The vineyard is a symbol of the nation of Isra’el who was delivered from the harsh soil of Egypt and transplanted in the land of Canaan. Elohim cleared the land of pagan cities and ‘giants’ so that that His vineyard might be planted in a fertile place.
Category: Israel and the Jewish People
The Budding Fig Tree
The common fig tree is called Ficus carica. This tree has a long juvenile period and does not produce fruit for the first four to five years after being planted. In other words, the fig remains a child-tree for a period of time before maturing into adulthood. Adult fig trees produce two crops every year. The early crops are frequently small, acidic and inferior, only good for preserving. The latter crop of figs has edible fruit. Interestingly, fig trees produce their fruit before leaves.
1492, Columbus and the Jew
What really happened in 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue? Was it to come to America and ‘take whatever he could?’ Or was there some greater purpose behind his finding a ‘new land’ that was not in the continental U.S.? Could anti-semitic attitudes be behind all the misconceptions and deceptions behind celebrating Columbus day?…
Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance
A video of our family’s short visit to the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. With only a few exceptions, all photographs ©Tentstake Ministries. “The Bible says, “For I the LORD your God am a jealous God punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,…