The Israelites pounded olives to make oil. When pounded, the olive loses its physical appearance and only its essence is extracted. On the Olive Tree of Isra’el there are natural branches along with wild branches. They all produce the same fruit – olives. The root of the Olive Tree is Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the patriarchs of faith and promise. From them came the nation of Isra’el, the natural olives, who have been relentlessly pounded through the millennia by severe persecution and near annihilation. It began with slavery in Egypt and Pharaoh, continued with Haman in Persia, the Syrians and Antiochus Epiphanes, the Spanish Inquisitions
"Your eyes will see Jerusalem: A tent which will not be folded; its stakes will never be pulled up" (Isaiah 33:20).
