrog tree, which is the "goodly fruit" mentioned in Leviticus. First fruits of this tree were offered in thanksgiving to God, as well as first fruits of the grain harvests. The citron fruit is like a large lemon, somewhat elongated, and a sweeter taste. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright. Lettuce was probably one of the "bitter herbs" eaten with the Passover lamb. Leaves of lettuce that are allowed to grow unblanched develop a bitter taste. Lupins are wild flowers in Israel. The passing flowers remind us of our mortality, and the passing nature of all power and wealth. The Madonna Lily traditionally has been associated with the Virgin Mary, mother of our Lord, and is a symbol of purity. In earlier times it was much more plentiful than now in sheltered spots in Galilee.

It was introduced into Europe during the time of the Crusades and was very widely cultivated. Mint reminds us of Jesus reproving words to the Pharisees that they tithed mint, and rue and all kinds of herbs, but neglected the more important matters of judgment and the love of God. Jesus in one of His parables referred to mustard. At the same time He spoke of the mustard seed of the plant brassica nigra, which is very common in the Holy Land and throughout Europe and in favourable conditions this plant will grow into the large shrub in which small birds could build their nests, of which He spoke.

A glorious future was foretold for Israel and it was Zechariah who saw the Horsemen among the myrtles. One of the four plants Jews use for Feast of Tabernacles Narcissus tazetta is thought to be the plant referred to in "the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

It is an Israeli wild flower, like a jonquil, with cream petals and lemon centre cup, sweetly fragrant. The acanthus is believed by some scholars to be the plant called nettles in some places in the Bible. At any rate, the acanthus plant is the origin of the leaf design used by the Greeks in the capitals of Corinthian columns.

Modern food grains of wheat, barley and others have been developed from what were originally wild grasses. In the Bible oleander is called a rose. In olden times the words for roses and lilies were used in a loose way to indicate any beautiful flowers of these types. The oleander is very abundant around Jericho, where it is doubtful whether roses ever flourished except in gardens, although seven different species of the genus Rosa grow in Palestine.

When the waters of the Great Flood began to subside, Noah sent out a dove from the ark, which came back to him that evening holding an olive leaf in her beak. This is the first mention of this tree in the Bible, but there are many others highlighting its uses for cosmetics and cleansing, fuel for lamps, but above all Olive Oil was used for disinfecting, cleansing and healing wounds by the Good Samaritan.

These are the reeds in which Moses' mother hid him in his basket on the banks of the Nile. The Ancient Egyptians used papyrus to make one of the earliest forms of paper.

Papyrus as a writing surface became popular throughout the ancient Near East and Mediterranean. The earliest surviving texts of the New Testament were written on papyrus. Peas were an ingredient of the pottage which Jacob had cooked and Cain desired to eat after he came in from hunting.

The pulse on which the young Daniel and his companions thrived was vegetable; probably lentils, peas and beans were important constituents of it, and this proved to be a more health giving diet than the rich foods of the court of Babylon. Pennyroyal was a mint that the Pharisees tithed when they neglected the more important matters of judgment and the love of God.

The pistachio and the almond were nuts included in the present that Jacob's sons brought to Pharaoh when there was a drought in their land of Canaan and they desired to buy corn from Egypt. The pomegranate was one of the pleasant fruits of Egypt, one of the promised blessings of the new land, and is referred to many times in the Old Testament. Fruit of the pomegranate was a decorative motif on the priests robe and in the Temple.

The Oriental Poppy was the source of the gall which was offered to Jesus when He was being crucified. It would appear that Jesus taught about food more than money. Rather they are an illustration that points to the larger truth. And in a quest to prove a point, many have thrown out a statistic to back a point without doing much research. Thus we have this idea in our heads that Jesus was always talking about money. Jesus often used money, something everyone understood, as an illustration to a larger point.

Think of the Parable of the Lost Coin. We need to look at the context. The context will tell us whether Jesus was talking about money or using it as illustration to point to a larger truth. Did Jesus talk about money? Does he care how we use our money? Not even close. Depending on how you want to count it, remember you can make statistics say almost anything.

In fact, you could make a strong argument for this being his primary message that everything else was centered around.

From the very beginning of Jesus ministry the focus was on the Kingdom He was establishing. But this Kingdom was diametrically different than all the other kingdoms that existed. So, oftentimes He contrasted earthly rulers and kingdoms with God and his kingdom. Jesus emphasized that His kingdom was different. It played by a different set of rules.