A Land of Milk and Honey: Food in Ancient Israel

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um so so i got i got this book right uh about uh i got i got this book right uh about uh food and the impact on history right food and the impact on history right right up my nerd alley for the all the right up my nerd alley for the all the history people right um and so i got to history people right um and so i got to thinking about the importance obviously thinking about the importance obviously of food in the ancient world of food in the ancient world particularly in ancient israel when we particularly in ancient israel when we read the bible read the bible there are all kinds of references to there are all kinds of references to food in fact food in fact in the in the torah right in the old in the in the torah right in the old testament testament the law there's a there's a huge portion the law there's a there's a huge portion of the law that has to do with what can of the law that has to do with what can be eaten and what can't be be eaten and what can't be right the unclean verse the clean right the unclean verse the clean uh certain types of edible stuff was uh certain types of edible stuff was supposed to be offered to god as well supposed to be offered to god as well animals obviously but also uh barley and animals obviously but also uh barley and and wheat and that type of they don't and wheat and that type of they don't think about maybe about this i don't think about maybe about this i don't know anyway so um you know the land know anyway so um you know the land obviously was very important to the obviously was very important to the children of israel and that was the big children of israel and that was the big promise wasn't it when they came out of promise wasn't it when they came out of the land of egypt i'm going to bring you the land of egypt i'm going to bring you into a land that's into a land that's flowing with milk and honey right now flowing with milk and honey right now that's obviously you know was there milk that's obviously you know was there milk flowing around no it wasn't right it was flowing around no it wasn't right it was a way of telling the children of israel a way of telling the children of israel that it was a land of plenty that it was a land of plenty there was plenty of food to go around there was plenty of food to go around you know it had good land for for you know it had good land for for vineyards it had good land for olive vineyards it had good land for olive trees that type of thing so uh we're trees that type of thing so uh we're going to take a look at this food in the going to take a look at this food in the ancient world the land of milk and honey ancient world the land of milk and honey so we'll look at five things so we'll look at five things hopefully hopefully number one just in general number one just in general food in the ancient world why are we food in the ancient world why are we looking at it why is it important well i looking at it why is it important well i think we can kind of think about some think we can kind of think about some things why it's important things why it's important um um foods that are mentioned in the bible foods that are mentioned in the bible foods that have a direct connection foods that have a direct connection obviously to the law but also to the obviously to the law but also to the life of the faithful men and women in life of the faithful men and women in scripture scripture and also with christ as well we're gonna and also with christ as well we're gonna find out that you know christ is gonna find out that you know christ is gonna do a lot of his teachings uh at dinners do a lot of his teachings uh at dinners like at dinners at um you know when like at dinners at um you know when people's homes he's going to feed people people's homes he's going to feed people with the loaves and fishes well how does with the loaves and fishes well how does that that you know why loaves and fishes well i'm you know why loaves and fishes well i'm going to find out that they're pretty going to find out that they're pretty they were pretty big staples in the land they were pretty big staples in the land of israel during the roman times how did of israel during the roman times how did how did people in the ancient world grow how did people in the ancient world grow store and prepare food what did the what store and prepare food what did the what did the children of israel eat on a did the children of israel eat on a regular basis you ever think of that and regular basis you ever think of that and what did they eat what was their what did they eat what was their breakfast like breakfast like what was their uh you know dinner light what was their uh you know dinner light how do they work food into their uh how do they work food into their uh everyday lives did they have a variety everyday lives did they have a variety of foods of foods um well we'll find that out uh number um well we'll find that out uh number four rich man poor man four rich man poor man what do you think that refers to any what do you think that refers to any guesses no one's even paying attention crazy is jim sullivan in the back please jim thank you very much what jim said is absolutely correct what the rich would absolutely correct what the rich would eat and what the poor would eat okay eat and what the poor would eat okay excellent job jim excellent job jim um um yeah is there going to be differences yeah is there going to be differences between diets between someone that is between diets between someone that is wealthy and someone that is poor wealthy and someone that is poor shocker there is shocker there is is there a difference between the way is there a difference between the way affluent people eat today and what uh affluent people eat today and what uh people eat you know poorer people eat people eat you know poorer people eat yes absolutely okay even today is going yes absolutely okay even today is going to be differences to be differences and then number five the importance of and then number five the importance of ritual feasts in ancient israeli society ritual feasts in ancient israeli society right uh under the law there were a lot right uh under the law there were a lot of different feasts and so a feast is of different feasts and so a feast is you know you get together in a large you know you get together in a large group of people and food is served right group of people and food is served right so this idea of food being central this so this idea of food being central this idea of idea of a meal a meal being central to uh cultural importance being central to uh cultural importance and also societal importance in fact and also societal importance in fact brothers and sisters we every time that brothers and sisters we every time that we partake of the bread and wine right we partake of the bread and wine right when we remember christ when we remember christ it's remembering a meal it's remembering a meal right uh right uh you know in the dipping of bread into you know in the dipping of bread into certain you know certain bowls that type certain you know certain bowls that type of thing are all part of that story the of thing are all part of that story the last supper right so we'll we'll get last supper right so we'll we'll get there as we go along this will probably there as we go along this will probably be uh i want to say be uh i want to say three classes four classes somewhere three classes four classes somewhere around there we'll figure it out no around there we'll figure it out no worries worries um to the right here up on one of the um to the right here up on one of the pictures i'd like to kind of talk about pictures i'd like to kind of talk about uh these pictures here but this is a uh these pictures here but this is a kind of an aerial view of uh some kind of an aerial view of uh some vineyards in uh vineyards in uh in israel in israel right right um um you know beautiful vineyards actually you know beautiful vineyards actually doing some research you know kind of doing some research you know kind of went down the rabbit hole of the went down the rabbit hole of the different wine different wine regions in israel right different wine regions in israel right different wine regions some grow you know up in the regions some grow you know up in the higher elevations higher elevations uh get more sunlight that type of thing uh get more sunlight that type of thing the soil is different from the coastline the soil is different from the coastline up into the hill country or judea up into the hill country or judea brother jason just perked right up he's brother jason just perked right up he's like vineyards oh like vineyards oh it's from it's from rich yeah up yes rich yeah up yes so yeah hold on let's get the microphone so yeah hold on let's get the microphone please [Laughter] go ahead go ahead so yeah israeli wine is fantastic but um so yeah israeli wine is fantastic but um you'll notice the terracing that's done you'll notice the terracing that's done there it's not really israel is not there it's not really israel is not really the best for growing anything yes really the best for growing anything yes you know there's not a lot of rainfall you know there's not a lot of rainfall and and it's very it's very mountainous hilly rocky yeah so in order mountainous hilly rocky yeah so in order to do any of this takes a tremendous to do any of this takes a tremendous amount of work to clear create terraces amount of work to clear create terraces and it's uh kind of interesting that and it's uh kind of interesting that that needs to be done in order to grow that needs to be done in order to grow any food yes any food yes at the great point so at the great point so you know right you know right you know when the children of israel you know when the children of israel went into the land of canaan some of went into the land of canaan some of this was already done in other words this was already done in other words they went in and they just kind of took they went in and they just kind of took over the vineyards and the olive all of over the vineyards and the olive all of um you know olive trees that were there um you know olive trees that were there as well but as brother jason said you as well but as brother jason said you know you're gonna have to you're gonna know you're gonna have to you're gonna have to work in order to maintain this have to work in order to maintain this kind of stuff right there was a certain kind of stuff right there was a certain amount of work amount of work that was uh involved in keeping a that was uh involved in keeping a vineyard i think there's there's plenty vineyard i think there's there's plenty of um of um i think in isaiah well he actually jesus i think in isaiah well he actually jesus is going to use that right he's going to is going to use that right he's going to use that example use that example uh of a vineyard and an owner of that uh of a vineyard and an owner of that vineyard going on a far journey and i vineyard going on a far journey and i think in isaiah uh god is going to use a think in isaiah uh god is going to use a vineyard as describing israel right that vineyard as describing israel right that you know he had built israel and he put you know he had built israel and he put a nice wall around and he hedged it and a nice wall around and he hedged it and he pruned it ready so for fruit to come he pruned it ready so for fruit to come in but the venue was all broken down no in but the venue was all broken down no one was taking care of it so we'll get one was taking care of it so we'll get into that a little bit all right any into that a little bit all right any other questions comments before we go on all right uh i threw this in here because it's important as we go on when because it's important as we go on when we're looking at that to kind of look at we're looking at that to kind of look at uh human needs uh human needs right right and you may be familiar with this if and you may be familiar with this if you've ever taken a psychology course you've ever taken a psychology course you've taken a sociology course this is you've taken a sociology course this is uh going to be some you know kind of a uh going to be some you know kind of a fundamental idea right called maslow's fundamental idea right called maslow's hierarchy of needs you may see this um hierarchy of needs you may see this um have seen this uh pyramid have seen this uh pyramid uh before uh before but what i do want to focus on today is but what i do want to focus on today is the bottom parts of it right the bottom parts of it right uh physiological needs air water food uh physiological needs air water food shelter sleep clothing reproduction shelter sleep clothing reproduction right right safety needs personal security safety needs personal security employment resources health property and employment resources health property and so when we're talking about the ancient so when we're talking about the ancient world world we're we're in this hierarchy of needs where did the in this hierarchy of needs where did the majority of people fall and what they majority of people fall and what they were concerned about anyone want to were concerned about anyone want to venture a guess yeah but i would say the bottom rung right the bottom couple runs were really right the bottom couple runs were really what people were concerned about did what people were concerned about did that mean that there weren't you know that mean that there weren't you know uh uh people in the ancient world that were people in the ancient world that were concerned about love and belonging of concerned about love and belonging of course everybody was but course everybody was but as far as food safety right food as far as food safety right food security i think we use that term today security i think we use that term today right food security we have people in right food security we have people in the united states and throughout the the united states and throughout the world that they may not be starving world that they may not be starving right but they do have food insecurity right but they do have food insecurity they don't know you know if they're they don't know you know if they're going to have a regular amount of food going to have a regular amount of food people in the ancient world particularly people in the ancient world particularly in israel were concerned about food in israel were concerned about food security that was a major thing so a lot security that was a major thing so a lot of their thought process and a lot of of their thought process and a lot of their concerns really weren't about their concerns really weren't about self-actualization you know you know self-actualization you know you know what type of person can i be i need to what type of person can i be i need to really really really focus on being the best i can really focus on being the best i can possibly be right there wasn't a whole possibly be right there wasn't a whole lot of that lot of that there was a whole lot of you know is there was a whole lot of you know is this crop going to grow am i going to this crop going to grow am i going to have enough food um you know throughout have enough food um you know throughout the year is there going to be a famine the year is there going to be a famine what's the what you know what's the what's the what you know what's the weather going to be like all of these weather going to be like all of these things really took up a considerable things really took up a considerable amount of brain power amount of brain power and concern and anxiety and concern and anxiety okay so just kind of keep this in mind okay so just kind of keep this in mind the majority of people uh the majority of people uh i don't can you see that no i don't can you see that no safety needs uh safety needs uh physiological needs maseratis hierarchy physiological needs maseratis hierarchy of needs of needs all right all right um let's talk about where we are and um let's talk about where we are and what what what what location we're talking about location we're talking about um um so these maps a couple things number one so these maps a couple things number one the fertile crescent we're talking about the fertile crescent we're talking about three main areas in the ancient world three main areas in the ancient world all right you may have seen this all right you may have seen this number one egypt number one egypt the land of canaan and mesopotamia okay the land of canaan and mesopotamia okay and so this is called the fertile and so this is called the fertile crescent crescent oh oh oh it's a little crescent right goes up oh it's a little crescent right goes up from egypt canaan mesopotamia all right from egypt canaan mesopotamia all right kind of like a half moon a crescent roll kind of like a half moon a crescent roll you put a nice little crescent roll up you put a nice little crescent roll up there there nice and hot right out of the toaster nice and hot right out of the toaster oven put a little about a little jam oven put a little about a little jam delicious delicious okay okay things are going to happen in this area things are going to happen in this area that are going to that are going to um um transform transform from uh you know an area where they're from uh you know an area where they're just kind of you know they're they're just kind of you know they're they're gathering different things okay gathering different things okay they're gonna start setting up villages they're gonna start setting up villages they're gonna start setting up um cities they're gonna start setting up um cities as well and these cities are going to be as well and these cities are going to be based upon farming based upon farming is going to become the the number one is going to become the the number one thing or the foundational thing to thing or the foundational thing to civilization civilization all right now on the right hand side you all right now on the right hand side you can see all these different dots here can see all these different dots here the squares the black dots the black dot the squares the black dots the black dot within a white dot the white dot these within a white dot the white dot these are all the different types of um are all the different types of um of ancient settlements right villages of ancient settlements right villages that have agricultural um that have agricultural um you know different types of agricultural you know different types of agricultural things that indicate that people in this things that indicate that people in this area were area were um farming okay and this is where um farming okay and this is where farming is going to come out the idea of farming is going to come out the idea of farming the idea of staying in one farming the idea of staying in one location the idea of using resources location the idea of using resources around you around you to further your production of food to further your production of food all right and so this is going to become all right and so this is going to become very important because with the advent very important because with the advent of farming of farming you're also going to have the advent of you're also going to have the advent of organized religion as well now some organized religion as well now some people kind of some archaeologists kind people kind of some archaeologists kind of go back and forth you know did of go back and forth you know did farming farming was farming a byproduct of was farming a byproduct of uh religious beliefs in other words you uh religious beliefs in other words you wanted to kind of stay in one cl one wanted to kind of stay in one cl one location and build some kind of location and build some kind of structure to your god and while you were structure to your god and while you were doing that you started kind of building doing that you started kind of building fields and stuff like that uh who knows fields and stuff like that uh who knows but anyways social stratification as but anyways social stratification as well well at the top who was uh who was at the top at the top who was uh who was at the top in the ancient society in the ancient society the people the people false false the king right the king was at the top the king right the king was at the top and then you know you had the five and then you know you had the five percent of people who were kind of the percent of people who were kind of the ruling elite and then everybody else ruling elite and then everybody else kind of fell into that um you know other kind of fell into that um you know other category all right so we're gonna we'll category all right so we're gonna we'll look at a couple things we'll look at look at a couple things we'll look at what the elites would eat what the elites would eat delicious foods all kinds of different delicious foods all kinds of different foods a wide variety of foods foods a wide variety of foods a lot of meat in their diet a lot of meat in their diet the poor the poor not so much right they're going to have not so much right they're going to have there's going to be certain staples that there's going to be certain staples that they're gonna eat every single day they're gonna eat every single day like sister lee gets on me because i like sister lee gets on me because i like to eat soup all the time i'm a soup like to eat soup all the time i'm a soup guy guy all right that's like a staple for me all right that's like a staple for me soup put a little pasta right have a soup put a little pasta right have a delicious meal delicious meal then she gets upset if i use too much then she gets upset if i use too much parmesan cheese parmesan cheese right it's a lot of issues right it's a lot of issues [Laughter] [Laughter] but anyways that would be a staple for but anyways that would be a staple for me okay all right we talked about this uh as well okay so well okay so food scarcity was a real issue in the food scarcity was a real issue in the ancient world ancient world where's our next meal gonna come where's our next meal gonna come are the locusts gonna come we don't have are the locusts gonna come we don't have enough rain as brother jason said you enough rain as brother jason said you know israel is not known for its know israel is not known for its rainfall does get some rain but not to rainfall does get some rain but not to the you know it can be very difficult the you know it can be very difficult you have to store water someplace you have to store water someplace all right um and that was always a big all right um and that was always a big thing do we have enough do we have thing do we have enough do we have enough water for our for our crops as enough water for our for our crops as well well and so that's going to push and so that's going to push the ancient israelites into a certain the ancient israelites into a certain direction as to what types of food direction as to what types of food you're going to use what types of food you're going to use what types of food are going to be a staple in the land of are going to be a staple in the land of israel israel are there going to be staple crops that are there going to be staple crops that need a lot of water like rice is rice need a lot of water like rice is rice going to be grown in ancient egypt going to be grown in ancient egypt ancient israel ancient israel no thank you very much yeah rice is not no thank you very much yeah rice is not going to be grown going to be grown but are there other kind of cereal crops but are there other kind of cereal crops that are going to be grown that don't that are going to be grown that don't need as much water need as much water don't need don't need kind of kind of the aggressive kind of cultivation the aggressive kind of cultivation well yeah we're going to find out that well yeah we're going to find out that there's going to be particular types of there's going to be particular types of crops they're going to do great in the crops they're going to do great in the land of israel because they don't need a land of israel because they don't need a whole lot of water and they're resistant whole lot of water and they're resistant to heat to heat and resistant to drought as well those and resistant to drought as well those are the crops that are going to provide are the crops that are going to provide uh the ancient israelites with food in uh the ancient israelites with food in order for them to survive order for them to survive okay and so obviously the bible okay and so obviously the bible is a you know it's a it's a book number is a you know it's a it's a book number one about our salvation the gospel one about our salvation the gospel message of hope is found in scripture message of hope is found in scripture but throughout scripture as well we kind but throughout scripture as well we kind of get little tidbits of what was going of get little tidbits of what was going on in the land at that time like on in the land at that time like culturally right and so this is kind of culturally right and so this is kind of this time i know i said this before this this time i know i said this before this kind of stuff i'm very interested in kind of stuff i'm very interested in it's like the culture it's like the culture of of ancient israel how did it affect of of ancient israel how did it affect you know how did it affect them you know how did it affect them right what was the land like so anyways right what was the land like so anyways food scarcity was a real issue we know food scarcity was a real issue we know that the children of israel dealt with that the children of israel dealt with famine a few times right abraham dealt famine a few times right abraham dealt with a famine where did he go with a famine where did he go abraham abraham egypt right egypt right jacob is going to deal with the famine jacob is going to deal with the famine where did he go he while he sent his where did he go he while he sent his sons right sons right down to egypt again so egypt is going to down to egypt again so egypt is going to be one of these places where they're be one of these places where they're going to have a surplus of food for the going to have a surplus of food for the most part right doesn't mean that egypt most part right doesn't mean that egypt isn't going to deal with famine they are isn't going to deal with famine they are but but they had kind of a regular flow they had kind of a regular flow no pun intended because they were on the no pun intended because they were on the nile right every year the nile would nile right every year the nile would flood its banks like clockwork flood its banks like clockwork boom boom the rain comes down the boom boom the rain comes down the mountains here comes the flood leaving mountains here comes the flood leaving it silt it silt beautiful right beautiful right israel wasn't like that they don't have israel wasn't like that they don't have a main river like the nile yes they do a main river like the nile yes they do have the jordan river the jordan river have the jordan river the jordan river is not a big river okay you're not going is not a big river okay you're not going to be able to build canals and stuff to be able to build canals and stuff like that and dam up the jordan river to like that and dam up the jordan river to get water it's not how it works the nile get water it's not how it works the nile is completely different is completely different and um i actually like this picture and um i actually like this picture right here this is kind of an artist right here this is kind of an artist rendition of ancient rendition of ancient ancient egyptians kind of building ancient egyptians kind of building canals right there to bring the water canals right there to bring the water into their fields and they would control into their fields and they would control these with sluices right you could block these with sluices right you could block off the water you could dam up the water off the water you could dam up the water you can bring you can bring water into this certain field block it water into this certain field block it so they had an intricate canal system so they had an intricate canal system in egypt they also had this in in egypt they also had this in mesopotamia but anyways i like this mesopotamia but anyways i like this picture because it's kind of like this picture because it's kind of like this guy in the this guy in the on the uh the guy in the this guy in the on the uh the younger guy on the left-hand side he's younger guy on the left-hand side he's looking at it and he's like looking at it and he's like yeah dad looks like you're right about yeah dad looks like you're right about this and dad's like oh i'm right yeah i this and dad's like oh i'm right yeah i know i'm right i've been doing this for know i'm right i've been doing this for 50 years 50 years you know this guy just probably got out you know this guy just probably got out of college you know pharaoh's college of college you know pharaoh's college got it all figured out right and here's got it all figured out right and here's the old egyptians like oh you got it all the old egyptians like oh you got it all figured out okay figured out okay um so i thought that was pretty i had a um so i thought that was pretty i had a good laugh last night putting this good laugh last night putting this together um so subsistence farming together um so subsistence farming throughout the fertile crusher crescent throughout the fertile crusher crescent when we're talking about subsistence when we're talking about subsistence farming what is that farming what is that underground farming no way subsistence farming yell it out subsistence farming yell it out anybody anybody day-to-day eating thank you brother day-to-day eating thank you brother steve yes um you're you're really just steve yes um you're you're really just kind of eking out a um you know a living kind of eking out a um you know a living right you you might you know the stuff right you you might you know the stuff that you grow you're gonna eat maybe you that you grow you're gonna eat maybe you can put away a little extra but the fact can put away a little extra but the fact of the matter it's hand to mouth right of the matter it's hand to mouth right whatever you grow whatever is around whatever you grow whatever is around you're going to use is food okay and so you're going to use is food okay and so when you are at a subsistence farming when you are at a subsistence farming level level uh you know you are um uh you know you are um you know if that like i said if the you know if that like i said if the locusts come or something like that locusts come or something like that forget about it there's going to be a forget about it there's going to be a family there's going to be starvation family there's going to be starvation people are going to go without food people are going to go without food it's going to be a tough time excuse me it's going to be a tough time excuse me one natural disaster away from one natural disaster away from starvation as we talked about extra food starvation as we talked about extra food then was seen as a blessing then was seen as a blessing if you had extra food this is why if you had extra food this is why harvest time right the majority of the harvest time right the majority of the feasts that take place in ancient israel feasts that take place in ancient israel as well was certainly right around as well was certainly right around harvest time but also throughout the harvest time but also throughout the ancient world they would have these ancient world they would have these massive feasts at harvest we know that massive feasts at harvest we know that we have a feast at harvest time in this we have a feast at harvest time in this country as well called thanksgiving well country as well called thanksgiving well what what did it what is it what what did it what is it commemorating thanksgiving oh big giant commemorating thanksgiving oh big giant feast that the uh the pilgrims had right feast that the uh the pilgrims had right along with some of the uh native along with some of the uh native americans they all kind of got got americans they all kind of got got together uh they had deer there uh you together uh they had deer there uh you know they had a great feast right and know they had a great feast right and this was something that human beings this was something that human beings have been doing for thousands and have been doing for thousands and thousands of years having these feasts thousands of years having these feasts these get-togethers right and so feasts these get-togethers right and so feasts were away in the ancient world it's the were away in the ancient world it's the way we do today right uh sharing extra way we do today right uh sharing extra food while thanking uh their gods for food while thanking uh their gods for the bounty right thank you the bounty right thank you um and this is what the ancients did as um and this is what the ancients did as well we we do the same thing right we well we we do the same thing right we have have different types of uh you know feasts different types of uh you know feasts that we have we just had uh thanksgiving that we have we just had uh thanksgiving we've had christmas maybe we've got we've had christmas maybe we've got together for new year's together for new year's we all had food we had an abundance of we all had food we had an abundance of food food all right and so oftentimes it can be all right and so oftentimes it can be difficult for us in this society where difficult for us in this society where we have in fact we have the opposite we have in fact we have the opposite problem in this country don't we we have problem in this country don't we we have too much food leading towards an obesity too much food leading towards an obesity problem and this it's an problem and this it's an epidemic epidemic right along with coven and actually right along with coven and actually the data that's coming out shows us that the data that's coming out shows us that um um that's that's like a number one thing is that's that's like a number one thing is uh obesity and the covenants right uh obesity and the covenants right that's one of the things the um that's one of the things the um uh uh co-morbidity more brittle co-morbidity more brittle yeah that's what yes exactly what i said yeah that's what yes exactly what i said um um okay so nearly all of the ancient law okay so nearly all of the ancient law codes have to do with land water canals codes have to do with land water canals animals feared beer wine olive oil etc animals feared beer wine olive oil etc right so if you look at like the code of right so if you look at like the code of hammurabi right or the code uh from the hammurabi right or the code uh from the uh the city of ur these ancient codes uh the city of ur these ancient codes all really were written down to kind of all really were written down to kind of control who had land who didn't when you control who had land who didn't when you could plan when you couldn't plant could plan when you couldn't plant certain types of crops that type of certain types of crops that type of thing what do we do with the wine what's thing what do we do with the wine what's the tax on beer that was like a big the tax on beer that was like a big thing it's kind of just going down a thing it's kind of just going down a rabbit hole a little bit but that was a rabbit hole a little bit but that was a big thing in mesopotamia was beer was big thing in mesopotamia was beer was the number one drink beer wasn't the the number one drink beer wasn't the number one drink in uh like egypt in the number one drink in uh like egypt in the land of canaan that is going to be wine land of canaan that is going to be wine but the mesopotamians made beer out of but the mesopotamians made beer out of their barley fields in their um their barley fields in their um in their wheat fields as well so that in their wheat fields as well so that needed to be taxed how much could each needed to be taxed how much could each citizen have that type of thing so citizen have that type of thing so we'll get into that a little bit later we'll get into that a little bit later all right questions comments so far yes all right questions comments so far yes brother steve rivers correct correct so egypt has got the nile mesopotamia so egypt has got the nile mesopotamia has what the euphrates yeah euphrates has what the euphrates yeah euphrates and the tigris yes and the tigris and and the tigris yes and the tigris and then you've got the jordan river in then you've got the jordan river in canaan and that's really what makes it canaan and that's really what makes it the fertile crescent the fertile crescent yes yeah so you have um yes yeah so you have um you know a lot of this is flatland and you know a lot of this is flatland and you have uh the rivers coming through you have uh the rivers coming through and so it's going to fert you know it's and so it's going to fert you know it's going to make the land fertile because going to make the land fertile because it has enough water correct steve and so it has enough water correct steve and so that that that area on the left uh above where it that area on the left uh above where it says the fertile crescent that's really says the fertile crescent that's really just the arabian desert that's right and just the arabian desert that's right and and there's just nobody living there and there's just nobody living there nobody doing anything there yeah correct nobody doing anything there yeah correct got it yeah this is i think this is got it yeah this is i think this is like down here is called the empty like down here is called the empty quarter like down in this area right quarter like down in this area right here yeah just desert nothing really here yeah just desert nothing really going on going on and so these laws that you talk about a and so these laws that you talk about a lot of them had to do with the canals lot of them had to do with the canals and the rivers yes who could who could and the rivers yes who could who could plant where like the elites would get plant where like the elites would get the best the best crops where the canals the best the best crops where the canals went you know the best land sure and you went you know the best land sure and you can't dam up the river and cause my farm can't dam up the river and cause my farm to go dry absolutely when can you know to go dry absolutely when can you know how much water do i get on my land you how much water do i get on my land you know when can the you know the water know when can the you know the water come come into my land how much do i get come come into my land how much do i get yes yes thanks yeah absolutely good question thanks yeah absolutely good question steve thank you steve thank you okay okay all right let's talk a little bit about all right let's talk a little bit about trade routes okay this obviously is the trade routes okay this obviously is the uh the middle east uh the middle east we have the red sea right here where we have the red sea right here where that uh line the yellow line is right that uh line the yellow line is right here you have the empty quarter this is here you have the empty quarter this is actually just what brother steve was actually just what brother steve was talking about here these yellow areas talking about here these yellow areas right the syrian desert the right the syrian desert the food desert and then the empty quarter food desert and then the empty quarter do you see a lot of trade routes going do you see a lot of trade routes going through these areas through these areas for the most part no i mean you have you for the most part no i mean you have you did have some trade routes here going did have some trade routes here going this that and the other way but these this that and the other way but these are just empty right so you would follow are just empty right so you would follow these trade routes that really followed these trade routes that really followed a lot of the rivers that type of thing a lot of the rivers that type of thing so the the reason i'm bringing this out so the the reason i'm bringing this out is is that that these traders people traded with each these traders people traded with each other all the time okay and i think we other all the time okay and i think we talked about this when we talked about talked about this when we talked about the bronze age collapse and the judges the bronze age collapse and the judges and stuff like that and stuff like that you know this was a very active time you know this was a very active time human beings have always traded with human beings have always traded with each other and we're going to find out each other and we're going to find out that food sources are going to be a that food sources are going to be a major thing that is going to be traded major thing that is going to be traded so here are the trade routes in the so here are the trade routes in the middle east you can see that they're middle east you can see that they're both by land and by sea both by land and by sea um you know the nile river is going to um you know the nile river is going to be a trade route the euphrates river be a trade route the euphrates river will be will be okay jerusalem is right up here okay here is the red sea okay here is the red sea here is egypt right here and so this is here is egypt right here and so this is go this right here this trade route is go this right here this trade route is by sea obviously by sailing ships that by sea obviously by sailing ships that says a sea route to india and china and says a sea route to india and china and so people so people that you know they're you're trading that you know they're you're trading with uh people from india and china with uh people from india and china they're getting spices they're going they're getting spices they're going back up to the mediterranean sea this back up to the mediterranean sea this purple one here brother steve is the purple one here brother steve is the silk road silk road and so that one is going to go from and so that one is going to go from babylon we're talking about the middle babylon we're talking about the middle east here uh all the way to damascus east here uh all the way to damascus and then there's other going to be other and then there's other going to be other trips are going to go up to nineveh so trips are going to go up to nineveh so all of the major cities are going to be all of the major cities are going to be part of these trade routes right here part of these trade routes right here this is uh you know you have some of the this is uh you know you have some of the arabian trade routes as well where i arabian trade routes as well where i think um like the midianites were think um like the midianites were involved in so involved in so yeah yeah yep yep now this one may be a little bit easier now this one may be a little bit easier to look at these are all the trade to look at these are all the trade routes during roman times okay so we're routes during roman times okay so we're kind of kicking this out a little bit kind of kicking this out a little bit around like uh around like uh well this one is uh at its height at 200 well this one is uh at its height at 200 a.d and you can see all the different a.d and you can see all the different trade routes and so i just want to trade routes and so i just want to impress upon you that a lot of the food impress upon you that a lot of the food stuffs stuffs that are going to be grown in israel that are going to be grown in israel aren't just going to stay in israel aren't just going to stay in israel they're going to be they're going to be they're going to be they're going to be sent all over the world okay sent all over the world okay and israeli wine and olive oil and israeli wine and olive oil is going to have a good reputation in is going to have a good reputation in fact when we start when we look at kind fact when we start when we look at kind of wine production and grapes and stuff of wine production and grapes and stuff like that they're going to have like that they're going to have massive wineries that can produce massive wineries that can produce thousands and thousands of gallons of thousands and thousands of gallons of wine that is going to be sent all over wine that is going to be sent all over the roman world in the greek world okay the roman world in the greek world okay so israeli wine was known for so israeli wine was known for um its quality it's high quality um its quality it's high quality uh the same with olive oil as well okay uh the same with olive oil as well okay and so that really hasn't changed and so and so that really hasn't changed and so as brother jason pointed out as brother jason pointed out the ancient israelites put a lot of time the ancient israelites put a lot of time and effort into building up the and effort into building up the infrastructure in order for them to infrastructure in order for them to produce produce both wines both wines and olive oil at a high level these were and olive oil at a high level these were premium these were premium products premium these were premium products okay people wanted wine they loved wine okay people wanted wine they loved wine throughout the mediterranean world okay throughout the mediterranean world okay olive oil was used in almost everything olive oil was used in almost everything okay okay uh brother steve you had another uh brother steve you had another question landlord that says we want you to grow all of you know gardens so that we can all of you know gardens so that we can ship it elsewhere yeah i can't imagine ship it elsewhere yeah i can't imagine that one over very well yeah so that's that one over very well yeah so that's that's a great point uh steve there is that's a great point uh steve there is going to be tension between the rich going to be tension between the rich landowners landowners and the tenant farmers absolutely and the tenant farmers absolutely because because right they couldn't grow what they right they couldn't grow what they wanted to grow wanted to grow the landowner would tell them what they the landowner would tell them what they needed to grow and so they're going to needed to grow and so they're going to pay pay you know the tenant farmer peanuts right you know the tenant farmer peanuts right just just barely to make enough for life and barely to make enough for life and they're going to take all the excess and they're going to take all the excess and they're going to ship it to other places they're going to ship it to other places it's it's a lot like i'll get to your it's it's a lot like i'll get to your brother jason in a second it's a lot brother jason in a second it's a lot like what happened like what happened um with the irish famine um with the irish famine okay with the potato famine okay with the potato famine uh in ireland uh in ireland they uh you know potatoes was kind of they uh you know potatoes was kind of the staple crop that the irish would eat the staple crop that the irish would eat but did that mean that all of the other but did that mean that all of the other crops in ireland failed they didn't they crops in ireland failed they didn't they had plenty of wheat they had plenty of had plenty of wheat they had plenty of barley they had all of these things but barley they had all of these things but the irish couldn't eat it all of this the irish couldn't eat it all of this other staple crops they were sent over other staple crops they were sent over to england for the workers to feed the to england for the workers to feed the workers and so once the blight hit workers and so once the blight hit the potatoes in ireland the potatoes in ireland the the tenant workers in ireland had the the tenant workers in ireland had nothing to eat even though the things nothing to eat even though the things that they were growing they were growing that they were growing they were growing things they could eat they couldn't eat things they could eat they couldn't eat them though because the tenants were them though because the tenants were shipping them over to other places to shipping them over to other places to make money make money million and a half irish are going to million and a half irish are going to die did those things happen in the die did those things happen in the ancient world of course they did ancient world of course they did yeah you had people barely making enough yeah you had people barely making enough as brother steve said as brother steve said to make a living to even stay alive and to make a living to even stay alive and then you had the rich land owners who then you had the rich land owners who own these vineyards who own these olive own these vineyards who own these olive trees acres and acres of these massive trees acres and acres of these massive land you know these massive plantations land you know these massive plantations and there was really a big discrepancy and there was really a big discrepancy right or a big gap between the highest right or a big gap between the highest and the lowest yes absolutely brother and the lowest yes absolutely brother jason i get in the parmesan cheese dog jason i get in the parmesan cheese dog house as well okay yeah so i don't know house as well okay yeah so i don't know what i don't know what the story is what i don't know what the story is um um just in looking at this what was the just in looking at this what was the setup like today we have the trucking setup like today we have the trucking industry we have industry we have a system that brings all these goods to a system that brings all these goods to you know the grocery store or bj's or you know the grocery store or bj's or uh lumber all this stuff is that how it uh lumber all this stuff is that how it was back then or did you grow your own was back then or did you grow your own crops and then come up with a system to crops and then come up with a system to you know you had your kids bring them to you know you had your kids bring them to the local market or what was the kind of the local market or what was the kind of so so brother jason there was definitely so so brother jason there was definitely some of that where you kind of have a some of that where you kind of have a little farm or something like that and little farm or something like that and you maybe have a little extra and you go you maybe have a little extra and you go and you sell it yourself but for these and you sell it yourself but for these kind of the big productions they had a kind of the big productions they had a whole system that they would bring their whole system that they would bring their stuff to market um stuff to market um merchants were kind of the middleman so merchants were kind of the middleman so they would get the stuff from the big they would get the stuff from the big agricultural farms agricultural farms and then they would deal with kind of and then they would deal with kind of shipping it to different places and they shipping it to different places and they would get a cut would get a cut of of of everything as they did they of of of everything as they did they would own their own ships like if you would own their own ships like if you were a merchant we're in the deneen were a merchant we're in the deneen shipping company we would have our own shipping company we would have our own ships we would also have our own donkeys ships we would also have our own donkeys to carry the things uh you know to to carry the things uh you know to market so there'd be a whole setup like market so there'd be a whole setup like you said you said the trucking were the were the roads up the trucking were the were the roads up kept you know there were taxes to keep kept you know there were taxes to keep the roads up in order for trade to the roads up in order for trade to happen so there was a tremendous amount happen so there was a tremendous amount of an intricate and complicated network of an intricate and complicated network of trade routes but with both within of trade routes but with both within israel and outside of israel as well israel and outside of israel as well and uh the ships a lot of this stuff is and uh the ships a lot of this stuff is going to be transported by ship going to be transported by ship yes brother mark brought to mind solomon when we read that he had hiram build them a fleet of that he had hiram build them a fleet of ships yes and if you remember in those ships yes and if you remember in those stories stories with solomon it would say they would with solomon it would say they would send the ships to india and china and send the ships to india and china and collect baboons and spices collect baboons and spices and then some research i did it said and then some research i did it said they could be gone three to five years they could be gone three to five years yes so that's another major thing this yes so that's another major thing this is an overnight express right is an overnight express right right so i just wanted to mention that right so i just wanted to mention that yes and they would make multiple stops yes and they would make multiple stops along the way yeah that that's got to be along the way yeah that that's got to be a tough life yeah one of those merchant a tough life yeah one of those merchant ships that is gone for a long time yeah ships that is gone for a long time yeah that's a great point mark yeah so the that's a great point mark yeah so the issue uh as you pointed out is a time issue uh as you pointed out is a time issue we do everything very quickly you issue we do everything very quickly you know you go on amazon you're like oh you know you go on amazon you're like oh you know can i get this cat food tomorrow know can i get this cat food tomorrow yes i can boom button yes i can boom button right and you got a poor guy coming up right and you got a poor guy coming up and he's you know he's running out of and he's you know he's running out of his uh amazon van you know he's throwing his uh amazon van you know he's throwing packages taking pictures these poor guys packages taking pictures these poor guys work like dogs but um yeah now like you work like dogs but um yeah now like you said it was a longer period of time and said it was a longer period of time and so you know no refrigeration stuff like so you know no refrigeration stuff like that okay but yes time was a major issue that okay but yes time was a major issue you had sailors that would just kind of you had sailors that would just kind of sail around in these circuits for three sail around in these circuits for three to five years and then and then would to five years and then and then would come home come home probably be home for what uh you know probably be home for what uh you know six months to a year or something like six months to a year or something like that then they'd be back out again so that then they'd be back out again so yeah great point mark thank you that's right yes it's not perishable particularly with the wine they would particularly with the wine they would put pitch on the top of it on the jar put pitch on the top of it on the jar the big jars that they had they would the big jars that they had they would put a little level of olive oil to put a little level of olive oil to prevent that bacteria and then they prevent that bacteria and then they would put like pitch on top of the uh would put like pitch on top of the uh to keep it almost sealed steve so yes it to keep it almost sealed steve so yes it would keep for a long period of time would keep for a long period of time absolutely yep absolutely yep let's see and we'll get into some of the let's see and we'll get into some of the other stuff that israel produced in the other stuff that israel produced in the ancient world as well this idea of the ancient world as well this idea of the land of milk and honey well what was land of milk and honey well what was honey honey well we know what honey is right we know well we know what honey is right we know that you know the bees make honey the that you know the bees make honey the honeycomb that type of thing but there honeycomb that type of thing but there was another type of honey that was even was another type of honey that was even more common more common than than bee honey and it was date honey they bee honey and it was date honey they would make a honey out of the dates they would make a honey out of the dates they would cook it down and almost get a would cook it down and almost get a syrup and they would put put that on syrup and they would put put that on things to kind of sweeten it things to kind of sweeten it so if we if we had more time and a so if we if we had more time and a little more resource and i had a little little more resource and i had a little more gumption more gumption we might have like some ancient israeli we might have like some ancient israeli uh food to try right and lee's like no uh food to try right and lee's like no you're not going to the store and you're not going to the store and getting all kinds of stuff it's not getting all kinds of stuff it's not happening happening so i didn't even ask guys i'm sorry dig so i didn't even ask guys i'm sorry dig it up with sisters it up with sisters [Laughter] okay all right all right yeah i'm judy i'm the same way i love yeah i'm judy i'm the same way i love volleyball i love walls volleyball i love walls i'm going to tell you a little fun fact i'm going to tell you a little fun fact about olives too about olives too before they would just make the oil out before they would just make the oil out of they wouldn't eat them right they of they wouldn't eat them right they would just make the oil out of but would just make the oil out of but i believe uh i believe uh somebody anyway i don't know the actual somebody anyway i don't know the actual person but it is attributed to the person but it is attributed to the romans that the romans figured out how romans that the romans figured out how to eat them they would put them in the to eat them they would put them in the brine to make it more palatable and so brine to make it more palatable and so when we get olives in the brine and when we get olives in the brine and stuff like that then you eat them like stuff like that then you eat them like oh this tastes good you can thank the oh this tastes good you can thank the romans for that they figured out to kind romans for that they figured out to kind of draw out that bitterness that's of draw out that bitterness that's oftentimes in uh in olives okay olive oftentimes in uh in olives okay olive oil was a big money maker it's kind of oil was a big money maker it's kind of like uh oil today right pumping out of like uh oil today right pumping out of the ground the ground oil was used with it was a food source oil was used with it was a food source it was also a source of energy it was also a source of energy right people they would they would like right people they would they would like kind of um not their candles but uh kind of um not their candles but uh yeah thank you lamps yes they would yeah thank you lamps yes they would light their lamps with oil right there's light their lamps with oil right there's is there a parable about that i think is there a parable about that i think yes there is a parable about that okay yes there is a parable about that okay all right one last slide before we end all right one last slide before we end for today for today um um just to kind of go along with what just to kind of go along with what brother stephen brother jason were brother stephen brother jason were talking about as far as um you know food talking about as far as um you know food and what what was brought and what was and what what was brought and what was sold that type of thing this is um this sold that type of thing this is um this was a shipwreck from from this time was a shipwreck from from this time period from the bronze age um and it's period from the bronze age um and it's found off the coast of turkey found off the coast of turkey and these are some of the things that and these are some of the things that were found in it okay some of the food were found in it okay some of the food stuffs that were in it almonds pine nuts stuffs that were in it almonds pine nuts figs olives grapes figs olives grapes uh uh what's that flower don't know what's that flower don't know black cumin uh so on and so forth whole black cumin uh so on and so forth whole pomegranates right and a few grains of pomegranates right and a few grains of charred wheat and barley okay so this charred wheat and barley okay so this stuff is going to be used and stuff is going to be used and transported all over the world um transported all over the world um the majority of the stuff that was on the majority of the stuff that was on this ship though was uh was 10 10 in this ship though was uh was 10 10 in copper right because obviously they were copper right because obviously they were going to make what with tin and copper going to make what with tin and copper weapons yes what is the material weapons yes what is the material tin and copper together tin and copper together bronze very good bronze very good all right so that's an example all right all right so that's an example all right actually that's not the last slide actually that's not the last slide maybe this is the last slide i don't maybe this is the last slide i don't know know um i'm glad i have enough slides though um i'm glad i have enough slides though that's good all right uh let's take a that's good all right uh let's take a look in deuteronomy the eighth chapter look in deuteronomy the eighth chapter okay okay this is traditionally called the seven this is traditionally called the seven species the seven bible species of food species the seven bible species of food of staple foods so deuteronomy chapter of staple foods so deuteronomy chapter eight let's see yeah so this is uh kind of god yeah so this is uh kind of god reiterating obviously to the children of reiterating obviously to the children of israel that they were to follow the israel that they were to follow the commandments that type commandments that type now let's look at verse seven okay now let's look at verse seven okay for the lord thy god bringeth thee into for the lord thy god bringeth thee into a good land of land of brooks of water a good land of land of brooks of water of fountains and depths springs out of of fountains and depths springs out of valleys and hills valleys and hills okay so the kind of other valleys and okay so the kind of other valleys and hills in the land of israel yes there hills in the land of israel yes there are right are there uh land of brooks of are right are there uh land of brooks of water fountain shore yes some of them water fountain shore yes some of them can be hard to find but yes they have can be hard to find but yes they have those things now verse eight a land of those things now verse eight a land of wheat wheat bali vines fig trees pomegranates a land bali vines fig trees pomegranates a land of oil olive and honey of oil olive and honey a land we're in now shall eat bread a land we're in now shall eat bread without scarceness without scarceness all right well that's that's a good all right well that's that's a good thing to know okay he also talks about thing to know okay he also talks about the other things too stones are iron and the other things too stones are iron and out of whose hills helmets dig brass out of whose hills helmets dig brass all right so you have enough food you all right so you have enough food you also have some things too that you can also have some things too that you can make uh make money off make weapons make make uh make money off make weapons make tools out of as well but let's just tools out of as well but let's just focus on eight now so these are the focus on eight now so these are the seven the seven species number one wheat seven the seven species number one wheat did the children of israel grow wheat did the children of israel grow wheat absolutely is it mentioned in scripture absolutely is it mentioned in scripture yes it is yes it is to bali to bali bali is also going to be grown as well bali is also going to be grown as well bali is going to be very important bali is going to be very important remember we talked about uh different remember we talked about uh different species that could survive in some of species that could survive in some of the harsh climates in israel bali is one the harsh climates in israel bali is one of them of them and next week uh lord one will take a and next week uh lord one will take a look at that in a little more detail look at that in a little more detail okay so bali is a very hardy okay so bali is a very hardy uh cereal uh crop uh cereal uh crop not saying that wheat isn't but not saying that wheat isn't but bali is a little more hardy bali is a little more hardy uh number three grapes right the vine uh number three grapes right the vine grapes grow very well in israel okay you grapes grow very well in israel okay you can do a lot of things with grapes as can do a lot of things with grapes as well number one wine well number one wine number four figs figs are a big thing number four figs figs are a big thing okay the fig trees okay the fig trees uh i think there's gonna be uh jesus is uh i think there's gonna be uh jesus is going to use a fig tree right as a going to use a fig tree right as a metaphor as a parable right metaphor as a parable right uh five pomegranates pomegranates are uh five pomegranates pomegranates are going uh going uh children of israel are gonna eat children of israel are gonna eat pomegranate sure pomegranate sure six olives we talked about in the number six olives we talked about in the number seven dates seven dates dates were a big thing i love a good dates were a big thing i love a good date date right right what are what are the ones the good ones what are what are the ones the good ones called mana called mana medjool mejool dates very good and medjool mejool dates very good and morocco i think they grow them there morocco i think they grow them there okay okay and also in california that's okay okay and also in california that's right yes absolutely uh and cap the napa right yes absolutely uh and cap the napa valley in the whole area of california valley in the whole area of california are known for a lot of this stuff are known for a lot of this stuff very good

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let's just do a quick lee uh a recap she's dying for that she's dying for that um um we had begun our discussion we had begun our discussion looking at uh looking at uh the role that food played in the ancient the role that food played in the ancient world particularly in ancient israel world particularly in ancient israel obviously it played a very important obviously it played a very important role just like food plays a very role just like food plays a very important role now um important role now um but we kind of looked at uh you know but we kind of looked at uh you know some of the staples the staple crops some of the staples the staple crops that were found uh in israel um and so that were found uh in israel um and so we're gonna we're gonna continue on with we're gonna we're gonna continue on with that kind of you know just looking at that kind of you know just looking at the staples things um the staples things um you know things that the israelites you know things that the israelites needed on a daily basis what they ate on needed on a daily basis what they ate on a daily basis and then we're gonna look a daily basis and then we're gonna look at some texts in scripture that uh kind at some texts in scripture that uh kind of give us some insight into what um the of give us some insight into what um the ancient jews ate on a on a daily basis a ancient jews ate on a on a daily basis a regular basis when they ate certain regular basis when they ate certain things when they didn't eat certain things when they didn't eat certain things we know obviously from scripture things we know obviously from scripture that uh they had dietary laws and that uh they had dietary laws and dietary codes that they had or they dietary codes that they had or they should have followed we're going to look should have followed we're going to look at a couple things uh this morning uh at a couple things uh this morning uh that that that will kind of indicate that maybe that will kind of indicate that maybe they didn't follow that all all too they didn't follow that all all too closely just like they really didn't closely just like they really didn't follow the um you know the precepts follow the um you know the precepts about not worshiping other gods you know about not worshiping other gods you know there's plenty of archaeological uh there's plenty of archaeological uh evidence that evidence that you know in scriptural evidence really you know in scriptural evidence really that they uh they were worshiping all that they uh they were worshiping all kinds of other guns anyways um kinds of other guns anyways um so i think this was the last slide that so i think this was the last slide that we looked at but um this is a recreation we looked at but um this is a recreation and it's actually some of the real stuff and it's actually some of the real stuff that they found there but in one of the that they found there but in one of the shipwrecks off of the coast of turkey uh shipwrecks off of the coast of turkey uh from the bronze age from the bronze age which is you know i think i think around which is you know i think i think around uh they found this one and they dated uh they found this one and they dated this to like 1200 bc this to like 1200 bc uh you know so we're talking what 3 200 uh you know so we're talking what 3 200 years ago and i just listed some of the years ago and i just listed some of the things that they found among other things that they found among other things the most the most important things the most the most important things that they found were uh you know things that they found were uh you know tons and tons of uh tin and copper and tons and tons of uh tin and copper and stuff like that obviously to make uh to stuff like that obviously to make uh to make bronze that's what they that was make bronze that's what they that was the number one metal there they made all the number one metal there they made all their stuff out of metal both of their stuff out of metal both of both uh their tools and most importantly both uh their tools and most importantly their weapons as well but anyways um their weapons as well but anyways um among those important items were also among those important items were also food items as well and i kind of listed food items as well and i kind of listed them some there but um almonds them some there but um almonds pine nuts figs uh olives grapes so on pine nuts figs uh olives grapes so on and so forth and so um you know we're and so forth and so um you know we're not gonna we're gonna list them all but not gonna we're gonna list them all but yeah i mean these are some of the things yeah i mean these are some of the things that we should be familiar with we you that we should be familiar with we you know in our readings in scripture we may know in our readings in scripture we may have uh come across these i'm sure i'm have uh come across these i'm sure i'm sure we have you know figs olives grapes sure we have you know figs olives grapes those are the kind of uh the big three those are the kind of uh the big three so uh these things were being traded all so uh these things were being traded all over the uh all over the world over the uh all over the world and uh you know different types of and uh you know different types of regions and different types of countries regions and different types of countries were known for their certain types of were known for their certain types of food stuffs just like they are today you food stuffs just like they are today you know italy france they're known for the know italy france they're known for the different types of foods uh delicious different types of foods uh delicious foods delicious cheeses meats wines that foods delicious cheeses meats wines that type of thing and uh it was no different type of thing and uh it was no different in in the ancient world as well in in the ancient world as well so uh if anyone there has any questions so uh if anyone there has any questions phil just jump in and um phil just jump in and um or anyone online to just kind of jump in or anyone online to just kind of jump in uh put something in the chat that's fine uh put something in the chat that's fine you don't understand something you want you don't understand something you want to jump in please just just interrupt to jump in please just just interrupt and uh we'll go from there okay and uh we'll go from there okay questions comments before we go on to questions comments before we go on to our next slide okay going once twice three times going once twice three times all right now i i just mentioned that um all right now i i just mentioned that um you know the children of israel had you know the children of israel had dietary laws or codes that they had to dietary laws or codes that they had to follow follow uh did they always follow those dietary uh did they always follow those dietary laws well the answer seems to be laws well the answer seems to be no um you know like i just mentioned we no um you know like i just mentioned we know from scripture that they struggled know from scripture that they struggled uh with their interaction with the other uh with their interaction with the other peoples uh in the land people that they peoples uh in the land people that they they were supposed to drive out but they they were supposed to drive out but they never did and so they became a thorn in never did and so they became a thorn in the side the side of uh the ancient jews and they were of uh the ancient jews and they were constantly you know constantly you know fighting with them fighting with them uh constantly being influenced as well uh constantly being influenced as well by to you know their culture number one by to you know their culture number one but more importantly in the eyes of god but more importantly in the eyes of god their religious beliefs you know their religious beliefs you know worshiping other gods of the of the worshiping other gods of the of the nations around them that was something nations around them that was something that god was very clear about um that god was very clear about um and so there was to be a separation and so there was to be a separation between the ancient jews and the other between the ancient jews and the other people people uh and that that really uh and that that really that didn't happen on a on a that didn't happen on a on a large scale you know they struggled large scale you know they struggled quite a bit with that and we know that quite a bit with that and we know that but here's something interesting that i but here's something interesting that i thought we know that um thought we know that um under the law they were they were uh under the law they were they were uh prohibited from eating you know uh prohibited from eating you know uh shellfish or fish that didn't have any shellfish or fish that didn't have any scales and one of those fish is the scales and one of those fish is the catfish catfish but as i put up here and this is a this but as i put up here and this is a this is from a um a recent uh article in is from a um a recent uh article in harats harats uh they did actually pretty good article uh they did actually pretty good article on this um but anyways some on this um but anyways some archaeologists wanted to know what archaeologists wanted to know what people were eating during this time uh people were eating during this time uh that's pretty interesting so they did that's pretty interesting so they did this exhaustive um this exhaustive um you know kind of uh you know dig and um you know kind of uh you know dig and um you know they found out that you know they found out that as i put up here you know during the as i put up here you know during the first temple period which is during the first temple period which is during the time of um david and solomon in the time of um david and solomon in the early kings early kings that 13 of the fish bones unearthed in that 13 of the fish bones unearthed in jerusalem and other sites came from jerusalem and other sites came from non-kosher species particularly catfish non-kosher species particularly catfish but but um they also ate shark they also ate um they also ate shark they also ate stingray as well stingray as well um and so that's you know that's pretty um and so that's you know that's pretty interesting so they you they're they're interesting so they you they're they're uh eating you know a lot of fish uh eating you know a lot of fish as we know but they're also eating fish as we know but they're also eating fish that that was prohibited not a lot of it you know was prohibited not a lot of it you know 13 13 but uh they were getting you know all but uh they were getting you know all kinds of different fish uh from all kinds of different fish uh from all kinds of different places and as it's kinds of different places and as it's mentioned you know the sea of galilee mentioned you know the sea of galilee the jordan river uh the coastline of the the jordan river uh the coastline of the mediterranean right mediterranean right um and the big thing was uh down in the um and the big thing was uh down in the nile and so they they figured out they nile and so they they figured out they did the dna you know uh did the dna you know uh investigation they found out that this investigation they found out that this particular uh species of catfish particular uh species of catfish um was grown um was grown uh down in in farm down in the nile they uh down in in farm down in the nile they actually would have catfish farms down actually would have catfish farms down in the nile and what they would do was in the nile and what they would do was you know they would you know bring up you know they would you know bring up these catfish obviously and then these catfish obviously and then smoke them smoke them and then you know distribute them and then you know distribute them throughout the world obviously making throughout the world obviously making money off them but i think that's money off them but i think that's actually what happened with um actually what happened with um with israel they you know they got got with israel they you know they got got this fish this fish and they're like hey you know looks like and they're like hey you know looks like a fish and you know people some some a fish and you know people some some people to varying degrees were following people to varying degrees were following the law at that time the law at that time um um and i think this was really a struggle and i think this was really a struggle with uh with uh particularly in in jerusalem kind of particularly in in jerusalem kind of keeping that cultural distinction keeping that cultural distinction uh with with the ancient jews and just uh with with the ancient jews and just one more thing on this that i found one more thing on this that i found interesting archaeologists kind of interesting archaeologists kind of looking at you know different bones and looking at you know different bones and stuff like that different types of stuff like that different types of animals and one of the things that they animals and one of the things that they found or didn't find found or didn't find was was anyone anyone guess anyone guess what anyone anyone guess anyone guess what they didn't find in this area if someone said pig bones that would be correct pig bones that would be correct and so it seems that that was that was and so it seems that that was that was one prohibition food prohibition that one prohibition food prohibition that they actually did follow they actually did follow um but you know pigs in this area um but you know pigs in this area uh were uh were were not really kept uh you know it was were not really kept uh you know it was a it was a desert it's a desert climate a it was a desert it's a desert climate obviously very hot dry uh and that's not obviously very hot dry uh and that's not good for for pigs right they get they good for for pigs right they get they get sunburned they can't really uh they get sunburned they can't really uh they don't travel very well uh particularly don't travel very well uh particularly in the sun so in the sun so it's not a great environment for them it's not a great environment for them and so that makes sense on why you and so that makes sense on why you wouldn't see widespread pig farming now wouldn't see widespread pig farming now when the romans came they actually when the romans came they actually brought their pigs with them they love brought their pigs with them they love they love pork they love pork um um and that also caused some friction and that also caused some friction didn't it with uh with the jews during didn't it with uh with the jews during jesus's time jesus's time and in fact uh you know jesus uh is and in fact uh you know jesus uh is going to take uh you know the evil going to take uh you know the evil spirits that were in legion and put them spirits that were in legion and put them into this herd of swine we all know the into this herd of swine we all know the story they go you know crazy and they story they go you know crazy and they run down run down into the water and drown themselves um into the water and drown themselves um so that's that's pretty interesting the so that's that's pretty interesting the only area during this time like you know only area during this time like you know during the bronze age and time of david during the bronze age and time of david and before the judges and samuel and and before the judges and samuel and stuff like that stuff like that the only place that they found pig bones the only place that they found pig bones does anyone know where they found pig does anyone know where they found pig bows bows i found this pretty interesting if you what's that the land of the philistines that's the land of the philistines that's correct correct yes yes so the one area that they found yes yes so the one area that they found pig bones and a lot of them were uh the pig bones and a lot of them were uh the areas of the philistines like gaza uh areas of the philistines like gaza uh you know what's what's the name ashdod you know what's what's the name ashdod um gaff right all of these uh uh ancient um gaff right all of these uh uh ancient philistine towns and cities they found philistine towns and cities they found tons of pig bones there tons of pig bones there um um so you know that's pretty interesting so you know that's pretty interesting remember they were on the coastline remember they were on the coastline right right so uh just so uh just again a little a little background info again a little a little background info uh you know as far as food and stuff uh you know as far as food and stuff like that like that questions comments before we go on okay all right let's um let's open up our all right let's um let's open up our bibles if if you want um bibles if if you want um to deuteronomy the eighth chapter to deuteronomy the eighth chapter and and i think this was the last slide that we i think this was the last slide that we looked at i maybe got to it it didn't looked at i maybe got to it it didn't talk about it but anyways uh so these talk about it but anyways uh so these are the seven species are the seven species of different food uh types of different food uh types uh that are mentioned in scripture uh uh that are mentioned in scripture uh and so let's take a look at deuteronomy and so let's take a look at deuteronomy eighth chapter um and let's see and let's see here here [Music] [Music] yeah so when the um yeah so when the um you know so this is this is moses is you know so this is this is moses is kind of telling the people giving them kind of telling the people giving them instruction guidance direction instruction guidance direction uh to be obedient to god right verse one uh to be obedient to god right verse one all the commandments which i command all the commandments which i command thee this day shall ye observe to do thee this day shall ye observe to do that ye may live and multiply and go in that ye may live and multiply and go in and possess the land which the lord and possess the land which the lord swear unto your fathers swear unto your fathers uh and he he's reminding them right of uh and he he's reminding them right of their wanderings in the wilderness their wanderings in the wilderness verse three he humbled you suffered you verse three he humbled you suffered you to be hungry to be hungry uh and he he was they fed uh god fed uh and he he was they fed uh god fed them with manna right um them with manna right um now let's uh let's go down to now let's uh let's go down to uh verse six therefore thou shalt keep uh verse six therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the lord thy god to the commandments of the lord thy god to walk in his ways and to fear him for the walk in his ways and to fear him for the lord thy god bringeth thee into a good lord thy god bringeth thee into a good land a land of brooks of water of land a land of brooks of water of fountains and depths that spring out of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills now verse 8 valleys and hills now verse 8 a land of wheat a land of wheat barley and vines and fig trees and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates pomegranates a land of oil olive and honey a land a land of oil olive and honey a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness scarceness thou shall not lack anything in it a thou shall not lack anything in it a land whose stones are iron and out of land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills i may dig brass so there's a whose hills i may dig brass so there's a couple things here number one and we've couple things here number one and we've listed them here is here are the seven listed them here is here are the seven kind of species like uh the foundational kind of species like uh the foundational food uh foodstuffs food uh foodstuffs in the holy land right in ancient israel in the holy land right in ancient israel number one wheat right that's a staple number one wheat right that's a staple bread as we're going to see bread as we're going to see uh you know in the ancient world even uh you know in the ancient world even today really you know that that cheap today really you know that that cheap carbohydrate carbohydrate um that's gonna give you uh you know um that's gonna give you uh you know that energy that energy um um very important in the ancient world very very important in the ancient world very important today right so wheat was important today right so wheat was number one to barley barley was a um number one to barley barley was a um you know it was it wasn't as uh you know it was it wasn't as uh i guess tasty maybe i don't know but uh i guess tasty maybe i don't know but uh but wheat wheat is going to be primarily but wheat wheat is going to be primarily you know the number one thing that you know the number one thing that they're gonna make uh meat gonna make they're gonna make uh meat gonna make bread out of but they are gonna make bread out of but they are gonna make bread out of barley as well but not as bread out of barley as well but not as much and as time goes on much and as time goes on um um you know they used more barley during you know they used more barley during the bronze age but as they got the bronze age but as they got as israel and judah got wealthier as israel and judah got wealthier you're going to see more and more wheat you're going to see more and more wheat and less and less bali and less and less bali until like the time of jesus until like the time of jesus barley is uh you know it's actually was barley is uh you know it's actually was just grown to uh to feed animals just grown to uh to feed animals right and wheat was the primary source right and wheat was the primary source of bread making um so i found that of bread making um so i found that interesting uh three grapes obviously uh interesting uh three grapes obviously uh grapes to eat grapes to make wine from grapes to eat grapes to make wine from again you know kind of wine is mentioned again you know kind of wine is mentioned throughout scripture throughout scripture um figs figs uh you know very important um figs figs uh you know very important pomegranates olives and dates and they pomegranates olives and dates and they would do all kinds of different things would do all kinds of different things with these things as we're going with with these things as we're going with these uh different types of uh of food these uh different types of uh of food stuff so keep that in mind now let's go stuff so keep that in mind now let's go to the 32nd chapter of deuteronomy now this is the song of um of moses and he is in in this song he's of moses and he is in in this song he's kind of again kind of again uh talking about the goodness of god uh talking about the goodness of god exhorting the children of israel to exhorting the children of israel to follow after him reminding them of the follow after him reminding them of the love and the goodness of god um love and the goodness of god um let's see probably the first time but i didn't uh so the lord alone did lead him and there was no strange god with him there was no strange god with him speaking of israel and he made him ride speaking of israel and he made him ride on the high places of the earth that he on the high places of the earth that he might eat the increase of the fields might eat the increase of the fields that he made him to suck honey out of that he made him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock the rock and oil out of the flinty rock butter of kind and milk of sheep of fat butter of kind and milk of sheep of fat lambs and rams of the breeder basin and lambs and rams of the breeder basin and goats with the fat of the kidneys of goats with the fat of the kidneys of wheat and now this drink the pure blood wheat and now this drink the pure blood of the grape right so um of the grape right so um you know it's giving it's painting a you know it's giving it's painting a picture here moses is painting a picture picture here moses is painting a picture of the abundance of the holy land during of the abundance of the holy land during this time as far as food stuffs um this time as far as food stuffs um and one thing i meant to mention with and one thing i meant to mention with deuteronomy 8 not only is moses kind of deuteronomy 8 not only is moses kind of listing uh the you know the different listing uh the you know the different foods that were in the land that the foods that were in the land that the children of israel were going to inherit children of israel were going to inherit and they were going to be successful and they were going to be successful they wouldn't have to deal with any they wouldn't have to deal with any hunger or starvation or anything like hunger or starvation or anything like that that but also there was a there was but also there was a there was economic things too he mentions iron economic things too he mentions iron right it could iron could be mine to right it could iron could be mine to make iron weapons so this is the begin make iron weapons so this is the begin iron tools as well and so this is kind iron tools as well and so this is kind of the beginning of the iron age they've of the beginning of the iron age they've got you know human beings are going to got you know human beings are going to transition from using bronze transition from using bronze as their main uh metal as their main uh metal to iron and there was you know to iron and there was you know moses is telling the children of israel moses is telling the children of israel there's iron in the land you can use there's iron in the land you can use that there's bronze you can uh well you that there's bronze you can uh well you can't really dig for bronze you can dig can't really dig for bronze you can dig for copper right and then you can make for copper right and then you can make bronze when you combine that with uh bronze when you combine that with uh with tin so with tin so you know this idea of you know this idea of uh an abundance of food but also uh an abundance of food but also abundance of metals and other things abundance of metals and other things that they can make things from and be that they can make things from and be economically successful and what and economically successful and what and wealthy okay and so uh in the song of wealthy okay and so uh in the song of moses in deuteronomy 32 moses in deuteronomy 32 again he's painting this picture of a again he's painting this picture of a land of abundance of the children of land of abundance of the children of israel of a people that are doing very israel of a people that are doing very well well but what is verse 15 says but yeshua and but what is verse 15 says but yeshua and racks fat and kicked thou art waxing fat racks fat and kicked thou art waxing fat thou are grown thick that were covered thou are grown thick that were covered with fatness then he forsook god which with fatness then he forsook god which made him and lightly esteem the rock of made him and lightly esteem the rock of his salvation his salvation they provoked him to jealousy with they provoked him to jealousy with strange gods with abominations provoked strange gods with abominations provoked they they him to anger they him to anger they sacrificed sacrificed unto devils not to god to gods whom they unto devils not to god to gods whom they knew not knew not to new gods that came newly up to new gods that came newly up whom your fathers whom your fathers feared not and so um this is you know feared not and so um this is you know that that this is an excitation it was an this is an excitation it was an excitation obviously to the children of excitation obviously to the children of israel and it's an excitation to us as israel and it's an excitation to us as well we live in a time and in a land of well we live in a time and in a land of unbelievable prosperity you know never unbelievable prosperity you know never in the history of mankind has a country in the history of mankind has a country like this like this uh had so much abundance uh had so much abundance right but in that abundance there's also right but in that abundance there's also uh people that are struggling that are uh people that are struggling that are struggling to have that so there really struggling to have that so there really is this discrepancy right and this is this discrepancy right and this imbalance i guess you could say between imbalance i guess you could say between you know really super rich and people you know really super rich and people that are you know just kind of living in that are you know just kind of living in hand to mouth and that's hand to mouth and that's you know that's that's a big problem in you know that's that's a big problem in the world today the world today um you know you have just nations and um you know you have just nations and areas in these areas in these in these countries that you know people in these countries that you know people are living on a dollar a day or are living on a dollar a day or something like it's just mind-boggling something like it's just mind-boggling right so i think we as a as a group of right so i think we as a as a group of believers as brothers and sisters in believers as brothers and sisters in christ we need to kind of recognize that christ we need to kind of recognize that you know the prosperity that we have you know the prosperity that we have here is a blessing here is a blessing it's a blessing of uh of god to us but it's a blessing of uh of god to us but you know what are we doing with it right you know what are we doing with it right are we um are we um are we forgetting about god are we are we forgetting about god are we wrapped up in the material things that wrapped up in the material things that we see around us we see around us um um you know are we like the the rich fool you know are we like the the rich fool right that jesus talked about right i'm right that jesus talked about right i'm gonna knock down my bonds i'm gonna be gonna knock down my bonds i'm gonna be build bigger build bigger look at all the stuff that i'm making look at all the stuff that i'm making right so an excitation that the children right so an excitation that the children of israel should have heeded and it's an of israel should have heeded and it's an excitation that we should heed as well excitation that we should heed as well there's a lot of strange gods out there there's a lot of strange gods out there there's a lot of things to draw us away there's a lot of things to draw us away from god from god um and it's something that we should uh um and it's something that we should uh we should be mindful of questions comments on that on that what do we got for time what do we got for time oh yeah okay moving on um um so what would uh is there evidence of uh so what would uh is there evidence of uh wheat and barley production in the land wheat and barley production in the land of israel oh of israel oh yes there is there's actually evidence yes there is there's actually evidence of these of these uh of this um uh of this um before israel so like during excuse me before israel so like during excuse me during the time of the judges right during the time of the judges right before um well before joshua right before um well before joshua right before joshua and the children of israel before joshua and the children of israel came in and conquered the land came in and conquered the land uh there is a lot of evidence of uh this uh there is a lot of evidence of uh this production which which coincides right production which which coincides right goes along with what moses what god and goes along with what moses what god and moses was telling the children of israel moses was telling the children of israel this is a great place this is a great place it's a land of promise a land of milk it's a land of promise a land of milk and of honey and of honey and so the archaeological record bears and so the archaeological record bears that out there is evidence of massive that out there is evidence of massive wheat and barley production particularly wheat and barley production particularly around jericho right um around jericho right um there's date production there's uh all there's date production there's uh all of olive oil wine production in the hill of olive oil wine production in the hill country right figs lentils dates country right figs lentils dates this was a good area to grow certain this was a good area to grow certain things things uh wheat was grown near the coast uh wheat was grown near the coast and um you know things were traded with and um you know things were traded with each other right people that were uh you each other right people that were uh you know the vineyards they produced the know the vineyards they produced the wine they would trade that wine wine they would trade that wine uh you know people that were growing uh you know people that were growing wheat wheat uh on the plains okay uh on the plains okay and so they've found and so they've found thousands of these large store storage thousands of these large store storage pots pots and this is uh this is where obviously and this is uh this is where obviously they would store their excess food now they would store their excess food now remember brothers and sisters you know remember brothers and sisters you know we think of excess food as almost enough we think of excess food as almost enough you know we don't even really don't even you know we don't even really don't even think about it like yeah you know we got think about it like yeah you know we got we got food in the refrigerator we got food in the refrigerator uh our pantry is overflowing you know if uh our pantry is overflowing you know if the supply chains ever collapse the supply chains ever collapse lee and i are all set lee and i are all set we have a pantry full of soups and other we have a pantry full of soups and other dry goods we should be lasting a long dry goods we should be lasting a long time but anyways time but anyways you know we don't we don't deal with you know we don't we don't deal with food scarcity food scarcity uh are there people in the united states uh are there people in the united states that do absolutely are there children that do absolutely are there children that deal with food scarcity yes that deal with food scarcity yes absolutely i think those of us that are absolutely i think those of us that are in education know that in education know that um there are kids that uh that don't get um there are kids that uh that don't get enough to eat they're always you know enough to eat they're always you know they're always hungry in school they're always hungry in school particularly little kids you know i particularly little kids you know i remember one time you know when i was remember one time you know when i was teaching sixth grade years ago uh teaching sixth grade years ago uh you know there were always kids that you know there were always kids that yeah i missed the thing you got a snack yeah i missed the thing you got a snack and and sister lee would give me extra snacks in sister lee would give me extra snacks in my lunch my lunch and uh i said i would i would save some and uh i said i would i would save some snacks for the kids and then give them snacks for the kids and then give them to them but anyways you know there's to them but anyways you know there's food pantries around too i know we have food pantries around too i know we have a food pantry in town in northbridge at a food pantry in town in northbridge at the school where kids actively use this the school where kids actively use this to go and to get uh you know food stuffs to go and to get uh you know food stuffs like dry goods particularly pastas you like dry goods particularly pastas you know macaroni and cheese is a big one know macaroni and cheese is a big one anyways i know i'm kind of getting down anyways i know i'm kind of getting down a rabbit hole here but you know we don't a rabbit hole here but you know we don't the majority of americans don't the majority of americans don't deal with food scarcity we never have deal with food scarcity we never have i've never dealt with food scarcity ever i've never dealt with food scarcity ever in my life and that is not true with in in my life and that is not true with in other parts of the country now other parts of the country now and it certainly wasn't true in ancient and it certainly wasn't true in ancient israel during the bronze age and the israel during the bronze age and the iron age iron age famine was a big deal famine was a big deal drought was a big deal starvation famine drought was a big deal starvation famine these are things that could all happen these are things that could all happen and we know in scripture that those and we know in scripture that those they did happen it actually changed the they did happen it actually changed the course of human history right and what course of human history right and what i'm thinking of is the great famine i'm thinking of is the great famine where uh where uh israel jacob and the 70 his 70 members israel jacob and the 70 his 70 members of his family go down into egypt right of his family go down into egypt right uh uh that was you know that the famine caused that was you know that the famine caused that and obviously god's hand was in it that and obviously god's hand was in it but you know think about what if what if but you know think about what if what if there was no famine they didn't go down there was no famine they didn't go down into egypt the exodus doesn't happen you into egypt the exodus doesn't happen you know moses doesn't happen right the know moses doesn't happen right the whole the whole jewish religion being whole the whole jewish religion being codified codified uh uh you know all that stuff doesn't happen you know all that stuff doesn't happen without a famine without a famine so even though a famine was a bad thing so even though a famine was a bad thing was a very bad thing it was a was a very bad thing it was a very bad famine during that time for very bad famine during that time for seven years the outcome of that seven years the outcome of that was a good one was a glorious one was a good one was a glorious one something that you know god in his something that you know god in his wisdom wisdom uh used to bring about his glory and his uh used to bring about his glory and his plan plan and i guess that's an excitation for us and i guess that's an excitation for us isn't it brothers and sisters sometimes isn't it brothers and sisters sometimes um um you know in our lives you know bad you know in our lives you know bad things difficult things are going to things difficult things are going to happen we're told that happen we're told that um um but you know god we have to trust in god but you know god we have to trust in god we have to have faith in god that his we have to have faith in god that his plan things that we don't know plan things that we don't know things that we can't understand things things that we can't understand things that we can't see that we can't see uh god is using those things to bring uh god is using those things to bring about about uh his purpose to glorify his name hey uh his purpose to glorify his name hey rich it's steve at the mating house rich it's steve at the mating house hey steve go ahead hey you know i was hey steve go ahead hey you know i was thinking about um in the new testament thinking about um in the new testament we saw there was a famine we saw there was a famine that caused the spread of the gospel that caused the spread of the gospel right um it was yeah talk about that right um it was yeah talk about that yeah i mean it was during that that time yeah i mean it was during that that time when uh the gospel was spreading across when uh the gospel was spreading across the the world you know there was a the the world you know there was a famine and it caused people to leave famine and it caused people to leave jerusalem and jerusalem and they they went in search of food and they they went in search of food and in that process they were bringing the in that process they were bringing the good news of jesus and the coming good news of jesus and the coming kingdom to kingdom to different parts of the world different parts of the world yeah yeah great point steve thank you yeah it it great point steve thank you yeah it it reminds me too um reminds me too um to go along with that when you know when to go along with that when you know when saul was commissioned to go and to get saul was commissioned to go and to get the you know the new christians and all the you know the new christians and all these different places particularly up these different places particularly up in damascus i think axe talks about that in damascus i think axe talks about that that he drove them all to different that he drove them all to different types different places and they brought types different places and they brought the gospel with them as well so the gospel with them as well so the combination i think like you said of the combination i think like you said of that famine that famine and the persecution and the persecution spread the gospel the good news of the spread the gospel the good news of the kingdom of god uh you know to the to the kingdom of god uh you know to the to the ancient world that's a great point steve ancient world that's a great point steve thank you thank you um and then the last thing on this slide um and then the last thing on this slide is uh the bronze age collapse uh we is uh the bronze age collapse uh we talked about that in detail in our talked about that in detail in our series on uh on the judges but you know series on uh on the judges but you know bronze age collapse is going to bronze age collapse is going to completely kind of upend society and completely kind of upend society and civilization at this time civilization at this time and i believe and i believe that it's going to open up the door that it's going to open up the door uh to the holy land uh to the holy land so that the children of israel under the so that the children of israel under the guidance of joshua can come up into a guidance of joshua can come up into a very weakened and disorganized and very weakened and disorganized and chaotic land of promise all right this i this is pretty interesting okay they found interesting okay they found um again this is kind of all the stuff that they've pulled out of the land of uh the they've pulled out of the land of uh the land of israel but this is called the land of israel but this is called the geezer calendar geezer calendar and it's like a farmer kind of keeping and it's like a farmer kind of keeping track of when to do things right it's track of when to do things right it's the calendar of harvest and the the calendar of harvest and the gathering and stuff like that and so gathering and stuff like that and so this was um this was um this was taken from the time of david this was taken from the time of david and uh and solomon and uh and solomon and um and um so think about how old that is you know so think about how old that is you know again we're talking about 3000 years old again we're talking about 3000 years old and they and they you know they had uh they kind of have you know they had uh they kind of have figured out exactly when the right time figured out exactly when the right time uh to harvest things to plant things and uh to harvest things to plant things and we're not going to go through everything we're not going to go through everything but i i just found that's that's pretty but i i just found that's that's pretty interesting had all of this written down interesting had all of this written down you know you know uh when to prune uh when to prune um um you know when to reap the bali measuring you know when to reap the bali measuring the grain all that kind of stuff when to the grain all that kind of stuff when to sew you know it's certainly very sew you know it's certainly very different from you know like a new different from you know like a new england growing season so it seems to be england growing season so it seems to be a little bit longer a little bit longer right um you know when you're planting right um you know when you're planting in december in january in december in january uh uh that's that's very different from what that's that's very different from what we uh we are familiar with so again this was this was found it was you know written down to kind of keep you know written down to kind of keep track of when the best time to uh track of when the best time to uh you know the plant and the harbors and you know the plant and the harbors and stuff like that all right so the importance of bread so the importance of bread bread i ki you know bread obviously it bread i ki you know bread obviously it was extremely important as we've already was extremely important as we've already said it was the building block the basic said it was the building block the basic building block of nutritional value building block of nutritional value in ancient israel and really the ancient in ancient israel and really the ancient world if we remember our roman history world if we remember our roman history you know the romans had this whole kind you know the romans had this whole kind of social of social welfare where uh the government would welfare where uh the government would pay bake big baking companies right they pay bake big baking companies right they would have um would have um you know these kind of almost giant you know these kind of almost giant factories where they would produce factories where they would produce massive amounts of bread massive amounts of bread right right and um you know bread and circuses so and um you know bread and circuses so they would get free bread the poor and they would get free bread the poor and rome would get uh free bread and they rome would get uh free bread and they would also get like a free uh you know would also get like a free uh you know a free ticket to the coliseum and so a free ticket to the coliseum and so this was uh this is how they kind of this was uh this is how they kind of kept the populace kept the populace um um you know you know sedated i guess so they wouldn't sedated i guess so they wouldn't wouldn't riot didn't really work there wouldn't riot didn't really work there were always riots but anyways so bread were always riots but anyways so bread very important in the ancient world very important in the ancient world hebrew um hebrew um and brother brian may have uh some and brother brian may have uh some insight into this but he writes a dozen insight into this but he writes a dozen words for bread words for bread and it really means you know bread can and it really means you know bread can mean the actual bread the unleavened mean the actual bread the unleavened bread children of israel are going to bread children of israel are going to eat primarily but also it's for food eat primarily but also it's for food right bread can be um right bread can be um uh you know a euphemism for uh for food uh you know a euphemism for uh for food or a synonym for food uh and so just or a synonym for food uh and so just couple things we're not gonna we're not couple things we're not gonna we're not gonna look them up now but proverbs 20 gonna look them up now but proverbs 20 17 and proverbs 28 19 all use that word 17 and proverbs 28 19 all use that word uh the hebrew you know one of the hebrew uh the hebrew you know one of the hebrew words for bread words for bread made up about 70 of the calories eaten made up about 70 of the calories eaten at every meal at every meal um um a lot of porridges a lot of gruel a lot of porridges a lot of gruel a lot of like stews and soups primarily a lot of like stews and soups primarily where you could put different types of where you could put different types of vegetables in i'm just i'm remembering vegetables in i'm just i'm remembering uh i think it was a lot elisha uh i think it was a lot elisha yeah i think it was uh elisha that um yeah i think it was uh elisha that um remember the the the sons of the remember the the the sons of the prophets were getting together and they prophets were getting together and they had inadvertently put something that was had inadvertently put something that was poisonous into the stew that they were poisonous into the stew that they were making but elijah said hey just kind of making but elijah said hey just kind of throw in i threw in something i can't throw in i threw in something i can't remember remember maybe someone could turn that up and uh maybe someone could turn that up and uh remind us but uh and then the party you remind us but uh and then the party you know the stew was all set but you know know the stew was all set but you know one of the great stories of scripture one of the great stories of scripture uh jacob and esau right had to do with uh jacob and esau right had to do with food had to do with pottage esau comes food had to do with pottage esau comes back from the hunt and he empty-handed back from the hunt and he empty-handed he's starving he's starving and he gives away he gives away his and he gives away he gives away his birthright gives it away his birthright birthright gives it away his birthright because he was so hungry because he was so hungry and the writer of hebrews is gonna is and the writer of hebrews is gonna is gonna use esaur as an example of what gonna use esaur as an example of what not to do not to do right right uh you know he's gonna give give away uh you know he's gonna give give away his birthright for some food and he says his birthright for some food and he says you know you know though he sought it carefully with tears though he sought it carefully with tears in other words in other words in that moment he was so hungry he in that moment he was so hungry he wasn't thinking correctly but afterward wasn't thinking correctly but afterward he was really upset that he kind of got he was really upset that he kind of got tricked by tricked by jacob it wasn't really tricked but i jacob it wasn't really tricked but i think jacob used the fact that eso was think jacob used the fact that eso was starving and couldn't really you know starving and couldn't really you know control himself at that time so control himself at that time so um um yeah yeah um so just a quick point on barley as um so just a quick point on barley as well barley was easier to plant well barley was easier to plant uh particularly in the hill country uh particularly in the hill country remember from our classes on judges remember from our classes on judges because the children of israel didn't because the children of israel didn't drive out all the inhabitants of the drive out all the inhabitants of the land of canaan they were really hemmed land of canaan they were really hemmed in into the mountains in into the mountains into the judea uh into the judea uh the uh the uh the the hills of judah and of israel the the hills of judah and of israel and that's where they were it's called and that's where they were it's called the hill country maybe uh brother jason the hill country maybe uh brother jason can talk a little bit about that it's a can talk a little bit about that it's a it's the primary um it's the primary um the homeland of the jewish people and the homeland of the jewish people and the issue is now in modern-day israel is the issue is now in modern-day israel is a lot of that land a lot of that land um um you know is uh is palestinian land and a you know is uh is palestinian land and a lot of the a lot of the jews now are lot of the a lot of the jews now are buying that land and kind of building uh buying that land and kind of building uh towns and settlements and stuff like towns and settlements and stuff like that and there's a there's a lot of that and there's a there's a lot of friction and so obviously the friction and so obviously the palestinians are looking at and say hey palestinians are looking at and say hey this is our land and the jews are saying this is our land and the jews are saying what are you talking about we've been what are you talking about we've been here since uh here since uh since the bronze age right and so you since the bronze age right and so you know we all know obviously that that is know we all know obviously that that is um that is a source of contention uh i um that is a source of contention uh i got something in the chat hold on got something in the chat hold on oh brian yes yeah they put flour in the oh brian yes yeah they put flour in the pot um and that may have um pot um and that may have um i think i remember reading something on i think i remember reading something on this that this that the the chemical makeup of the flower the the chemical makeup of the flower um um you know counteracted whatever poison you know counteracted whatever poison uh was it was in the um was in the stew uh was it was in the um was in the stew so so not really sure uh so i always found not really sure uh so i always found that interesting you know that the idea that interesting you know that the idea of barley you know barley was a hardier of barley you know barley was a hardier plant plant um and it could tolerate the harsh um and it could tolerate the harsh conditions that may have been in the conditions that may have been in the mountains instead of the planes remember mountains instead of the planes remember the feet the wheat fields were down in the feet the wheat fields were down in the plains the plains and um and um that is going to become the primary that is going to become the primary cereal crop right and barley is like i cereal crop right and barley is like i already talked about you know barley already talked about you know barley during the time of jesus during the time of jesus is just going to be food for for the is just going to be food for for the animals animals questions comments um last hey richard steve again last hey richard steve again hey steve go ahead i don't know if hey steve go ahead i don't know if there's anything but you had mentioned there's anything but you had mentioned the phrase bread in circus the phrase bread in circus yes what's that about i don't remember yes what's that about i don't remember that that okay yeah so br so bread and circus's okay yeah so br so bread and circus's steve was um during the roman um steve was um during the roman um you know when the romans kind of you know when the romans kind of controlled the mediterranean they had a controlled the mediterranean they had a real issue with um real issue with um you know with riots and unrest you know with riots and unrest particularly in rome and so what they particularly in rome and so what they did was they instituted kind of this uh did was they instituted kind of this uh it's called bread and circuses where the it's called bread and circuses where the poor poor would be allowed to get uh bread would be allowed to get uh bread you know food uh for free and also the you know food uh for free and also the circuses they could get into a uh you circuses they could get into a uh you know like a the roman coliseum or a know like a the roman coliseum or a chariot race or something like that so chariot race or something like that so they could get into that for free so they could get into that for free so they could be entertained for free and they could be entertained for free and they could also get some food for free they could also get some food for free as well and this was kind of the romans as well and this was kind of the romans in a cynical way i think brother steve in a cynical way i think brother steve um to kind of control the populace by um to kind of control the populace by giving them free food and free giving them free food and free entertainment and that and that's why with rome you know it was so important to control the know it was so important to control the eastern part of the mediterranean eastern part of the mediterranean because egypt because egypt uh at that time and even today egypt was uh at that time and even today egypt was the bread basket of the ancient world the bread basket of the ancient world particularly with wheat you know because particularly with wheat you know because of um you know the constant growing of um you know the constant growing season season uh in in the nile river they could uh in in the nile river they could produce incredible amounts of wheat uh produce incredible amounts of wheat uh that in northern africa at this that's what time said that bali was uh i did say that yes uh did say that yes uh hell yeah last week you said that bali hell yeah last week you said that bali was uh was made for beer yeah in uh was uh was made for beer yeah in uh mesopotamia that's right um it was made mesopotamia that's right um it was made for beer and that was really the number for beer and that was really the number one reason why they grew so much bali one reason why they grew so much bali and wheat particularly in mesopotamia and wheat particularly in mesopotamia they were big beer drinkers for sure um they were big beer drinkers for sure um and so that you know we we know that and so that you know we we know that wine played a big part in um wine played a big part in um an ancient israel society an ancient israel society uh we're not really i think like strong uh we're not really i think like strong drink when it mentions strong drink in drink when it mentions strong drink in scripture i think it's referring to beer scripture i think it's referring to beer and some other alcoholic beverages media and some other alcoholic beverages media which is made from honey so um which is made from honey so um yeah but wine definitely plays a more yeah but wine definitely plays a more important role and is mentioned in important role and is mentioned in scripture certainly more more than beer scripture certainly more more than beer um um all right i think i hold on all right i think i hold on yeah yeah slideshow slideshow go down here go down here [Music] all right uh so we did that all right we did that all right let's let's look i'm just gonna i'll just talk about look i'm just gonna i'll just talk about this slide and we can get into this next this slide and we can get into this next week but um week but um i i wanna look at different texts and i i wanna look at different texts and scripture that kind of mention food food scripture that kind of mention food food stuffs stuffs and uh you know what were some of the and uh you know what were some of the kind of the staples in in ancient israel kind of the staples in in ancient israel this this slide right here we actually this this slide right here we actually have abigail uh coming to david with all have abigail uh coming to david with all kinds of different food stuffs you know kinds of different food stuffs you know to kind of placate him because he was to kind of placate him because he was going to go and he's going to kill going to go and he's going to kill nabith and nabith and you know all the men and everything he you know all the men and everything he wasn't too happy about being slighted by wasn't too happy about being slighted by uh uh by nabel by nabel uh and so uh and so next week lord we'll take a look at what next week lord we'll take a look at what abigail brought to david what um basilii abigail brought to david what um basilii brought to david when he was in the brought to david when he was in the wilderness solomon's wilderness solomon's provisions provisions um um jonathan and saul this is an interesting jonathan and saul this is an interesting little exchange having to do with honey little exchange having to do with honey and uh jeroboam and his wife as well and uh jeroboam and his wife as well again a kind of an obscure uh story but again a kind of an obscure uh story but an important one when we're looking at an important one when we're looking at uh you know food and the importance of uh you know food and the importance of it it all right so let's uh let's stop there all right so let's uh let's stop there uh any questions or comments from me

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the last couple um couple weeks been looking at you know the importance of um looking at you know the importance of um you know basic food stuffs in ancient you know basic food stuffs in ancient israel how that israel how that you know worked as far as their culture you know worked as far as their culture and everything else we knew and everything else we knew uh from this slide anyways that uh from this slide anyways that obviously the importance of wheat the obviously the importance of wheat the importance of bali you know the grain importance of bali you know the grain crops crops you know without it ancient israel you know without it ancient israel wasn't going to survive the jews that wasn't going to survive the jews that were living in this area they depended were living in this area they depended upon this these staple crops and we know upon this these staple crops and we know you know particularly uh from the old you know particularly uh from the old testament that testament that for a lot of different reasons for a lot of different reasons particularly natural you know this is particularly natural you know this is one of the things that were highly one of the things that were highly dependent dependent upon the weather upon the climate and upon the weather upon the climate and when anything would happen there you when anything would happen there you know you could lose a whole crop you know you could lose a whole crop you could lose your your um your your wheat could lose your your um your your wheat crop you could lose you know your your crop you could lose you know your your vineyards that type of thing so you know vineyards that type of thing so you know when you are eating 70 when you are eating 70 of your calories are from bread of your calories are from bread um um it doesn't make for a great you know it doesn't make for a great you know variety of the palate right it's like variety of the palate right it's like these you know ancient jews were eating these you know ancient jews were eating really the same thing over and over really the same thing over and over again again um um and if you had it you know an and if you had it you know an opportunity to have a meal together with opportunity to have a meal together with a town with your town or your village or a town with your town or your village or you know a celebration or feast you know a celebration or feast this is these would be joyful times this is these would be joyful times obviously because you would have an obviously because you would have an abundance of food abundance of food a lot of people living in the in ancient a lot of people living in the in ancient israel and you know the jews israel and you know the jews food insecurity was a major thing you food insecurity was a major thing you know it wasn't just like well uh you know it wasn't just like well uh you know know i'll get to the store right um you know i'll get to the store right um you know actually lee and i were having a actually lee and i were having a conversation the other day we had to go conversation the other day we had to go to two different supermarkets to get the to two different supermarkets to get the items that we needed items that we needed you know because the you know shaw's you know because the you know shaw's didn't have the food we we wanted right didn't have the food we we wanted right didn't have the cat food actually didn't have the cat food actually we're all looking for cat food we're all looking for cat food megan don't laugh megan don't laugh [Laughter] [Laughter] uh you know obviously they couldn't they uh you know obviously they couldn't they couldn't do that that time uh i want to couldn't do that that time uh i want to take a look at um this last judges 7 take a look at um this last judges 7 13. i found this interesting and maybe 13. i found this interesting and maybe you will maybe you won't you will maybe you won't so judges 7 so this is the story of midian uh and gideon right gideon against them uh and gideon right gideon against them uh the midianites um now we'll let's see yes it's so judges 7 and and uh yeah verse 13. uh yeah verse 13. well let's take a look at verse 12 well let's take a look at verse 12 actually um in the midianites and the actually um in the midianites and the amalekites and all the children of the amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers from multitude and like grasshoppers from multitude and their camels were without number as the their camels were without number as the sand of the seaside for multitude so sand of the seaside for multitude so just as some background here remember just as some background here remember gideon is kind of struggling with hey gideon is kind of struggling with hey you know can i do this job right he you know can i do this job right he wanted assurances from god you know he wanted assurances from god you know he needed his faith to be uh you know needed his faith to be uh you know strengthened and god did a few things to strengthened and god did a few things to kind of reinforce in gideon's mind that kind of reinforce in gideon's mind that yes i'm going to be with you yes i'm going to be with you but you know here you have the but you know here you have the midianites in the valley just kind of midianites in the valley just kind of spread out you know thousands and spread out you know thousands and thousands of people this was a very thousands of people this was a very intimidating sight of course intimidating sight of course and so um and so um verse 13. you know this was another verse 13. you know this was another thing that god provided to gideon to thing that god provided to gideon to reassure him that success was in the reassure him that success was in the cards like things are going to happen cards like things are going to happen um and you know i'm with you so verse 13 um and you know i'm with you so verse 13 and when gideon was come behold there and when gideon was come behold there was a man that told the dream unto his was a man that told the dream unto his fellow and said behold i dreamed a dream fellow and said behold i dreamed a dream and lo a cake of bali bread tumbled into and lo a cake of bali bread tumbled into the host of midian and came into a tent the host of midian and came into a tent and smote it that it fell and overturned and smote it that it fell and overturned it it that the tent lay along and his fellow that the tent lay along and his fellow accident said this is nothing else save accident said this is nothing else save the sword of gideon the son of joash a the sword of gideon the son of joash a man of israel for into the his hand hath man of israel for into the his hand hath god delivered midian in all the hosts god delivered midian in all the hosts it's pretty pretty explicit right gideon it's pretty pretty explicit right gideon overhears this he goes down into the overhears this he goes down into the kind of spying see we're gonna and he kind of spying see we're gonna and he overhears this dream now take a look at overhears this dream now take a look at those verses if you if you've got them those verses if you if you've got them uh uh open what are what are some things that open what are what are some things that stick out to anybody or nothing stick out to anybody or nothing nothing sticks out nothing sticks out say again say again the barley bread okay the loaf of barley the barley bread okay the loaf of barley bread comes tumbling down bread comes tumbling down into the camp of the midianites into the camp of the midianites um um so there's a couple things thank you so there's a couple things thank you sister brenda so there's a couple things sister brenda so there's a couple things um um with this number one the barley with this number one the barley is going to come tumbling down all right is going to come tumbling down all right i thought i thought about this i thought i thought about this where was the majority of the people of where was the majority of the people of the ancient jews living during the time the ancient jews living during the time of the judges were they kind of on the of the judges were they kind of on the on the coastline in the valleys were on the coastline in the valleys were they up in the hill country they up in the hill country excellent yes so they were up in the excellent yes so they were up in the hill country so that makes sense doesn't hill country so that makes sense doesn't it that a loaf of barley would come what it that a loaf of barley would come what tumbles down into the valley right tumbles down into the valley right interesting interesting number two number two what was the loaf made of well we just what was the loaf made of well we just talked about it was made of barley where talked about it was made of barley where did barley traditionally grow did barley traditionally grow in the valleys or up in the hill country ah yes so very good the the the barley was able to very good the the the barley was able to grow in let's say rougher and more grow in let's say rougher and more extreme conditions than wheat would extreme conditions than wheat would wheat sister sandy as you said would wheat sister sandy as you said would grow fantastic on the flat areas right grow fantastic on the flat areas right it needed to be cultivated a little bit it needed to be cultivated a little bit more is a little more finicky but it more is a little more finicky but it would you know it would um would you know it would um yield incredible yields if it was done yield incredible yields if it was done correctly barley wouldn't yield as much correctly barley wouldn't yield as much and wouldn't have the nutritionist as and wouldn't have the nutritionist as flour or wheat but could grow anywhere flour or wheat but could grow anywhere and so i just thought that that was and so i just thought that that was interesting that that this background interesting that that this background information can help us information can help us to understand kind of what was going on to understand kind of what was going on during this thing how many times have we during this thing how many times have we read this you know the bali comes read this you know the bali comes rolling down and we're like no okay well rolling down and we're like no okay well that makes sense we can read into that that makes sense we can read into that this verse actually is telling us this verse actually is telling us uh the relationship with the children of uh the relationship with the children of israel and midian midian was down in the israel and midian midian was down in the valley they were coming up valley they were coming up right and the barley which grew only up right and the barley which grew only up in the hill country came tumbling down in the hill country came tumbling down into the medianite's camp and hit a tent into the medianite's camp and hit a tent and there was all kinds of chaos right and there was all kinds of chaos right and so that's really exactly what and so that's really exactly what happened the seed was already planted happened the seed was already planted into the mines of the midianites and into the mines of the midianites and they're going to end up fighting each they're going to end up fighting each other and stuff like that so just you other and stuff like that so just you know i thought i thought that that was know i thought i thought that that was interesting you know the bali loaf comes interesting you know the bali loaf comes rolling down comes up from the hill rolling down comes up from the hill country which bali grew there and went country which bali grew there and went down and um and destroyed the midianites down and um and destroyed the midianites okay we talked about the porridge and okay we talked about the porridge and gruel right that was kind of basic meals gruel right that was kind of basic meals there's a couple things you know we know there's a couple things you know we know east jacob and esau that was a whole east jacob and esau that was a whole thing about the pottage right thing about the pottage right um so anyways questions comments on this um so anyways questions comments on this before we go on before we go on people people all right uh just and people people all right uh just and again this kind of just reinforces this again this kind of just reinforces this map right here kind of reinforces what map right here kind of reinforces what we're talking about we're talking about up in um you know the hill country up up in um you know the hill country up there i should have brought my laser there i should have brought my laser pointer just like that pointer just like that up in the hill country on the left hand up in the hill country on the left hand side that's a hilly mountainous area side that's a hilly mountainous area what did what did gideon and what did what did gideon and ephraim do they went right down into the ephraim do they went right down into the valley the jordan valley and so that valley the jordan valley and so that kind of goes goes along with what kind of goes goes along with what that that dream dream uh entailed okay uh entailed okay all right all right what i want to do now is uh let's take a what i want to do now is uh let's take a look at certain texts in scripture that look at certain texts in scripture that talk about maybe some of the basics the talk about maybe some of the basics the basic food items that were being used basic food items that were being used during this time to give us a little during this time to give us a little insight first one that comes to mind is insight first one that comes to mind is in in genesis the 18th chapter and there's a genesis the 18th chapter and there's a lot going on in this chapter we'll take lot going on in this chapter we'll take a look at it a look at it in the 18th chapter of genesis we have in the 18th chapter of genesis we have abraham abraham being hospitable being hospitable to the angels god had sent the angels to the angels god had sent the angels right with the task of number one right with the task of number one telling abraham and um sarah they were telling abraham and um sarah they were going to have a child in their old age going to have a child in their old age number one and then number two also to number one and then number two also to tell abraham about what was going to tell abraham about what was going to happen to sodom and gomorrah right and happen to sodom and gomorrah right and then we have this then we have this wonderful interaction with god and wonderful interaction with god and abraham with abraham kind of you know abraham with abraham kind of you know gets god down to ten you know the gets god down to ten you know the wickedness you know sodom and gomorrah wickedness you know sodom and gomorrah he gets listen per adventure there's ten he gets listen per adventure there's ten surely there's ten righteous in sodom surely there's ten righteous in sodom and gomorrah right anyways um and gomorrah right anyways um so so uh verse seven verse six right he sees uh verse seven verse six right he sees the men come right and he says um the men come right and he says um and abraham hastened to the tent unto and abraham hastened to the tent unto sarah and said make ready quickly three sarah and said make ready quickly three measures of fine meal measures of fine meal needed and make cakes upon the hearth so needed and make cakes upon the hearth so this was this was um um this was very common obviously a couple this was very common obviously a couple things number one the husk things number one the husk the hospitality that abraham shows to the hospitality that abraham shows to these travelers these travelers very common in the middle east right very common in the middle east right that was like a it's a foundational that was like a it's a foundational cultural thing if you have uh you know cultural thing if you have uh you know people coming to your home a traveler people coming to your home a traveler you ought to treat them with kindness you ought to treat them with kindness and give them food and stuff like that and give them food and stuff like that it's exactly what abraham and sarah are it's exactly what abraham and sarah are going to do um and you know in the going to do um and you know in the bedouin communities even today you know bedouin communities even today you know two three thousand years later that is a two three thousand years later that is a very traditional thing uh to show uh very traditional thing uh to show uh kindness and hospitality to any stranger kindness and hospitality to any stranger and this is what abraham's going to do i and this is what abraham's going to do i think abraham probably knew as well that think abraham probably knew as well that he was dealing with you know angels he was dealing with you know angels right anyways um so find flower and eat right anyways um so find flower and eat it make cakes the quick little kind of it make cakes the quick little kind of pita breads right pita breads right very good bread delicious bread right a very good bread delicious bread right a fresh pita fresh pita come on come on come on come on uh let's see uh let's see oh you know who has fresh pita is really oh you know who has fresh pita is really good in in boston if you ever do falafel good in in boston if you ever do falafel king king falafel king falafel king yeah yeah yeah very good very good all right yeah yeah very good very good all right yeah when i used to go in once a year we used when i used to go in once a year we used to take the kids into uh government day to take the kids into uh government day you know and to um go up to beacon hill you know and to um go up to beacon hill and you know all the car you know and you know all the car you know they're all there and everything they they're all there and everything they get to sit inside the kind of the uh the get to sit inside the kind of the uh the state house the representatives and state house the representatives and stuff it's a really good time stuff it's a really good time governor speaks anyways governor speaks anyways that's what i tell the kids i go look that's what i tell the kids i go look before we get on the train before we get on the train we're going to be doing a field trip to we're going to be doing a field trip to uh falafel king okay just letting uh falafel king okay just letting everyone know everyone know you're like sure you're like sure yeah can we go to wendy's mr denin yeah can we go to wendy's mr denin wendy's is right there no problem we'll wendy's is right there no problem we'll meet right here go get your food so then meet right here go get your food so then you know you stink up the whole carriage you know you stink up the whole carriage and you know and you know in the train with this falafel nonsense in the train with this falafel nonsense going on anyways all right um going on anyways all right um so and abraham ran and uh unto the herd so and abraham ran and uh unto the herd and fetched a calf tender and good and and fetched a calf tender and good and gave it unto the young man and took gave it unto the young man and took butter and milk in the calf which he had butter and milk in the calf which he had dressed and set up before him and he dressed and set up before him and he stood by them under the tree and they stood by them under the tree and they did eat so did eat so butter was available right oh butter was available right oh interesting okay so these are i think interesting okay so these are i think these were kind of high-end luxury items these were kind of high-end luxury items right that abraham is giving uh to these right that abraham is giving uh to these men to these angels of god right uh and men to these angels of god right uh and sarah is involved in cooking so we have sarah is involved in cooking so we have we have the bread we have uh veal right we have the bread we have uh veal right the baby calf as we call it veal um and the baby calf as we call it veal um and then the butter and the uh the milk so then the butter and the uh the milk so high-end items high-end items right abraham was wealthy butter was right abraham was wealthy butter was something was you know was a delicacy something was you know was a delicacy right so he's taking really his best and right so he's taking really his best and giving it to uh to the people giving it to uh to the people okay okay david in the wilderness this was this is david in the wilderness this was this is an interesting one an interesting one uh in 2nd samuel yeah and verse uh well in the first verse right and when david was a little verse right and when david was a little past the top of the hill behold ziba the past the top of the hill behold ziba the servant of meshebacheth met him with a servant of meshebacheth met him with a couple of asses saddled and upon them couple of asses saddled and upon them 200 loaves of bread and 100 bunches of 200 loaves of bread and 100 bunches of raisins and hundreds of summer fruits raisins and hundreds of summer fruits and a bottle of wine so these are some and a bottle of wine so these are some of the things that zeiber is sending to of the things that zeiber is sending to david remember dave you know we know the david remember dave you know we know the story right absalom kind of takes over story right absalom kind of takes over and david is on the run so david's and david is on the run so david's supporters are going to support him supporters are going to support him with a lot of different uh a lot of with a lot of different uh a lot of different items right which is uh again different items right which is uh again kind of the bread and butter of of kind of the bread and butter of of ancient israel cuisine right summer ancient israel cuisine right summer fruits i'm not sure what the summer fruits i'm not sure what the summer fruits were fruits were um um someone has uh some insight into that someone has uh some insight into that could be dates maybe right uh figs that could be dates maybe right uh figs that type of thing type of thing um um you know obviously fruit that came you know obviously fruit that came came about in the summer all right um came about in the summer all right um abigail and david we're in we're in abigail and david we're in we're in samuel here so first samuel 25. verse 18 that is absolutely correct thank you chris thank you chris um then abigail made haste and took 200 um then abigail made haste and took 200 loaves loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of ready dressed and five measures of parched corn and 100 clusters of raisins parched corn and 100 clusters of raisins and 200 cakes of figs and she was going and 200 cakes of figs and she was going to bring them to bring them uh to david kind of like a peace uh to david kind of like a peace offering right remember david was kind offering right remember david was kind of protecting naval sheep and all of his of protecting naval sheep and all of his stuff stuff and then when it was came time you know and then when it was came time you know for the harvest time what did nabal say for the harvest time what did nabal say to say to david's servants to say to david's servants anyone remember anyone remember classic classic so david's protecting all his sheep to so david's protecting all his sheep to all it really is uh his provisions all it really is uh his provisions really for free right imagine having you really for free right imagine having you know just one of the best warriors in know just one of the best warriors in the land protecting your stuff and then the land protecting your stuff and then this guy says hey you know can we have a this guy says hey you know can we have a little bit of uh you know your harvest little bit of uh you know your harvest can we enjoy some of the fruits of our can we enjoy some of the fruits of our labor protecting everything and nabel's labor protecting everything and nabel's like david like david never heard of him was this guy right so never heard of him was this guy right so david pretty much hiro gets pretty upset david pretty much hiro gets pretty upset about that it's gonna go wipe out about that it's gonna go wipe out everything and then abigail comes with everything and then abigail comes with this peace offering right and again this peace offering right and again gives us some insight into what they gives us some insight into what they were eating right uh the wine was were eating right uh the wine was certainly there certainly there the bread the raisin cakes too was that the bread the raisin cakes too was that what that was one of the things right what that was one of the things right um um yeah 100 clusters of raisins and 200 yeah 100 clusters of raisins and 200 cakes of figs fig cakes cakes of figs fig cakes pretty tasty pretty tasty uh so yes uh so yes um now that's kind of david you know um now that's kind of david you know kind of living in the wilderness before kind of living in the wilderness before he became king he became king just kind of keep that in mind just kind of keep that in mind let's take a look of uh where solomon's let's take a look of uh where solomon's provisions were and what we can kind of provisions were and what we can kind of gain from this so i think it's really gain from this so i think it's really interesting to see interesting to see the transition the transition from david as kind of a war chieftain from david as kind of a war chieftain kind of moving around kind of moving around he's got you know david's got a lot of he's got you know david's got a lot of you know food that can kind of be eaten you know food that can kind of be eaten very quickly right doesn't he right very quickly right doesn't he right things that can be eaten very quickly things that can be eaten very quickly it's not a big sit-down meal for david it's not a big sit-down meal for david and his uh his men they have to be ready and his uh his men they have to be ready to go at all times let's take a look at to go at all times let's take a look at what his son is eating on the right what his son is eating on the right regular basis regular basis um first kings 4. and judah and israel dwelt safely every man under his vine and other his fig man under his vine and other his fig tree from dan even to beersheba all the tree from dan even to beersheba all the days of solomon days of solomon right under his vine and under his fig right under his vine and under his fig tree do we we hear that a lot in tree do we we hear that a lot in scripture right that's kind of euphemism scripture right that's kind of euphemism that is used particularly in the old that is used particularly in the old testament testament and what does it imply and what does it imply under his vine under his fig tree what under his vine under his fig tree what does that imply does that imply a chicken in every pro pot brother a chicken in every pro pot brother brother steve yes very good yes anyone brother steve yes very good yes anyone know from what presidency that was from know from what presidency that was from truman close little late truman close little late herbert hoover herbert hoover yes yes very good yeah herbert hoover very good yeah herbert hoover [Laughter] [Laughter] which is ironic because he's saying which is ironic because he's saying every chick a chicken in every pot right every chick a chicken in every pot right and then the uh during his and then the uh during his administration you know great depression administration you know great depression comes along and not not so great hoover comes along and not not so great hoover hoover kind of gets a bad rap hoover kind of gets a bad rap he did try to do some things was just he did try to do some things was just beyond his control all right anyways um beyond his control all right anyways um so so uh uh in verse 22 in verse 22 in solomon's provisions for one day so in solomon's provisions for one day so just remember his father right now just remember his father right now granted granted david is going to establish himself as david is going to establish himself as king as well and he's going to have as king as well and he's going to have as many provisions i just found it many provisions i just found it interesting at the beginning of david's interesting at the beginning of david's uh you know reign or he's trying you uh you know reign or he's trying you know he's going to become king know he's going to become king you know he's just kind of struggling on you know he's just kind of struggling on gifts of food from people right so solomon's provision for one day was 30 measures of fine flour and three 30 measures of fine flour and three score measures of meal score measures of meal 10 fat oxen 10 fat oxen and 20 oxen out of the pastures and 20 oxen out of the pastures and 100 sheep besides hearts and robux and 100 sheep besides hearts and robux fallow and fatted fallow and fatted deer right fatted foul sorry deer right fatted foul sorry so a little bit different now right we so a little bit different now right we have a lot of meat on the table okay have a lot of meat on the table okay meat was a luxury but we get some meat was a luxury but we get some insight into the success of solomon's insight into the success of solomon's reign number one but also its wealth and reign number one but also its wealth and i think brother mark had talked about i think brother mark had talked about this um in his class as well and i think this um in his class as well and i think he's going to continue on with this um he's going to continue on with this um but just you know solomon solomon's but just you know solomon solomon's reign really kind of changed reign really kind of changed the psyche of ancient israel right they the psyche of ancient israel right they they were all they were a proper nation they were all they were a proper nation now right from dan down to beersheba now right from dan down to beersheba they had they had strength they they had they had strength they nominated plenty of food coming in right nominated plenty of food coming in right and it wasn't just solomon because and it wasn't just solomon because scripture says that everybody it was a scripture says that everybody it was a time of peace it was a time of time of peace it was a time of prosperity prosperity um and and it shows you know what what um and and it shows you know what what uh solomon was eating now was solomon uh solomon was eating now was solomon eating 10 oxen a day eating 10 oxen a day obviously not when we're talking about obviously not when we're talking about solomon we're talking about his whole solomon we're talking about his whole household really this this was the household really this this was the government this is what was government this is what was uh uh given to the government to keep itself given to the government to keep itself going right ten oxen a day for all for going right ten oxen a day for all for solomon and his house and the whole all solomon and his house and the whole all the governments right the governments right uh the government entities along with uh the government entities along with the temple the temple actually had its the temple the temple actually had its own his own set of things so own his own set of things so just some interesting stuff just some interesting stuff um um let's see let's see oh oh yes sister lee yes sister lee hold on get the microphone please yeah for the 30 30 cores of the flower is five tons cores of the flower is five tons and then the meal was ten tons okay and then the meal was ten tons okay that's a lot so five tons and ten tons that's a lot so five tons and ten tons of flour a day of flour a day i think that shows that that's great i think that shows that that's great thank you lee uh again that shows thank you lee uh again that shows um um you know they had to have some type of you know they had to have some type of mechanism mechanism we're just we're just talking about the we're just we're just talking about the king now king solomon there had to be king now king solomon there had to be some type of production for all of this some type of production for all of this for these tons and tons of flour to be for these tons and tons of flour to be made into bread for everybody made into bread for everybody and that's interesting too because and that's interesting too because you know was there some you know was there some was there bread was there bread made to help the poor in other words uh made to help the poor in other words uh you know was there extra bread from the you know was there extra bread from the government or from the king's house that government or from the king's house that was given to the poor i think there was was given to the poor i think there was um but i would love to see the um but i would love to see the production areas of this you know during production areas of this you know during the time of solomon you know what did it the time of solomon you know what did it look like you know we just kind of read look like you know we just kind of read these things and like wow look at all these things and like wow look at all the things that he ate well how did they the things that he ate well how did they you know they have to transport all this you know they have to transport all this stuff it has to get to the kitchens the stuff it has to get to the kitchens the kitchen have to prepare all the all of kitchen have to prepare all the all of this stuff right uh so that's pretty this stuff right uh so that's pretty amazing yeah we're talking about tons amazing yeah we're talking about tons and tons of food so it shows uh and tons of food so it shows uh you know the wealth you know the wealth of solomon but it also i think gives us of solomon but it also i think gives us insight that insight that once the nation kind of coalesced over once the nation kind of coalesced over one single entity that being the one single entity that being the monarchy and the temple israel really became quite wealthy based upon agricultural stuff based upon agricultural stuff and very little of that has changed even and very little of that has changed even today either next week or the week after today either next week or the week after i'm going to we're going to take a look i'm going to we're going to take a look at what modern israel looks like as far at what modern israel looks like as far as our agricultural looks like today as our agricultural looks like today and and certainly be picking our resident certainly be picking our resident scholar brother jason on israel all scholar brother jason on israel all things israel things israel um so looking forward to that um so looking forward to that um one more thing and then we'll go on um one more thing and then we'll go on here um here um jonathan and saul we're in first samuel jonathan and saul we're in first samuel uh 14. i think you might remember this uh 14. i think you might remember this one's a pretty good story uh 14 14 first samuel 14 25. first samuel 14 25. um remember saul makes this rash oath like if anybody eats anything you know uh if anybody eats anything you know uh no one's gonna eat anything no one's no one's gonna eat anything no one's gonna stop until saul is avenged of his gonna stop until saul is avenged of his enemies right again a classic saul kind enemies right again a classic saul kind of uh of uh impulsive statement impulsive statement right really not taking into account the right really not taking into account the whole whole the strategy right hey guys you know you the strategy right hey guys you know you should feed feed yourself should feed feed yourself anyways um anyways um in all they of the land verse 25 came to in all they of the land verse 25 came to a wood and there was honey upon the a wood and there was honey upon the ground ground and when the people were coming to the and when the people were coming to the wood behold the honey dropped but no man wood behold the honey dropped but no man put his hand to his mouth for the people put his hand to his mouth for the people feared the oath and verse 27 tells us feared the oath and verse 27 tells us that jonathan hadn't heard about this that jonathan hadn't heard about this crazy oath that his father had taken and crazy oath that his father had taken and he just takes some honeycomb and he eats he just takes some honeycomb and he eats it it and immediately all of this natural and immediately all of this natural sugar gets into his body and he's sugar gets into his body and he's feeling great what does it say here he feeling great what does it say here he says uh says uh um um and his eyes were enlightened right he and his eyes were enlightened right he gets that kind of immediate uh you know gets that kind of immediate uh you know sugar high he gets this energy sugar high he gets this energy uh from the honey and it's this honey uh from the honey and it's this honey everywhere it's kind of dropping down everywhere it's kind of dropping down and no one else wants to take it so and no one else wants to take it so honey is used in scripture uh as uh honey is used in scripture uh as uh something that's sweet to the taste that something that's sweet to the taste that can provide energy very quickly but if can provide energy very quickly but if you you scripture also takes uh talks about i scripture also takes uh talks about i think in proverbs where if you eat too think in proverbs where if you eat too much honey right you get sick much honey right you get sick too much of it right too much of it right all right all right questions comments before we go on on questions comments before we go on on this yes brother jason i mean you brought it up and i did get sick you did get sick i and i did get sick you did get sick i remember that you were squeezing it i remember that you were squeezing it i believe like this into your mouth normal believe like this into your mouth normal stuff guys yeah stuff guys yeah almost um almost um you know just you know just so the so the the food is so interesting and it when the food is so interesting and it when you walk around israel you see lemon you walk around israel you see lemon trees and you see trees and you see banana trees and you see you know olive banana trees and you see you know olive trees and it kind of brings these trees and it kind of brings these stories that christ stories that christ would talk to his disciples about these would talk to his disciples about these parables parables and it it christ takes the aspect of and it it christ takes the aspect of food and in the everyday food and in the everyday israelis life and he brings it into israelis life and he brings it into the gospel message and we can the gospel message and we can you know think about um you know think about um you know the the parable of the soils you know the the parable of the soils and you can go to and you can go to the spot where they believe jesus was the spot where they believe jesus was raised raised and it's farmland and you walk on a path and it's farmland and you walk on a path and you can just imagine jesus saying a and you can just imagine jesus saying a farmer went out to sow seed as he was farmer went out to sow seed as he was scattering the seed some fell along the scattering the seed some fell along the path the birds came and ate it up this path the birds came and ate it up this was normal stuff that the jews would was normal stuff that the jews would have dealt with while they were planting have dealt with while they were planting their vineyards some fell on rocky their vineyards some fell on rocky places so he would have used this aspect places so he would have used this aspect of of food food to to make an impression upon them their kind make an impression upon them their kind of daily of daily um um you know routine would have involved you know routine would have involved planting and then we can think about the planting and then we can think about the parable of um parable of um of the vineyard you know they would have of the vineyard you know they would have known how hard it would have been to known how hard it would have been to work in a vineyard from morning till work in a vineyard from morning till night and you know saying hey why am i night and you know saying hey why am i only getting the same reward as this guy only getting the same reward as this guy i work the heat of the day i work the heat of the day and all of this stuff about how all this and all of this stuff about how all this food was food was manufactured would have been front and manufactured would have been front and center on their minds because it was center on their minds because it was such an important part of how they lived such an important part of how they lived each day absolutely and you can also go each day absolutely and you can also go to a restaurant in jerusalem called to a restaurant in jerusalem called eucalyptus which has a queen of sheba eucalyptus which has a queen of sheba uh uh ten course tasting and it has lamb and ten course tasting and it has lamb and has all this stuff that you're has all this stuff that you're talking about is that the restaurant talking about is that the restaurant that you were in contact for like a year that you were in contact for like a year getting your meal set up different one getting your meal set up different one different wow uh sister sandy even memoria at the memorial table table is you know a simple task of eating and is you know a simple task of eating and it's it's bread you know we don't know hunger bread you know we don't know hunger right you know and i think if we had right you know and i think if we had experienced hunger you know we would experienced hunger you know we would experience a spiritual hunger as well i experience a spiritual hunger as well i think sometimes think sometimes we're fed we're fed all the time so it's not as bad yes no all the time so it's not as bad yes no cindy that's that's a great point you cindy that's that's a great point you know we don't know we don't you know i've never i've been hungry but you know i've never i've been hungry but certainly never dealt with famine or certainly never dealt with famine or starvation or anything like that you starvation or anything like that you know food insecurity we always had food know food insecurity we always had food we used to fight over food but you know we used to fight over food but you know that was that was normal that was that was normal um so yes that's a great point and and i um so yes that's a great point and and i think um you know when we partake of the think um you know when we partake of the bread and wine bread and wine that that should be it's very simple that that should be it's very simple isn't it but it was part of a feast that isn't it but it was part of a feast that involved food that involved closest involved food that involved closest sharing a meal together sharing a meal together right i think that's one of the things right i think that's one of the things too that is kind of brought out in too that is kind of brought out in scripture the importance of sitting down scripture the importance of sitting down and enjoying a meal with one another and enjoying a meal with one another right it's a it can be you know you right it's a it can be you know you you're talking you're eating that type you're talking you're eating that type of thing it's like it's like a basic of thing it's like it's like a basic human um desire to sit down and to share human um desire to sit down and to share food with each other yeah i think when food with each other yeah i think when we when we share food there's always an we when we share food there's always an abundance yes and i think for people to abundance yes and i think for people to share food back then there was share food back then there was you needed to eat maybe it was your you needed to eat maybe it was your third meal of the week or whatever it third meal of the week or whatever it was you know and it was was you know and it was more important and it was really sharing more important and it was really sharing yes yes it would have been a joyful thing if it would have been a joyful thing if there was extra food right sandy like there was extra food right sandy like hey we got some extra food everyone come hey we got some extra food everyone come it actually reminds me when i was it actually reminds me when i was looking at this was um looking at this was um you know elijah went to one of the you know elijah went to one of the widows and you know hey can you give me widows and you know hey can you give me a p some water and a piece of bread and a p some water and a piece of bread and the widow's like look the widow's like look it was during the big families like i it was during the big families like i don't have any bread for you you know don't have any bread for you you know i'm gonna make a couple cakes and we're i'm gonna make a couple cakes and we're gonna die we're gonna die of starvation gonna die we're gonna die of starvation so yes um so yes um you know famine was always you know it you know famine was always you know it was one bad harvest away and now what was one bad harvest away and now what are you gonna do you know you got four are you gonna do you know you got four or five kids or five kids you know you have nothing you know you you know you have nothing you know you can't store it anywhere you know there's can't store it anywhere you know there's no storage involved it can be tough for no storage involved it can be tough for sure sure all right um all right um excellent segway jason with excellent segway jason with uh the vineyard right uh the vineyard right uh the song of the vineyard jesus is uh the song of the vineyard jesus is going to use this idea of the vineyard going to use this idea of the vineyard as well as well and how much work went into it so and i and how much work went into it so and i believe he's you he's he took this from believe he's you he's he took this from isaiah the fifth chapter let's take a isaiah the fifth chapter let's take a look at it and this is a song that i did that isaiah is sharing with us right isaiah is sharing with us right in verse 1 in verse 1 now will i sing to my well beloved the now will i sing to my well beloved the song song of my well beloved touching his vineyard of my well beloved touching his vineyard my well be loved hath a vineyard and a my well be loved hath a vineyard and a very fruitful hill very fruitful hill okay so there's that idea of the hill okay so there's that idea of the hill again a lot of times vineyards uh not again a lot of times vineyards uh not just in israel but in other parts of the just in israel but in other parts of the mediterranean are kind of on a cliff's mediterranean are kind of on a cliff's not a cliff side but kind of a hillside not a cliff side but kind of a hillside and they figure out exactly where the and they figure out exactly where the most sun is coming in to get all of that most sun is coming in to get all of that sun for the longest part of the day and sun for the longest part of the day and there's a concern about the soil as well there's a concern about the soil as well and i believe with vineyards you don't and i believe with vineyards you don't want great soil want great soil you want kind of tough soil so those uh you want kind of tough soil so those uh the roots of those vines get all the way the roots of those vines get all the way down right and that produces kind of down right and that produces kind of very hardy uh vines and produces a lot very hardy uh vines and produces a lot of a lot of grapes as well so anyways of a lot of grapes as well so anyways let's go kind of go through what it took let's go kind of go through what it took to put a vineyard together to put a vineyard together and he fenced it and gathered out the and he fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof and planted it in with stones thereof and planted it in with the choicest vine and built a tower in the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and also made a wine the midst of it and also made a wine press therein and he looked that it press therein and he looked that it should bring forth grapes and it brought should bring forth grapes and it brought forth forth wild grapes wild grapes so you know he's going through all of so you know he's going through all of the all of this difficulty of kind of the all of this difficulty of kind of creating a vignette hedging it in creating a vignette hedging it in building a watchtower right building a building a watchtower right building a wine press that you know we just kind of wine press that you know we just kind of read that oh yeah i built a wine press read that oh yeah i built a wine press that's a pretty big undertaking to build that's a pretty big undertaking to build a wine press the whole car you know uh a wine press the whole car you know uh the whole production he had a he had to the whole production he had a he had to build a whole production from growing build a whole production from growing all the way to you know making the wine all the way to you know making the wine and he puts in all of this effort and he puts in all of this effort and he's got bad grapes bad grapes and and he's got bad grapes bad grapes and so that parable obviously was about the so that parable obviously was about the children of israel you know children of israel you know god had given them all of this love and god had given them all of this love and this attention and wanted them to this attention and wanted them to succeed succeed and bring forth any fruit and that's and bring forth any fruit and that's something in scripture as brother jason something in scripture as brother jason pointed out you know pointed out you know um um jesus is going to use this right about jesus is going to use this right about us bearing fruit that we are you know we us bearing fruit that we are you know we we're a vineyard we're a vineyard are we bearing fruit to god are we bearing fruit to god what type of fruit are we bearing are we what type of fruit are we bearing are we bearing any fruit at all right and bearing any fruit at all right and that's a constant thing that's a constant thing that jesus is talking about but also that jesus is talking about but also paul kind of picks up on it as well paul kind of picks up on it as well i'm going to hold off on this now i'm going to hold off on this now uh wine wasn't just used as a beverage uh wine wasn't just used as a beverage it was used as a beverage of course it was used as a beverage of course people drank it daily now remember a lot people drank it daily now remember a lot of this wine is going to be cut wine of this wine is going to be cut wine when i say cut wine just chop it up what when i say cut wine just chop it up what we're talking about we're talking about yeah watered down thank you yeah they yeah watered down thank you yeah they watered it down right so it wasn't watered it down right so it wasn't um you know wasn't as powerful did did um you know wasn't as powerful did did they drink uncut wine sure they did they drink uncut wine sure they did right right one of the things is kind of a side but one of the things is kind of a side but the romans when they first came in the romans when they first came in contact with uh what's modern day france contact with uh what's modern day france right the gauls right the gauls they couldn't believe that the the gauls they couldn't believe that the the gauls loved the wine but they never cut it loved the wine but they never cut it they were just drinking it regularly and they were just drinking it regularly and the romans like these people are crazy the romans like these people are crazy you can't even do business with them you can't even do business with them right right so cut wine was a lot more popular than so cut wine was a lot more popular than regular regular wine regular regular wine anyways it was also used as medicine as anyways it was also used as medicine as well you know granted the alcohol you well you know granted the alcohol you know if you have pain or something like know if you have pain or something like that on a limited basis that on a limited basis you know it may dull some of the pain you know it may dull some of the pain but it also has an antiseptic quality to but it also has an antiseptic quality to it not just the alcohol in it but there it not just the alcohol in it but there are other are other there's other there's other anti-bacterial things going on inside anti-bacterial things going on inside wine that actually helps to keep uh keep wine that actually helps to keep uh keep germs away and so they would they would germs away and so they would they would dip like um dip like um like linen into wine and then wrap it like linen into wine and then wrap it around a wound or something like that around a wound or something like that and uh you know and uh you know it kept it sterile i guess you know the it kept it sterile i guess you know the alcohol but also there were other alcohol but also there were other properties in one that helped with the properties in one that helped with the healing process i found that interesting healing process i found that interesting wine was was relatively expensive the wine was was relatively expensive the good stuff anyways right just like it is good stuff anyways right just like it is today today right right um um but for those of the pool of the poor but for those of the pool of the poor wine was expensive so they they had wine was expensive so they they had something called raisin wine something called raisin wine raisin wine was like the lowest of the raisin wine was like the lowest of the low wine all right and they remember low wine all right and they remember that ancient uh that ancient uh you know jews they needed wine for the you know jews they needed wine for the sabbath right they needed to got to go sabbath right they needed to got to go through that whole process the whole uh through that whole process the whole uh the ritual of the sabbath day the ritual of the sabbath day involved wine that meal before the involved wine that meal before the sabbath so um sabbath so um you know those all different kinds of you know those all different kinds of you know levels of wine just like there you know levels of wine just like there are today right are today right um um let's just talk briefly we'll we'll end let's just talk briefly we'll we'll end it here i want to i want to save this it here i want to i want to save this last thing the largest wine factory in last thing the largest wine factory in the world from the byzantine uh period the world from the byzantine uh period it was unearthed in uh israel and it's it was unearthed in uh israel and it's about 13 minutes so what i'm going to do about 13 minutes so what i'm going to do is we'll take a look at um is we'll take a look at um you know jeremiah is that spelled you know jeremiah is that spelled correctly jeremiah it is not lee huh i thought i told you to go through this to go through this [Laughter] [Laughter] [Music] we'll save that for next week lord willing but let's take a look at um willing but let's take a look at um proverbs 3. proverbs got some insight obviously into uh into wine uh into wine it's good in bad prof properties right it's good in bad prof properties right um words when um oh yeah sorry sorry about that i should probably put this down like the the probably put this down like the the actual verse actual verse um um verse nine of ver of uh chapter three verse nine of ver of uh chapter three honor the lord with thy substance honor the lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine and with the first fruits of all thine increase increase all right so he's talking you know all right so he's talking you know solomon's talking about the tithe right solomon's talking about the tithe right take ten percent of everything that you take ten percent of everything that you give you give it to god you give it to give you give it to god you give it to the the support of the levites right the the support of the levites right this is an excitation there for us as this is an excitation there for us as well you know we have been increased well you know we have been increased with a lot of things in this country with a lot of things in this country wealthiest nation ever wealthiest nation ever in the history of mankind what are we in the history of mankind what are we doing with all the things that god has doing with all the things that god has given us our blessings that's something given us our blessings that's something solomon was concerned about something we solomon was concerned about something we should be concerned about as well should be concerned about as well um um so shall thy barns be filled with plenty so shall thy barns be filled with plenty and thy presses shall burst out with new and thy presses shall burst out with new wine right and so here's solomon kind of wine right and so here's solomon kind of using as you know brother jason pointed using as you know brother jason pointed out everyday things out everyday things to get a message across to get a message across right right god needs to be first in our lives god needs to be first in our lives we need to recognize that the things we need to recognize that the things that we have in our lives are given to that we have in our lives are given to us uh by god and one of those things is us uh by god and one of those things is you know we should uh we should enjoy you know we should uh we should enjoy the increase that god has given us right the increase that god has given us right not forgetting about god like the rich not forgetting about god like the rich fool right he was so busy about fool right he was so busy about increasing and increasing forgot about increasing and increasing forgot about god he gave himself all the credit right god he gave himself all the credit right should never be in that uh in that should never be in that uh in that situation all right proverbs 23. uh and we'll we'll end with this one right and so there's there's a happiness right and so there's there's a happiness associated with wine there's happiness associated with wine there's happiness associated with harvest associated with harvest um but there's also another side too and um but there's also another side too and solomon brings this out he says verse 29 solomon brings this out he says verse 29 who hath woe who hath woe who hath sorrow who hath sorrow who have contentions who have contentions who hath babbling who hath wounds who hath babbling who hath wounds without cause without cause who hath redness of eyes who hath redness of eyes they that tarry long at the wine they that tarry long at the wine they that go to seek mixed wine look not they that go to seek mixed wine look not thou upon the wine when it is red when thou upon the wine when it is red when it giveth his color in the cup when it it giveth his color in the cup when it moveth itself a right moveth itself a right at the last it bites like a serpent and at the last it bites like a serpent and stings stings like an adder so um you know here's solomon kind of giving a warning as well on excitation excess of warning as well on excitation excess of wine you know who has all of these wine you know who has all of these troubles well someone that's you know troubles well someone that's you know drinking wine excessively really what drinking wine excessively really what solomon is talking about here is solomon is talking about here is alcoholism alcoholism um but uh you know he's it's not it's um but uh you know he's it's not it's not brought out like that it's about not brought out like that it's about excess it's excess of wine excess it's excess of wine um so um so the ancients recognized the ancients recognized that yes wine is great it's got a lot of that yes wine is great it's got a lot of great characteristics it kind of makes great characteristics it kind of makes life nice you know that type of thing life nice you know that type of thing but but solomon and other ancient writers point solomon and other ancient writers point out that out that um you know excess of wine can cause a um you know excess of wine can cause a lot of problems it's true back then lot of problems it's true back then it's true today as well

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we are going to um take a look at a couple things uh today couple things uh today um um today will be our last class as far as today will be our last class as far as delving into um delving into um uh you know food and how it was used in uh you know food and how it was used in ancient israel uh today we're gonna look ancient israel uh today we're gonna look at maybe some of the parables that jesus at maybe some of the parables that jesus uh told the people and tells us using uh told the people and tells us using food in different situations using food in different situations using farming that type of thing and it gives farming that type of thing and it gives us a little insight into um you know how us a little insight into um you know how how israel dealt with agricultural how israel dealt with agricultural things during this time things during this time but before we get into it up on uh up on but before we get into it up on uh up on the screen i had neglected to look at the screen i had neglected to look at this and i was actually talking to uh this and i was actually talking to uh brother mark about this last sunday brother mark about this last sunday and um and um let's take a look at second samuel let's take a look at second samuel the 17th chapter and in verse 20 eight eight so second samuel 17 so second samuel 17 uh beginning in uh beginning in uh verse 28. now a little background on uh verse 28. now a little background on these two verses david is running for these two verses david is running for his life he's in the wilderness absalom his life he's in the wilderness absalom has taken over the kingdom by craft has taken over the kingdom by craft david and his followers have no choice david and his followers have no choice but to flee they flee into the but to flee they flee into the wilderness his allies are going to help wilderness his allies are going to help him out both you know militarily uh with him out both you know militarily uh with intelligence right that he sent out intelligence right that he sent out spots kind of follow absolutely what was spots kind of follow absolutely what was going on going on and then basilia who was an a an older and then basilia who was an a an older man is going to use his research man is going to use his research resources to send food stuffs to david i resources to send food stuffs to david i think the the stuff that is mentioned think the the stuff that is mentioned here is very interesting right and it here is very interesting right and it kind of goes hand in hand to what we kind of goes hand in hand to what we were talking about our last couple were talking about our last couple classes like you know what did they eat classes like you know what did they eat on a regular basis what were some of the on a regular basis what were some of the food stuffs that they had access to well food stuffs that they had access to well let's take a look at these two verses let's take a look at these two verses this is the time during david right king this is the time during david right king david we're talking about david we're talking about 900 bc okay so 900 years before the 900 bc okay so 900 years before the birth of christ birth of christ this is some of the stuff that they were this is some of the stuff that they were eating in israel eating in israel verse 28 brought beds and basins and verse 28 brought beds and basins and earthen vessels in wheat earthen vessels in wheat and barley and flour and parched corn and barley and flour and parched corn and beef and beef beans and lentils in parched pulse beans and lentils in parched pulse and honey and butter and sheep and and honey and butter and sheep and cheese of kind for david and for the cheese of kind for david and for the people that were with him to eat for people that were with him to eat for they said they said the people is hungry and weary and the people is hungry and weary and thirsty thirsty in the wilderness so that's you know in the wilderness so that's you know that's quite a list of food um that's quite a list of food um you know did you know did did just kind of like the the rich the did just kind of like the the rich the nobility have access to some of this nobility have access to some of this food yeah maybe you know like um food yeah maybe you know like um you know i don't know was was cheese you know i don't know was was cheese kind of a delicacy we don't have a lot kind of a delicacy we don't have a lot of cheese mentioned in the uh in the old of cheese mentioned in the uh in the old testament do we but it is mentioned here testament do we but it is mentioned here you know butter cheese those are all i you know butter cheese those are all i think delicacies during this time think delicacies during this time um um so uh yeah just just to kind of you know so uh yeah just just to kind of you know give us again a kind of insight into give us again a kind of insight into what uh the ancient israelites were what uh the ancient israelites were eating at this time eating at this time um you know not bad um you know not bad right now this obviously was right now this obviously was kind of food that could be carried kind of food that could be carried around very quickly and easily right around very quickly and easily right you're talking about beans and you know you're talking about beans and you know dried goods and flour and stuff like dried goods and flour and stuff like that if we compare that to what solomon that if we compare that to what solomon was eating i think we we looked at that was eating i think we we looked at that last week just the immensity and sister last week just the immensity and sister lee brought out you know we're talking lee brought out you know we're talking about tons and tons of flour right was about tons and tons of flour right was that what it was honey tons and tons of that what it was honey tons and tons of flour you know and solomon obviously flour you know and solomon obviously wasn't just eating this by himself he wasn't just eating this by himself he had thousands of people within his had thousands of people within his household and in the in the government household and in the in the government that he had to uh he had to feed so that he had to uh he had to feed so anyways anyways the last thing on this slide i want to the last thing on this slide i want to take a look at is jeroboam and his wife take a look at is jeroboam and his wife um um and this is a little known like story in and this is a little known like story in scripture you know we read about it scripture you know we read about it every year um you know when we do our every year um you know when we do our readings but readings but um we sometimes you know um we sometimes you know it's just an interesting story so in 1st it's just an interesting story so in 1st kings 14 kings 14 um verse 1 verse 1 at that time abijah um verse 1 verse 1 at that time abijah the son of jeroboam fell sick the son of jeroboam fell sick uh and so he tells jeroboam tells his uh and so he tells jeroboam tells his wife to go to disguise herself and to go wife to go to disguise herself and to go uh uh to um to the prophet uh i hide you the to um to the prophet uh i hide you the prophet right and so i just i i found prophet right and so i just i i found this interesting and take with thee this interesting and take with thee verse three and take with the verse three and take with the ten loaves and crack nulls now i'm ten loaves and crack nulls now i'm looking at my uh looking at my uh margin here margin here what's that cakes what's that cakes what do people have in their margin for what do people have in their margin for crackles yeah i got cakes here as well okay so yeah so take the ten loaves and crackles yeah so take the ten loaves and crackles and a cruise of honey and a cruise of honey and go to him and he shall tell thee and go to him and he shall tell thee what shall become of the child so we what shall become of the child so we have and i think this happened a lot have and i think this happened a lot brothers and sisters that brothers and sisters that if you wanted access to a prophet right if you wanted access to a prophet right during this time um you know during this time um you know in the same setup as the children of in the same setup as the children of israel were with the levites remember israel were with the levites remember the levites they weren't to have jobs the levites they weren't to have jobs outside of outside of the tabernacle and temple that was their the tabernacle and temple that was their job the service of god and the rest of job the service of god and the rest of the tribes were supposed to the tribes were supposed to support them support them by giving them a certain amount of food by giving them a certain amount of food you know so they could uh focus their you know so they could uh focus their attention on the service of god attention on the service of god uh and so i think this was very c a very uh and so i think this was very c a very common practice that you if you were common practice that you if you were going going to a man of god to some type of uh you to a man of god to some type of uh you know a spiritual advisor or something know a spiritual advisor or something like that you want to find out what god like that you want to find out what god wants you would bring to the prophet wants you would bring to the prophet you know something some type of gift and you know something some type of gift and in this case it was a gift of food and i in this case it was a gift of food and i think abide you this is a this is kind think abide you this is a this is kind of how of how they supported themselves in a lot of they supported themselves in a lot of different ways not that they would get different ways not that they would get kind of you know like they were a kind of you know like they were a psychic or something like that psychic or something like that um but um but it was very typical and it was customary it was very typical and it was customary that if you were going to see a prophet that if you were going to see a prophet to kind of get information you were to to kind of get information you were to bring a gift a gift of food in this case bring a gift a gift of food in this case like a cruise of honey that's a i think like a cruise of honey that's a i think that's a pretty good amount of honey you that's a pretty good amount of honey you know this was this was a pretty good uh know this was this was a pretty good uh you know 10 loaves of bread you know 10 loaves of bread you know some sweet cakes i think it you know some sweet cakes i think it cruiser honey that type of thing so cruiser honey that type of thing so again giving us insight into what the again giving us insight into what the children of israel were eating at that children of israel were eating at that time and that food was uh could be used time and that food was uh could be used as a gift particularly during this time as a gift particularly during this time when when they were so dependent upon when when they were so dependent upon nature nature you know our agriculture uh in this day you know our agriculture uh in this day and age in the modern age you know 2022 and age in the modern age you know 2022 and in a lot of different ways because and in a lot of different ways because of our technology we're not really of our technology we're not really dependent upon uh nature and i and the dependent upon uh nature and i and the reason i say that is in this country you reason i say that is in this country you know we have genetically modified you know we have genetically modified you know a lot of our wheat and other uh and know a lot of our wheat and other uh and other plants to withstand a lot of other plants to withstand a lot of drought to withstand some of the pest drought to withstand some of the pest you know the pests and stuff like that you know the pests and stuff like that so so it is interesting how that we really are it is interesting how that we really are far removed from far removed from living on the edge of food insecurity living on the edge of food insecurity are there people in this country that are there people in this country that live with in food insecurity absolutely live with in food insecurity absolutely i think in every single school district i think in every single school district that i have been in and i know you know that i have been in and i know you know and certainly in massachusetts but we and certainly in massachusetts but we have always there's always been a have always there's always been a program that we've had uh for for kids program that we've had uh for for kids that deal with food insecurity that that deal with food insecurity that don't know you know if they're going to don't know you know if they're going to have lunch they're going to have dinner have lunch they're going to have dinner a lot of times a lot of times in certain school districts the only in certain school districts the only time that they know that they're going time that they know that they're going to get food to get food uh is you know in the morning for uh is you know in the morning for breakfast and at lunch so the school is breakfast and at lunch so the school is actually providing two two meals a day actually providing two two meals a day and we also you know we have a uh you and we also you know we have a uh you know like a food bank as well where they know like a food bank as well where they can go and get food can go and get food i know in northbridge high school i know in northbridge high school they've had it for for a while so they've had it for for a while so all right all right questions comments before we go to the questions comments before we go to the next slide all right i think we talked about this now there's i think we talked about this now there's one um there's one proverb that i want to take a look at on this slide before we take a a look at on this slide before we take a look at um look at um the largest wine factory in the world the largest wine factory in the world from the byzantine period i'm pretty from the byzantine period i'm pretty excited excited about it i'm seeing some excitements about it i'm seeing some excitements through the mass right now okay well thank you i appreciate that we're just doing a little recap here we're just doing a little recap here we're trying we're getting ourselves we're trying we're getting ourselves into the mood into the mood and then boom i'm going to hit you and then boom i'm going to hit you with the mind so all right proverbs 23. with the mind so all right proverbs 23. it's also it also jason gives me a it's also it also jason gives me a chance to tell the story that i'm gonna chance to tell the story that i'm gonna tell which i think is pretty funny tell which i think is pretty funny um um yeah so yeah so proverbs 23 verse 1 proverbs 23 verse 1 solomon has some good advice for us solomon has some good advice for us all right all right and this is going to be the foundation and this is going to be the foundation for the story i'm going to tell you for the story i'm going to tell you verse 23 when you sit to eat with a verse 23 when you sit to eat with a ruler consider diligently what is before ruler consider diligently what is before thee thee and put a knife to thy throat if you be and put a knife to thy throat if you be a man given to appetite a man given to appetite be not desirous of his dainties for they be not desirous of his dainties for they are deceitful meat huh all right so are deceitful meat huh all right so that's there's a lot going on let's say that's there's a lot going on let's say again again uh uh for for for they yeah be not desirous of his for they yeah be not desirous of his dainties brother steve dainties brother steve yeah like the really the the nice spread yeah like the really the the nice spread of food you know that took time to of food you know that took time to prepare you know sure cucumber prepare you know sure cucumber sandwiches that's right i love it sandwiches that's right i love it um um you know for they are deceitful meat so you know for they are deceitful meat so the thing that stood out to me anyways the thing that stood out to me anyways in this chapter is you know if you're in this chapter is you know if you're giving a man you know if you have an giving a man you know if you have an appetite right oh i i'll raise my hand appetite right oh i i'll raise my hand on that i have pretty good appetite on that i have pretty good appetite uh uh but it says you know don't don't eat so but it says you know don't don't eat so much when you're out in like a public much when you're out in like a public setting particularly you know if you setting particularly you know if you have a king or a noble or something like have a king or a noble or something like this is what solomon is saying so the this is what solomon is saying so the story is this story is this years and years ago um i was working at years and years ago um i was working at bridgewater state as a grad assistant bridgewater state as a grad assistant uh you know taking course i i was uh you know taking course i i was teaching and teaching a class or two teaching and teaching a class or two anyways um anyways um all like the history department all went all like the history department all went out to eat at the 99 out to eat at the 99 all right and they're all there's like all right and they're all there's like eight or ten of us and they're all doing eight or ten of us and they're all doing the small talk and whatnot and i'm stop the small talk and whatnot and i'm stop i'm starving right and so i get i get my i'm starving right and so i get i get my meal meal everyone gets their meal and then you everyone gets their meal and then you know they're cutting their meat and know they're cutting their meat and they're they're talking normally they're they're talking normally not me i just really just dug in and ate my meal with gusto and ate my meal with gusto and so and so come come to find out everybody else has come come to find out everybody else has like three quarters of their plate left like three quarters of their plate left and they're talking in a very normal and they're talking in a very normal civilized fashion and i'm sitting there civilized fashion and i'm sitting there with an empty plate like this after you with an empty plate like this after you know two or three minutes know two or three minutes very awkward very awkward very awkward but very awkward but uh i i remember that story every time i uh i i remember that story every time i read farmers 23 you know well hey slow read farmers 23 you know well hey slow down buddy there's plenty of food around down buddy there's plenty of food around here but you know it's interesting here but you know it's interesting psychologically um you know you live in psychologically um you know you live in a big house there is competition for a big house there is competition for resources resources for other people you know with for other people you know with particularly with food so particularly with food so um it's not my fault um it's not my fault i take no responsibility what's what i take no responsibility what's what all right anyways all right anyways um um yeah so just and just to talk about this yeah so just and just to talk about this you know vineyards obviously were very you know vineyards obviously were very important in ancient israel wine was important in ancient israel wine was very important too it was used in a lot very important too it was used in a lot of their uh religious rituals as we know of their uh religious rituals as we know um you know the ritual that that we uh um you know the ritual that that we uh that we perform every sunday right the that we perform every sunday right the bread and the wine bread and the wine it's a it was used throughout society it's a it was used throughout society um in in the mediterranean world still um in in the mediterranean world still used today right wine is a very big part used today right wine is a very big part of uh of uh of of our society even more so in of of our society even more so in mediterranean cultures mediterranean cultures so wine was used as a beverage but also so wine was used as a beverage but also as a medicine and then raisin wine i as a medicine and then raisin wine i think we talked about this very briefly think we talked about this very briefly raisin wine was something that the poor raisin wine was something that the poor would use would use to make wine um out of uh out of raisins to make wine um out of uh out of raisins you know the dried up um you know the dried up um the dried up uh grapes so um you know a the dried up uh grapes so um you know a lot of a lot of different avenues as far lot of a lot of different avenues as far as that is concerned umush [Music] be [Music] home [Music] foreign [Music] little [Music] that's right i thought she was very close empty all right um so i i found that pretty interesting i thought her uh i really interesting i thought her uh i really liked her excitement right she really liked her excitement right she really she was she's really into her job she was she's really into her job obviously but this was a massive complex obviously but this was a massive complex um you know making gallons hundred um you know making gallons hundred thousands of gallons of wine you know thousands of gallons of wine you know the different pits they had a whole the different pits they had a whole organization there and so this is you organization there and so this is you know 1500 years ago that this that this know 1500 years ago that this that this site was um was created during the site was um was created during the byzantine times you know and so byzantine times you know and so this had been going on this type of this had been going on this type of system you know can be found system you know can be found a lot of these can be found throughout a lot of these can be found throughout israel but this is the most intact the israel but this is the most intact the one that we just saw uh questions one that we just saw uh questions comments on that brother jason be fooled that they were not that sophisticated sophisticated jen and i were out in napa valley i jen and i were out in napa valley i don't know probably 20 years ago now and don't know probably 20 years ago now and you we went to the robert mondavi you you we went to the robert mondavi you know winery and it know winery and it although the technology is different the although the technology is different the whole process is the same it's just they whole process is the same it's just they have different mechanisms to do it but have different mechanisms to do it but it's a big layout and you have the same it's a big layout and you have the same sort of systems and all this kind of sort of systems and all this kind of stuff and the grapes and stuff and the grapes and so even though the warehouse to the so even though the warehouse to the warehouse right the road to bring warehouse right the road to bring everything you know everything you know and there's a place to eat and all this and there's a place to eat and all this same sort of stuff is just more same sort of stuff is just more modernized modernized i think we should keep in mind that i think we should keep in mind that the the uh intellect was there uh intellect was there it was just this the technology has it was just this the technology has changed over time and uh they certainly changed over time and uh they certainly were able to put together the were able to put together the infrastructure yeah without question i infrastructure yeah without question i think that you know that's key jason is think that you know that's key jason is you know what you said the you know what you said the infrastructure i think we got a little infrastructure i think we got a little taste of it there where like you said taste of it there where like you said the roads he had you know water on each the roads he had you know water on each side and food for the uh for the for the side and food for the uh for the for the donkeys and stuff in the mules so they donkeys and stuff in the mules so they had to think all of this through and had to think all of this through and then okay oh how do we get it to the then okay oh how do we get it to the port city that's on the mediterranean so port city that's on the mediterranean so we can you know make a great profit we can you know make a great profit selling it in europe so like you said selling it in europe so like you said you know you know and i've said this before you know at and i've said this before you know at one point ancient man was modern man one point ancient man was modern man and we have the same intellect we've and we have the same intellect we've just kind of built it up with our just kind of built it up with our technology and stuff like that but yeah technology and stuff like that but yeah great point for sure anything else great point for sure anything else before we go on all right thank you so let's um we're going to take a look uh next 10 minutes going to take a look uh next 10 minutes or so or so parables of christ using food okay parables of christ using food okay so we're gonna take a look at matthew so we're gonna take a look at matthew the 13th chapter which has not one not the 13th chapter which has not one not two not three but four two not three but four different parables having to do with different parables having to do with food right the first one so let's take a food right the first one so let's take a look at look at matthew 13. we're not going to get super matthew 13. we're not going to get super in depth in these because in depth in these because um um you know obviously you know obviously we should know these so the first one is the sower right and we all know the story a soul went out to we all know the story a soul went out to sow sow and he sowed in different types of and he sowed in different types of ground ground um saying behold the sower verse three went forth to so we sold some by the wayside forth to so we sold some by the wayside so by stormy place uh stony places so by stormy place uh stony places uh uh felt some fell among thorns and then felt some fell among thorns and then others are on good ground so we all know others are on good ground so we all know you know jesus is going to explain to you know jesus is going to explain to that explain to his disciples what this that explain to his disciples what this meant meant and and the lesson is what type of soil and and the lesson is what type of soil are we are we letting the gospel are we are we letting the gospel of christ enter into our hearts enter of christ enter into our hearts enter into our soil into our minds so that we into our soil into our minds so that we can bring forth fruit and the children can bring forth fruit and the children of israel you know israelites during of israel you know israelites during this time during this time of christ this time during this time of christ would know exactly what jesus was would know exactly what jesus was talking about although it's interesting talking about although it's interesting the disciples they knew they knew of the the disciples they knew they knew of the structure right hey i know what a sower structure right hey i know what a sower is yeah we see the sowers all the time is yeah we see the sowers all the time they're throwing seeds in there they're throwing seeds in there and everywhere but they still needed to and everywhere but they still needed to kind of get well what is what did the kind of get well what is what did the what did the parable mean jesus what did the parable mean jesus uh we know it but they struggled to kind uh we know it but they struggled to kind of figure out what what uh what that was of figure out what what uh what that was all right the weed and the tears all right the weed and the tears um um verse 24 verse 24 another parable put he forth unto them another parable put he forth unto them saying the kingdom of heaven is likened saying the kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his unto a man which sowed good seed in his field but while men field but while men slept his enemy came and sowed tears slept his enemy came and sowed tears among the wheat and went his way among the wheat and went his way so this is an interesting story where so this is an interesting story where you know while he was sleeping he had you know while he was sleeping he had gone out and he had sowed his field with gone out and he had sowed his field with some really good wheat some really good wheat uh but this other guy who may be in uh but this other guy who may be in competition i don't know if this competition i don't know if this happened a lot in the ancient world i happened a lot in the ancient world i don't know don't know you know did was there like right you you know did was there like right you know if you had a you had a rival on the know if you had a you had a rival on the other side of one of your fields and you other side of one of your fields and you wanted to uh you know kind of stick it wanted to uh you know kind of stick it to him a little bit um did this happen a to him a little bit um did this happen a lot you know people go in and mess with lot you know people go in and mess with other people's fields i guess so i mean other people's fields i guess so i mean jesus is using it as an example jesus is using it as an example right of this say again sandy no yeah yeah sister sandy said it's a lot of effort sister sandy said it's a lot of effort to do this but you know it's a it's it's to do this but you know it's a it's it's amazing too what people do when they're amazing too what people do when they're consumed with you know hatred and anger consumed with you know hatred and anger it reminds me of what um absalom did to it reminds me of what um absalom did to joab's field remember he burned his joab's field remember he burned his field because he wouldn't let him go see field because he wouldn't let him go see david or he was kind of dragging his david or he was kind of dragging his feet with the whole thing so yeah i get feet with the whole thing so yeah i get you know it's uh they it sounds like in you know it's uh they it sounds like in certain situations they would try to certain situations they would try to damage other people's fields that type damage other people's fields that type of thing right samson too samson yes of thing right samson too samson yes very good yeah um and so you're really very good yeah um and so you're really affecting people's livelihoods with this affecting people's livelihoods with this right you know sowing sowing another right you know sowing sowing another another crop that doesn't have any another crop that doesn't have any nutritional value really in with your nutritional value really in with your flower and they look with your uh with flower and they look with your uh with your wheat and they look the same they your wheat and they look the same they look very very similar all right also the leaven he uses this an example of the kingdom of heaven we an example of the kingdom of heaven we won't you know look at it but won't you know look at it but you know you know with 11 you know a little leaven is with 11 you know a little leaven is going to going to leaven a lot of dough leaven a lot of dough and that was the example of the leaven and that was the example of the leaven the kingdom of heaven is like leaven it the kingdom of heaven is like leaven it starts off very small kingdom of heaven starts off very small kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed right it grows is like a mustard seed right it grows same with our faith same with our faith and then lastly the net of fish and then lastly the net of fish when fishermen would go out they would when fishermen would go out they would gather in their nets all types of gather in their nets all types of different species of fish some you could different species of fish some you could keep some were good eating others were keep some were good eating others were not and so you would gather all this not and so you would gather all this fish the stuff you wanted you kept stuff fish the stuff you wanted you kept stuff you didn't want you would throw it back you didn't want you would throw it back and he's using that as the kingdom of and he's using that as the kingdom of heaven and judgment as well heaven and judgment as well so these are four examples in matthew 13 so these are four examples in matthew 13 where christ is using food where christ is using food or something to do with the production or something to do with the production of food of food uh to bring a message to the people uh uh to bring a message to the people uh particularly around the kingdom of particularly around the kingdom of heaven and what it what it meant all right matthew 20 we have uh working in the vineyard in uh in matthew 20 again verse 1 for the kingdom of heaven is verse 1 for the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is in householder like unto a man that is in householder which went out early in the morning to which went out early in the morning to hire laborers in his vineyard huh that's hire laborers in his vineyard huh that's interesting um interesting um so does this happen does this happen so does this happen does this happen today this actually does happen today today this actually does happen today brothers and sisters on a bigger scale brothers and sisters on a bigger scale right uh you know for day laborers i right uh you know for day laborers i know like if you go to home depot or know like if you go to home depot or years and years ago i'm sure this years and years ago i'm sure this happens too you know there's people that happens too you know there's people that just day laborers and you know just day laborers and you know contractors come by and hey you're contractors come by and hey you're looking for a day's work yeah i am sure looking for a day's work yeah i am sure i can bang a hammer no problem i can bang a hammer no problem probably not true but anyways you know probably not true but anyways you know you get them and you have to pay this you get them and you have to pay this guy the same was true in the ancient guy the same was true in the ancient world you would hire people for a day world you would hire people for a day you know you know you wouldn't hire them you wouldn't hire them if you didn't need them if you didn't need them right that makes business sense business right that makes business sense business 101. 101. so because the the harvest was it was so because the the harvest was it was time for harvest you needed more people time for harvest you needed more people in the field so a rich landowner would in the field so a rich landowner would hire people uh to get to get his crop in hire people uh to get to get his crop in and so that was another example so when and so that was another example so when economic and agricultural and economic economic and agricultural and economic situation jesus is using again things situation jesus is using again things that people would understand oh yeah that people would understand oh yeah laborers in the in in the field it's laborers in the in in the field it's harvest time for the vineyard people are harvest time for the vineyard people are complaining about their wages complaining about their wages oh well did that happen in the ancient oh well did that happen in the ancient world yeah sure it did does it happen world yeah sure it did does it happen now yeah goes to brother jason's point now yeah goes to brother jason's point you know things are the same we're still you know things are the same we're still dealing with a lot of this stuff dealing with a lot of this stuff uh let's look at one more we'll uh we'll stop here for uh for this morning in stop here for uh for this morning in matthew 21 the tenant farmers matthew 21 the tenant farmers this one's a little more aggressive uh in matthew 21 jen's had enough she's out of here all right the tenant farmers uh matthew 21 verse 33 here another parable jesus tells us listen up he says listen up he says there was a certain householder which there was a certain householder which planted a vineyard and hedged it round planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dig the wine press in and about and dig the wine press in and built a tower and left it out to husband built a tower and left it out to husband men men and went into a far country this is and went into a far country this is actually a take on isaiah the fifth actually a take on isaiah the fifth chapter chapter where uh god compares the vineyard where uh god compares the vineyard to israel and he's using that as well to to israel and he's using that as well to bring out another parable as well he bring out another parable as well he goes out to a far country the husbandman goes out to a far country the husbandman he's like guys take care of my vineyard he's like guys take care of my vineyard and when the time of the fruit drew near and when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his servants to the husbandmen he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits that they might receive the fruits guys you have my harvest i'm gonna make guys you have my harvest i'm gonna make this into good wine i gotta sell it over this into good wine i gotta sell it over in europe in europe big money um and the husband men took his servants and the husband men took his servants and beat one and killed another and and beat one and killed another and stoned another again he sent other stoned another again he sent other servants more than the first and they servants more than the first and they did unto them likewise did unto them likewise but last of all they sent to them his but last of all they sent to them his son saying they will reverence my son son saying they will reverence my son but when the husbandmen saw the son they but when the husbandmen saw the son they said amongst himself this is the air said amongst himself this is the air come let us kill him and let us seize on come let us kill him and let us seize on the inheritance and so jesus asks a the inheritance and so jesus asks a question question when the lord thereof of the vineyard when the lord thereof of the vineyard comes what will he do unto those husband comes what will he do unto those husband men that's a little uh you know there's a lot of food for thought in there isn't lot of food for thought in there isn't it brothers and sisters about you know it brothers and sisters about you know what what are we doing we have we have what what are we doing we have we have been um been um tasked with with by christ to do certain tasked with with by christ to do certain things to be in husband men to our things to be in husband men to our athleisures to our families to make sure athleisures to our families to make sure people are growing in the truth to be people are growing in the truth to be spiritually growing are we helping each spiritually growing are we helping each other in that regard uh you know here other in that regard uh you know here this husband i think wanted to take over this husband i think wanted to take over the vineyard right um the vineyard right um and you know he keeps on sending and you know he keeps on sending servants and servants like hey where's servants and servants like hey where's where's the harvest he's like where's the harvest he's like you know he's killing everybody who you know he's killing everybody who wants to keep this vineyard it's really wants to keep this vineyard it's really producing a lot of stuff producing a lot of stuff and that kind of brings to mind too with and that kind of brings to mind too with ahab and jezebel and uh naaman ahab and jezebel and uh naaman remember he would he wouldn't give up remember he would he wouldn't give up his vineyard he said it's been in my his vineyard he said it's been in my family for for hundreds of years i family for for hundreds of years i wouldn't i can't give up my inheritance wouldn't i can't give up my inheritance and jezebel's like hey don't worry about and jezebel's like hey don't worry about you know ahab got all sad and jezebel's you know ahab got all sad and jezebel's like don't worry i'll take care of it like don't worry i'll take care of it ends up killing neyman on trumped up ends up killing neyman on trumped up charges right so charges right so questions comments on this all right so uh next week we're going to do two uh next week we're going to do two things to end actually three things things to end actually three things number one we'll look very quickly at number one we'll look very quickly at the rest of these jesus uh christ using the rest of these jesus uh christ using food and his parables number one number food and his parables number one number two we're going to look at modern day two we're going to look at modern day israel and some of the echo the israel and some of the echo the agricultural advancements that israel agricultural advancements that israel has been has been working on particularly in the areas of working on particularly in the areas of water conservation growing crops with water conservation growing crops with limited amounts of water growing crops limited amounts of water growing crops in different areas really fascinating in different areas really fascinating stuff and then number three stuff and then number three and this is from our sister lee i think and this is from our sister lee i think we're going to have some food we're going to have some food for sunday for sunday we're going to have a little food action we're going to have a little food action for everybody for everybody okay okay in this age of cover if you don't want in this age of cover if you don't want to partake i completely understand to partake i completely understand sister lee is doing it all so it's going sister lee is doing it all so it's going to be good i'm not i'm not involved to be good i'm not i'm not involved so it will be tasty

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so let's just uh talk about this very quickly uh i need to go back here we go quickly uh i need to go back here we go uh i need to go back uh i need to go back all right we just a very quick recap all right we just a very quick recap here um even though you don't see lee here um even though you don't see lee she she is desperate for a recap as usual is desperate for a recap as usual um um we had gone over uh kind of uh how large we had gone over uh kind of uh how large uh this the wine factory in ancient uh this the wine factory in ancient israel was during the byzantine empire israel was during the byzantine empire uh pretty comprehensive we kind of uh pretty comprehensive we kind of talked about wine and its importance as talked about wine and its importance as a a you know a beverage but also for other you know a beverage but also for other things as well things as well so yeah without kind of spending too so yeah without kind of spending too much time on this much time on this i think it just goes to show as we've i think it just goes to show as we've talked about uh the complexity talked about uh the complexity of um of um of trade during this time particularly of trade during this time particularly around food uh you know trade was around food uh you know trade was happening all over the world and it was happening all over the world and it was um um you know you could make a lot of money you know you could make a lot of money if you had a good product to sell just if you had a good product to sell just like today so like today so um um all right we had got i think halfway all right we had got i think halfway through this list and this certainly is through this list and this certainly is not a comprehensive list of parables of not a comprehensive list of parables of christ where he used food to get a christ where he used food to get a message a spiritual message to cross message a spiritual message to cross matthew 13 i think has matthew 13 i think has quite a few of them in there i think we quite a few of them in there i think we went over a few of these the sower the went over a few of these the sower the wheat and the tears the leaven wheat and the tears the leaven and uh the net of fish as well and i and uh the net of fish as well and i think we had talked it about matthew 20 think we had talked it about matthew 20 about working in the vineyard um about working in the vineyard um and uh the tenant farmers as well how and uh the tenant farmers as well how that that um you know that relationship between an um you know that relationship between an owner of land and the tenant farmers owner of land and the tenant farmers and uh in jesus's parable in the 21st and uh in jesus's parable in the 21st chapter of matthew um you know there's a chapter of matthew um you know there's a tremendous amount of lack of respect of tremendous amount of lack of respect of the owner of the land right he went into the owner of the land right he went into a far country a far country and uh you know and christ was using and uh you know and christ was using this obviously to talk about the this obviously to talk about the adversary relationship that the scribes adversary relationship that the scribes of pharisees had with himself of pharisees had with himself um um in in in god's perspective on that as well so in god's perspective on that as well so so this is what we'll do for this so this is what we'll do for this morning lord willing um morning lord willing um we'll take a look at uh the last few of we'll take a look at uh the last few of these about parables of christ using these about parables of christ using food uh i want to talk briefly about food uh i want to talk briefly about modern-day israel and some of the modern-day israel and some of the agricultural advancements that they are agricultural advancements that they are using using uh and a little bit of the history uh and a little bit of the history around that so that's i i have two kind around that so that's i i have two kind of short video clips from youtube that i of short video clips from youtube that i want to show they're both i don't know want to show they're both i don't know one i think one's ten minutes the other one i think one's ten minutes the other one's nine minutes or something like one's nine minutes or something like that so you know like the last 20 that so you know like the last 20 minutes of um minutes of um of class we'll uh we'll go through it i of class we'll uh we'll go through it i find it pretty interesting to kind of find it pretty interesting to kind of make that connection between the ancient make that connection between the ancient world in the modern world and some of world in the modern world and some of the things that they've been they were the things that they've been they were dealing with in the ancient world well dealing with in the ancient world well guess what they're still dealing with guess what they're still dealing with those things as well but there's those things as well but there's obviously a lot of obviously a lot of technology uh that that they can use to technology uh that that they can use to kind of mitigate some of the issues that kind of mitigate some of the issues that are happening uh in some of these arid are happening uh in some of these arid uh arid places in israel which is really uh arid places in israel which is really you know the modern you know the modern the major the majority of of the land the major the majority of of the land there so anyways let's uh there so anyways let's uh if you want uh let's take a look at if you want uh let's take a look at matthew 24 matthew 24 uh in the fig tree uh in the fig tree the fig tree uh traditionally has been the fig tree uh traditionally has been used to refer to uh used to refer to uh israel as a whole their spiritual israel as a whole their spiritual condition condition and and you know we can you know we can we we've been uh you know christ uses uh we we've been uh you know christ uses uh you know trees and you know uh you know trees and you know uh you know you know fruit trees that type of thing fruit trees that type of thing uh in relationship to us as well are we uh in relationship to us as well are we bringing fruit are we bearing fruit to bringing fruit are we bearing fruit to god he used that with uh with the sower god he used that with uh with the sower uh and he's going to use it again with uh and he's going to use it again with the fig tree so matthew 24 um actually we can take a look at um actually we can take a look at um you know matthew 24 the fig tree is you know matthew 24 the fig tree is found in verse 32 we'll look at look at found in verse 32 we'll look at look at a couple things here a couple things here verse 32 of matthew 24. now learn a verse 32 of matthew 24. now learn a parable of the fig tree parable of the fig tree when his branch is yet tender and put us when his branch is yet tender and put us forth leaves you know that summer is forth leaves you know that summer is nigh nigh so likewise so likewise when you shall see all all these things when you shall see all all these things know that it is very near even at the know that it is very near even at the door door verily i say unto you this generation verily i say unto you this generation shall not pass till all these things be shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled and if we look back in this fulfilled and if we look back in this chapter in verse 29 we're really talking chapter in verse 29 we're really talking about about you know you know tribulation that was you know you know tribulation that was going to fall going to fall to the jews in jerusalem to the jews in jerusalem with with the roman invasion of israel and the the roman invasion of israel and the subsequent fall of jerusalem in a.d 70 subsequent fall of jerusalem in a.d 70 and so christ was telling his followers and so christ was telling his followers to be on god to see the signs to watch to be on god to see the signs to watch the signs that there's certainly things the signs that there's certainly things that are happening that should tell you that are happening that should tell you that something cataclysmic is going to that something cataclysmic is going to befall the jewish commonwealth and befall the jewish commonwealth and that's exactly what happened that's exactly what happened and so that was a lesson and so that was a lesson and an admonition and an admonition to jesus's followers during that time to jesus's followers during that time but it's an admonition to us as well but it's an admonition to us as well um to be aware to be aware of the things um to be aware to be aware of the things that are happening that are happening around us around us uh to see the confusion in the world the uh to see the confusion in the world the upheaval upheaval um men's hearts feeling them for fear uh um men's hearts feeling them for fear uh you know all the kind of political you know all the kind of political things that are happening the things that are happening the geopolitical things that are happening geopolitical things that are happening um um are we aware of these things are they are we aware of these things are they making an impact on us are we um making an impact on us are we um you know are we walking in the light and you know are we walking in the light and so there are a lot of lessons uh that we so there are a lot of lessons uh that we can gain from um from these things so saying in matthew 24 uh in verse um uh in verse um in verse 45 this is a pretty good uh in verse 45 this is a pretty good uh um parable for all of us right the um parable for all of us right the richest of the righteous and the wicked richest of the righteous and the wicked servants and so in verse 40 45 who then is a faithful and verse 40 45 who then is a faithful and wise servant whom his lord hath made wise servant whom his lord hath made ruler over his household to give them ruler over his household to give them meat and due season so we we we look at meat and due season so we we we look at this first and there is responsibilities this first and there is responsibilities for a wise servant for a wise servant um um god gave god gave uh this individual responsibilities uh this individual responsibilities and you know the question that i think and you know the question that i think jesus is putting forth is obviously what jesus is putting forth is obviously what type of people are we what type of type of people are we what type of servants are we servants are we number one to god to our father number one to god to our father but also to each other and that's really but also to each other and that's really the purpose of this parable um the purpose of this parable um verse 47 verily i say unto you that he verse 47 verily i say unto you that he shall make him ruler over all his goods shall make him ruler over all his goods but and if that evil servant shall say but and if that evil servant shall say in his heart my lord delayeth his coming in his heart my lord delayeth his coming and shall begin to smite his fellow and shall begin to smite his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the servants and to eat and drink with the drunken drunken the lord of that servant shall come in a the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he day when he looketh not for him it is in our that he looketh not for him it is in our that he is not aware and shall cut him asunder is not aware and shall cut him asunder and appoint him his portion with the and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites hypocrites there shall be weeping there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth and gnashing of teeth and so there's a couple things i think and so there's a couple things i think that we should uh be aware of here you that we should uh be aware of here you know know this idea of the evil servant saying in this idea of the evil servant saying in his heart his heart you know the lord delays is coming he's you know the lord delays is coming he's not coming you know and because he's not not coming you know and because he's not coming back well guess what i'm in coming back well guess what i'm in charge i can do what i want charge i can do what i want and he begins to mistreat his fellow and he begins to mistreat his fellow servants servants i think it reminds us goes back to i think it reminds us goes back to matthew 18 right with the um matthew 18 right with the um the unforgiving servant the unforgiving servant he he he he his fellow servant owes him pennies his fellow servant owes him pennies and he grabs him by the throat and and he grabs him by the throat and throws him in jail meanwhile he has an throws him in jail meanwhile he has an astronomical sum of money that he owes astronomical sum of money that he owes the king that the king just you know in the king that the king just you know in his uh mercy forgives that debt his uh mercy forgives that debt uh and then the eating and the drinking uh and then the eating and the drinking with the drunken with the drunken i think there's a lesson there too you i think there's a lesson there too you know there's a lot of lessons but know there's a lot of lessons but there's a lesson there as well there's there's a lesson there as well there's almost like a hoarding supplies of food almost like a hoarding supplies of food right you have a small group of people right you have a small group of people uh this um uh this um this evil servant is mistreating his this evil servant is mistreating his fellow servants but is also fellow servants but is also not not sharing the wealth of the house he's sharing the wealth of the house he's eating and he's drinking uh with the eating and he's drinking uh with the drunken drunken so he has a surplus of food and of drink so he has a surplus of food and of drink but he's not helping his fellow servant but he's not helping his fellow servant he's not passing on those resources he's not passing on those resources uh to others uh to others and so um and so um you know in today's day and age you know you know in today's day and age you know there's a lesson there as well you know there's a lesson there as well you know what are we doing with our resources not what are we doing with our resources not just monetarily but just monetarily but uh you know resources that we have and uh you know resources that we have and perhaps talents things that could perhaps talents things that could benefit the ecclesia things that could benefit the ecclesia things that could benefit the body are we benefit the body are we using these things that god in his love using these things that god in his love has given us you know are we burying him has given us you know are we burying him in the sand in the sand or are we using them for the betterment or are we using them for the betterment of our brothers and sisters are we a of our brothers and sisters are we a faithful servant to god faithful servant to god or are we an evil servant who was or are we an evil servant who was smiting smiting his or her his or her fellow servants all right uh in luke the 11th chapter in luke the 11th chapter now this is a this is can be an obscure now this is a this is can be an obscure little passage that christ is going to little passage that christ is going to use but i think it's interesting use but i think it's interesting um um you know because i it gives us a little you know because i it gives us a little insight i think into the culture of insight i think into the culture of ancient israel you know but and also ancient israel you know but and also kind of the food situation so um kind of the food situation so um verse five verse five and he said unto them which of you shall and he said unto them which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him friend lend me midnight and say unto him friend lend me three loaves three loaves for a friend of mine in his journey has for a friend of mine in his journey has come to me and i have nothing to set come to me and i have nothing to set before him before him and he shall within shall answer and say and he shall within shall answer and say trouble me not the door is now shut and trouble me not the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed i cannot my children are with me in bed i cannot rise and give thee rise and give thee i say unto you though he will not rise i say unto you though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend and give him because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will yet because of his importunity he will rise rise and give him as many as he needs and give him as many as he needs and i say unto you ask and it shall be and i say unto you ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall find knock given you seek and ye shall find knock and it shall be opened and it shall be opened unto you unto you it goes on in verse 11 if a son shall it goes on in verse 11 if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father ask bread of any of you that is a father will he give him a stone or if he asks a will he give him a stone or if he asks a fish will he give him fish will he give him for a fish give him a serpent or if he for a fish give him a serpent or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion scorpion if ye then being evil know how to give if ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly father how much more shall your heavenly father give give the holy spirit to them that ask him so the holy spirit to them that ask him so there's uh there's a lot of lessons here there's uh there's a lot of lessons here in this uh in this parable in this uh in this parable you know there was um a responsibility you know there was um a responsibility and it's this is still true in the and it's this is still true in the middle east today of being hospitable middle east today of being hospitable you know you had someone in this parable you know you had someone in this parable coming to an individual at midnight you coming to an individual at midnight you know out of the blue know out of the blue and there was an obligation obviously and there was an obligation obviously not only to provide housing for this not only to provide housing for this individual but also to provide food individual but also to provide food and so he goes to his neighbor you know and so he goes to his neighbor you know at midnight at midnight looking for probably the you know like looking for probably the you know like the most inconvenient time the most inconvenient time um um but he end up getting the loaves anyways but he end up getting the loaves anyways just because you know the the neighbor just because you know the the neighbor doesn't want this guy banging on his doesn't want this guy banging on his door all night so i just find it pretty door all night so i just find it pretty interesting you know about um interesting you know about um there was an obligation even at midnight there was an obligation even at midnight uh for this uh individual to feed uh for this uh individual to feed uh this traveler this friend that had uh this traveler this friend that had come to him at um come to him at um at midnight at midnight and then there's a comparison obviously and then there's a comparison obviously to a natural father giving giving things to a natural father giving giving things to his children that they need to his children that they need um you know um you know bare minimum is food and so if a child bare minimum is food and so if a child comes and say hey you know dad i want a comes and say hey you know dad i want a piece of bread piece of bread you're like oh uh you're like oh uh [Music] [Music] oh you wanna you want a piece of bread oh you wanna you want a piece of bread and you give them a stone and you give them a stone well well that wouldn't be great for the kid yeah that wouldn't be great for the kid yeah you know like uh i'm gonna gave him the you know like uh i'm gonna gave him the stone dad stone dad and christ is using that and christ is using that as as an example of our relationship with god an example of our relationship with god that god knows what we need that god knows what we need he knows what we need before we even ask he knows what we need before we even ask him him and he's going to give us what we need and he's going to give us what we need and the fact of the matter is brothers and the fact of the matter is brothers and sisters sometimes the things that we and sisters sometimes the things that we think we need think we need are not the things that god knows we are not the things that god knows we need need and so you know there can be some and so you know there can be some frustration i think sometimes in our frustration i think sometimes in our lives about lives about um thinking we need certain things thinking certain things in our lives need to certain things in our lives need to happen in a certain way happen in a certain way but god has other plans but god has other plans you know we we could be asking god for a you know we we could be asking god for a stone stone to eat to eat and we may not know it and we may not know it and god gives us bread and god gives us bread um because he knows we need that right um because he knows we need that right but we you know our minds for whatever but we you know our minds for whatever reason can't see really the plan of god reason can't see really the plan of god until it's done and oftentimes what that until it's done and oftentimes what that happens in our lives doesn't it we look happens in our lives doesn't it we look back on events in our lives and back on events in our lives and because of those events we couldn't because of those events we couldn't really see god's hand working in us really see god's hand working in us working in our lives but afterward you working in our lives but afterward you sit back you're like oh wow you know sit back you're like oh wow you know when you're you when you're you when you have a different mindset it may when you have a different mindset it may be the stress of the situation or the be the stress of the situation or the events of the situation sometimes cloud events of the situation sometimes cloud our minds to really think rationally our minds to really think rationally about things and then when we look back about things and then when we look back when we're clear of mind we can see when we're clear of mind we can see god's hand god's hand in our lives in our lives we've got the time here okay okay we've got the time here okay okay uh the rich fool i think we know this we uh the rich fool i think we know this we won't turn to this one um but won't turn to this one um but uh you know we should all know this uh you know we should all know this story about the rich fool he is consumed story about the rich fool he is consumed with building better more and more and with building better more and more and more in this life more in this life right and he was looking at himself as right and he was looking at himself as the beginning and end of all his his the beginning and end of all his his wealth he's going to tear down the old wealth he's going to tear down the old bonds he's going to build up new and so bonds he's going to build up new and so he was very wealthy and this was a he was very wealthy and this was a perfect example brothers and sisters of perfect example brothers and sisters of excuse me a rich landowner excuse me a rich landowner having all of this land and then having having all of this land and then having you know tenant farmers or servants you know tenant farmers or servants slaves working that land and so he had slaves working that land and so he had all of these big plans to expand to all of these big plans to expand to expand to expand to expand and the one thing that was expand and the one thing that was lacking unfortunately in all of these lacking unfortunately in all of these plans plans was god was god and god had other plans for this rich and god had other plans for this rich fool at the end of the day he was a fool fool at the end of the day he was a fool because he didn't put his priorities in because he didn't put his priorities in the right place the right place he was so concerned about gaining he was so concerned about gaining monetary wealth in this life monetary wealth in this life he forgot about that treasure he forgot about that treasure in heaven that cannot be corrupted so in heaven that cannot be corrupted so again another lesson again another lesson uh another um parable of christ where uh another um parable of christ where he's using everyday things particularly he's using everyday things particularly food and farming and that type of thing food and farming and that type of thing to bring a lesson to the people and to to bring a lesson to the people and to bring a lesson to us as well bring a lesson to us as well and then lastly let's take a look at and then lastly let's take a look at this in john uh 21. it's really uh this in john uh 21. it's really uh you know it's a very intimate setting you know it's a very intimate setting now isn't it in the 21st chapter of john now isn't it in the 21st chapter of john uh where jesus uh uh where jesus uh has been raised by his father has been raised by his father and uh he's up at this uh up at the sea and uh he's up at this uh up at the sea of galilee of galilee and um and um let's see in verse four and when let's see in verse four and when the morning was come jesus stood on the the morning was come jesus stood on the shore shore and the disciples knew not that it was and the disciples knew not that it was jesus jesus um um and and they have he makes in verse nine and as they have he makes in verse nine and as soon as they soon as they as they were come to land they saw a as they were come to land they saw a fire of coals there fire of coals there and fish laid there on and bread and fish laid there on and bread and jesus said unto them bring of the and jesus said unto them bring of the fish which ye have now caught and so um fish which ye have now caught and so um and then verse 12 come come and dine and then verse 12 come come and dine jesus says jesus says and so um he gives thanks for the fish and so um he gives thanks for the fish and for the bread and so you know these and for the bread and so you know these are staples they were staples during are staples they were staples during this time in the ancient world are they this time in the ancient world are they still staples today yeah fish and bread still staples today yeah fish and bread are kind of are kind of you know staples not only in israel but you know staples not only in israel but also in uh you know the world also in uh you know the world um and so i just find that interesting um and so i just find that interesting that here is a you know like uh an that here is a you know like uh an ancient israeli breakfast of fish and ancient israeli breakfast of fish and bread they're by the sea bread they're by the sea you know by the the you know by the the um the sea of galilee um the sea of galilee and they they see that it's jesus and and they they see that it's jesus and they have this kind of wonderful um they have this kind of wonderful um interaction with each other where jesus interaction with each other where jesus particularly around peter right is this particularly around peter right is this forgiving process forgiving process this process of this process of redemption of redeeming yourself you redemption of redeeming yourself you know what peter had denied jesus three know what peter had denied jesus three times and you know he asked this very times and you know he asked this very poignant very emotional very cutting poignant very emotional very cutting question simon peter question simon peter do you love me he says do you love me he says um um and it really cuts to cuts to peter's and it really cuts to cuts to peter's heart doesn't it you know during that heart doesn't it you know during that time so that's really the scene time so that's really the scene of this breakfast by the shore right of this breakfast by the shore right um um and this is kind of when jesus is kind and this is kind of when jesus is kind of passing the baton so to speak of of of passing the baton so to speak of of preaching the gospel you know he is preaching the gospel you know he is going up to heaven and now it's the turn going up to heaven and now it's the turn of the apostles to go out into the world of the apostles to go out into the world and to preach that gospel message and to preach that gospel message all right all right uh uh so before we get to the so before we get to the to modern day israel uh are there any to modern day israel uh are there any questions questions hold on any questions this okay hold on any questions this okay questions comments from anybody all right great um um let's move on then we're gonna switch let's move on then we're gonna switch gears gears uh and we're gonna fast forward into the uh and we're gonna fast forward into the future future and and uh it's the turn of the 19th century uh it's the turn of the 19th century we have a movement happening we have a movement happening uh in the late 1800s called zionism and uh in the late 1800s called zionism and very simply zionism is a move by uh very simply zionism is a move by uh by jews throughout the world that felt by jews throughout the world that felt that uh israel or the jewish people that uh israel or the jewish people needed a homeland needed a homeland uh that they couldn't just kind of live uh that they couldn't just kind of live in other nations uh i mean i guess they in other nations uh i mean i guess they could but they would have been subject could but they would have been subject for thousands of years to persecution for thousands of years to persecution particularly in europe and so they look particularly in europe and so they look they said look we they said look we you know too much too much bad stuff has you know too much too much bad stuff has happened uh to us we need our own happened uh to us we need our own homeland we need to kind of control uh homeland we need to kind of control uh you know a piece of land and have our you know a piece of land and have our people come here and they need to live people come here and they need to live in safety we can't rely on other people in safety we can't rely on other people for our protection and this brothers and for our protection and this brothers and sisters was um sisters was um was before the holocaust and so after was before the holocaust and so after the holocaust things really you know the holocaust things really you know started ramping up and so uh started ramping up and so uh you know there was immigration to israel you know there was immigration to israel before world war ii but after world war before world war ii but after world war ii and after the holocaust you know it ii and after the holocaust you know it really you know jewish immigration to really you know jewish immigration to the land of israel began to the land of israel began to um really increase um really increase the problem of course is and that the problem of course is and that modernism are just like in ancient modernism are just like in ancient israel it's very tough to kind of farm israel it's very tough to kind of farm the land of israel the majority of it i the land of israel the majority of it i think there's only like five or six think there's only like five or six percent that is of the land that is good percent that is of the land that is good for growing crops so think about that for growing crops so think about that most of it is arid land it's not most of it is arid land it's not suitable for agriculture and suitable for agriculture and uh because uh a lot of the jews that uh because uh a lot of the jews that were coming into the land at this time were coming into the land at this time were not particularly wealthy you know were not particularly wealthy you know they could they only could buy this kind they could they only could buy this kind of of garbage land that was very difficult to garbage land that was very difficult to farm on and just another little thing farm on and just another little thing too is too is in a lot of these countries that the in a lot of these countries that the jews were coming from into into modern jews were coming from into into modern israel or what is going to become modern israel or what is going to become modern israel israel they had never farmed before a lot a lot they had never farmed before a lot a lot of these jews and the fact of the matter of these jews and the fact of the matter is a lot of these jews in european is a lot of these jews in european countries couldn't own land countries couldn't own land it couldn't only because they were it couldn't only because they were jewish jewish and so they didn't have that experience and so they didn't have that experience of farming it doesn't mean they're not of farming it doesn't mean they're not going to learn because they are going to going to learn because they are going to learn and there's there are going to be learn and there's there are going to be you know jews that are going to come you know jews that are going to come over that that do have a background in over that that do have a background in agriculture but anyways you know we've agriculture but anyways you know we've heard about the kibbutz's heard about the kibbutz's where uh groups of jewish people would where uh groups of jewish people would come together and it was like a commune come together and it was like a commune right they shared everything they worked right they shared everything they worked together as uh as one group they uh together as uh as one group they uh pooled their resources together pooled their resources together uh and so this is really going to be the uh and so this is really going to be the center of um this center of um this revitalization of israel you know revitalization of israel you know beginning at the kibbutz's where they're beginning at the kibbutz's where they're going to take a small piece of land going to take a small piece of land they're going to remove the rots they're they're going to remove the rots they're going to drain you know swamps they're going to drain you know swamps they're going to plant trees they're going to going to plant trees they're going to use different techniques to stop use different techniques to stop soil erosion and so all of these soil erosion and so all of these techniques are going to be used to techniques are going to be used to expand expand uh the land to farm uh the land to farm so that's one issue you know arid land so that's one issue you know arid land well what is what makes arid land oh well what is what makes arid land oh well there's not a lot of water is there well there's not a lot of water is there a lot of water in israel no there's not a lot of water in israel no there's not and it's becoming more and more of an and it's becoming more and more of an issue issue uh but as we're going to see uh but as we're going to see excuse me excuse me israel is going to use um israel is going to use um technological advances which they are technological advances which they are going to promote going to promote uh to use water as effectively as uh to use water as effectively as possible to desalinate water i know that possible to desalinate water i know that there's a plan as well there's a plan as well um you know to bring water from the um you know to bring water from the mediterranean mediterranean uh to desalinate it and then use that uh to desalinate it and then use that salinated water you know the super salty salinated water you know the super salty water to put back into the dead sea water to put back into the dead sea to expand or to refill the dead sea to expand or to refill the dead sea again because right now uh the dead sea again because right now uh the dead sea is uh is is uh is growing smaller and smaller just because growing smaller and smaller just because of you know there's less water uh from of you know there's less water uh from the north flowing into from the jordan the north flowing into from the jordan river into the dead sea it's an issue um river into the dead sea it's an issue um so anyways i i think one of the clips so anyways i i think one of the clips talks about that talks about that so so um so um so here's here's here's a little fact for you that i here's a little fact for you that i think puts things in perspective since think puts things in perspective since 1948 israel's agricultural output 1948 israel's agricultural output uh uh increased from 400 000 acres so there increased from 400 000 acres so there were 400 000 acres of farmable land were 400 000 acres of farmable land uh in 1948 when israel first became a uh in 1948 when israel first became a nation nation um um you know up until i think like 10 years you know up until i think like 10 years later they had upped that with to a later they had upped that with to a million acres so they've over doubled million acres so they've over doubled the agricultural output of this very the agricultural output of this very small country this very small arid small country this very small arid country and they are a leader in country and they are a leader in agricultural technology particularly agricultural technology particularly around uh around uh water efficiency water efficiency but but they have the ability now to grow all they have the ability now to grow all kinds of different crops kinds of different crops you know not just crops that are you know not just crops that are indigenous to the middle east they grow indigenous to the middle east they grow everything everything and uh we'll we'll take a look at some and uh we'll we'll take a look at some of that in in some of these clips of that in in some of these clips all right questions comments from me all right questions comments from me what do we got for time what do we got for time we might be able to just see one of we might be able to just see one of these but that's okay in 1867 mark twain toured the land of israel known back then as palestine israel known back then as palestine here's how he described it here's how he described it a desolate country whose soil is rich a desolate country whose soil is rich enough enough but is given over wholly to weeds but is given over wholly to weeds a silent mournful expanse a silent mournful expanse there was hardly a tree or a shrub there was hardly a tree or a shrub anywhere anywhere palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes desolate desolate and unlovely and unlovely today mark twain wouldn't even recognize today mark twain wouldn't even recognize this land out of rocky soil out of this land out of rocky soil out of swamps and even out of deserts israelis swamps and even out of deserts israelis have created gardens vineyards and farms have created gardens vineyards and farms with some of the most innovative with some of the most innovative techniques in the world techniques in the world it was just this country with incredible it was just this country with incredible dynamism dynamism and energy and excitement and food and and energy and excitement and food and people and a sense of family and people and a sense of family and ultimately a sense of belonging ultimately a sense of belonging it's been said that the modern state of it's been said that the modern state of israel was born on the kibbutz israel was born on the kibbutz so it's only natural that much of so it's only natural that much of israel's innovation was born there as israel's innovation was born there as well the kibbutz is the cornerstone in a well the kibbutz is the cornerstone in a lot of ways of a lot of things in lot of ways of a lot of things in israeli society people came back wanting israeli society people came back wanting to create a collective and an equal to create a collective and an equal society society and these kibbutzim became a very very and these kibbutzim became a very very effective way to defend the land to effective way to defend the land to start getting young people engaged in start getting young people engaged in agriculture remember jews were forbidden agriculture remember jews were forbidden in most countries of the world to in most countries of the world to actually own land or to work the land actually own land or to work the land jews couldn't be farmers to all of a jews couldn't be farmers to all of a sudden see a generation of jews farming sudden see a generation of jews farming the land in the collective environment the land in the collective environment it was it was incredible it was it was incredible before israel even became a state before israel even became a state jews by the thousands came to live there jews by the thousands came to live there on communal farms on communal farms but when they arrived in the promised but when they arrived in the promised land it wasn't exactly flowing with milk land it wasn't exactly flowing with milk and honey and honey the coastal plains were swampy the coastal plains were swampy the galilee and the judean hills were the galilee and the judean hills were rocky and the southern half of the rocky and the southern half of the country was mostly desert country was mostly desert since the people of israel left our since the people of israel left our homeland 2000 years ago homeland 2000 years ago the area was mismanaged the area was mismanaged so we want to preserve so we want to preserve and rehabilitate this holy land and rehabilitate this holy land the early jewish settlers faced a number the early jewish settlers faced a number of obstacles from bad soil to bedouin of obstacles from bad soil to bedouin raiders but they faced an even bigger raiders but they faced an even bigger enemy that threatened to destroy the enemy that threatened to destroy the jewish state before it began jewish state before it began [Music] [Music] in the early decades of the 20th century in the early decades of the 20th century israel was a breeding ground for israel was a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying malaria mosquitoes carrying malaria they overtook the coastal plains and the they overtook the coastal plains and the jordan valley jordan valley the only land available for jews to buy the only land available for jews to buy since the local arabs had decided it was since the local arabs had decided it was uninhabitable in 1920 more than a third uninhabitable in 1920 more than a third of all jewish residents of palestine had of all jewish residents of palestine had malaria malaria so with no other choice they went to so with no other choice they went to work work they drained the swamps and sprayed the they drained the swamps and sprayed the land and changed the flow of water in land and changed the flow of water in irrigation canals to interrupt the irrigation canals to interrupt the mosquitoes breeding mosquitoes breeding they were so successful that a they were so successful that a commission from the league of nations commission from the league of nations visited palestine to learn what they did visited palestine to learn what they did less than 20 years after israel's less than 20 years after israel's statehood statehood the country was officially malaria free once the threat of malaria was gone jewish settlers were free to focus on jewish settlers were free to focus on making the desert bloom making the desert bloom in the coastal plains citrus groves in the coastal plains citrus groves replaced the swamps replaced the swamps and the jordan valley once the center of and the jordan valley once the center of the malaria epidemic the malaria epidemic now became the country's bread basket the negev desert blossomed with newly planted forests and vineyards planted forests and vineyards and the arava once the most arid part of and the arava once the most arid part of israel became the site of a flourishing israel became the site of a flourishing vegetable industry vegetable industry all of this was accomplished in the all of this was accomplished in the first 20 years of israel's statehood in first 20 years of israel's statehood in that time they more than doubled their that time they more than doubled their standard of living and now they're using standard of living and now they're using their experience to help other countries their experience to help other countries in the 1970s they created a new breed of in the 1970s they created a new breed of cherry tomato that's disease resistant cherry tomato that's disease resistant and has a longer shelf life and has a longer shelf life they also bred a new kind of potato that they also bred a new kind of potato that can be grown in hot dry climates and can be grown in hot dry climates and irrigated by salt water these vegetables irrigated by salt water these vegetables are now being grown in dry countries are now being grown in dry countries like jordan egypt and morocco like jordan egypt and morocco israeli scientists not only found ways israeli scientists not only found ways to grow more crops to grow more crops they also found new ways to preserve they also found new ways to preserve them grain pro cocoons provide an them grain pro cocoons provide an inexpensive way for farmers to keep inexpensive way for farmers to keep their grain market fresh by keeping out their grain market fresh by keeping out water air and insects water air and insects the israeli cocoons are being used in the israeli cocoons are being used in africa the far east africa the far east and even pakistan a nation with no and even pakistan a nation with no diplomatic ties to israel diplomatic ties to israel the kibbutz over time began to change the kibbutz over time began to change israeli society began to change became israeli society began to change became more capitalistic became more focused on more capitalistic became more focused on free enterprise and entrepreneurship and free enterprise and entrepreneurship and the individual taking responsibility for the individual taking responsibility for himself and therefore benefiting the himself and therefore benefiting the overall society overall society there have been many very exciting there have been many very exciting companies that have been built in companies that have been built in kibbutzim kibbutzim one of those companies is now doing one of those companies is now doing business around the world business around the world he went to the average israeli 10 12 he went to the average israeli 10 12 years ago and said to them organic they years ago and said to them organic they wouldn't have a clue what you were wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about talking about here we've been doing organic farming here we've been doing organic farming for over 40 years was founded by german refugees in 1934 and many of their early members were and many of their early members were survivors of the holocaust survivors of the holocaust the biggest problem that we had when we the biggest problem that we had when we started the organic was what do you do started the organic was what do you do if you're not using chemicals how do you if you're not using chemicals how do you get rid of the pests get rid of the pests their answer was to fight bugs with more their answer was to fight bugs with more bugs bugs every single thing in nature has a every single thing in nature has a natural enemy natural enemy what what eats or what attacks these pests that eats or what attacks these pests that are attacking our crops are attacking our crops they started breeding different insects they started breeding different insects in the bomb shelter of the kibbutz in the bomb shelter of the kibbutz the idea was to breed predators to the idea was to breed predators to destroy the pests that ate their crops destroy the pests that ate their crops the result was a new company called the result was a new company called biobee biobee we went to the israeli farmers we said we went to the israeli farmers we said you want to buy some bugs i said what you want to buy some bugs i said what are you crazy are you crazy we don't have enough bugs in the field we don't have enough bugs in the field you want us to buy bugs you want us to buy bugs eventually they won over farmers in eventually they won over farmers in israel and in 32 other countries as well israel and in 32 other countries as well in california 60 percent of the in california 60 percent of the strawberry fields are treated with strawberry fields are treated with products from biobee products from biobee the company also found a way to deal the company also found a way to deal with one of the region's most with one of the region's most devastating insects devastating insects the mediterranean fruit fly the mediterranean fruit fly we take the males of the species and we we take the males of the species and we sterilize them and then we release the sterilize them and then we release the sterile males into the environment sterile males into the environment there's no future generation and slowly there's no future generation and slowly slowly we lower the population without slowly we lower the population without using harmful chemicals using harmful chemicals they also solved another agricultural they also solved another agricultural problem problem how to pollinate greenhouse plants how to pollinate greenhouse plants the classic example we like to give is the classic example we like to give is tomato plants tomato plants in the in tomato plants tomato plants in the in nature in the fields are pollinated by nature in the fields are pollinated by the wind the wind in israel the majority of our tomatoes in israel the majority of our tomatoes are not grown in the fields they're are not grown in the fields they're grown in greenhouses and in greenhouse grown in greenhouses and in greenhouse in the climate-controlled environment in the climate-controlled environment you don't have that wind you don't have you don't have that wind you don't have the natural pollination we have to find the natural pollination we have to find other methods of pollination other methods of pollination their solution was to breed bumble bees their solution was to breed bumble bees they collect pollen for food they have they collect pollen for food they have to go and work even in cold weather to go and work even in cold weather conditions they don't have stores of conditions they don't have stores of honey in the hive they have to go and honey in the hive they have to go and work work we're saving the farmer money because we're saving the farmer money because instead of paying people the bees are instead of paying people the bees are doing the work doing the work and the bees unlike people they don't and the bees unlike people they don't miss a single flower miss a single flower so once the farmers started using the so once the farmers started using the bees for pollination the yield of the bees for pollination the yield of the tomato crops increased by 25 percent tomato crops increased by 25 percent in hebrew we say mara buma in hebrew we say mara buma you know how great and wonderful our you know how great and wonderful our creations got and this really shows that creations got and this really shows that every single thing has a reason there's every single thing has a reason there's a purpose for everything these tiny a purpose for everything these tiny little things and look how much good little things and look how much good they do they do for us for the world for the farmers for for us for the world for the farmers for the environment it's really really the environment it's really really amazing amazing farmers at stay eliahu not only targeted farmers at stay eliahu not only targeted insects they also found a creative way insects they also found a creative way to get rid of rodents as well to get rid of rodents as well what we used to do is basically used to what we used to do is basically used to take take poison poison in a bottle and a teaspoon and in a bottle and a teaspoon and somebody's job was to walk up and down somebody's job was to walk up and down the rows and every time they saw a mouse the rows and every time they saw a mouse hole to take a teaspoon of poison and hole to take a teaspoon of poison and throw it down the hull throw it down the hull now obviously that's not ecologically now obviously that's not ecologically friendly on top of that if it rains or friendly on top of that if it rains or if we irrigate our fields all that if we irrigate our fields all that poison is going in the ground so we said poison is going in the ground so we said what is a natural solution to rodents what is a natural solution to rodents and the natural solution that we found and the natural solution that we found is the barn owl is the barn owl barn owl is an amazing raptor barn owl is an amazing raptor two owls can capture an average of two two owls can capture an average of two to five thousand mice a year to five thousand mice a year okay that's a lot of rodents there was okay that's a lot of rodents there was just one problem with the owls just one problem with the owls they fly away they fly away and one of the places they would fly to and one of the places they would fly to is jordan which is very close by is jordan which is very close by in jordan they were shooting them in jordan they were shooting them in arab folklore the barn owl is a in arab folklore the barn owl is a herbinger of death herbinger of death and they're very superstitious about and they're very superstitious about barn owls so they see in a barn owl they barn owls so they see in a barn owl they shoot it so very simply we went to shoot it so very simply we went to jordan and we invited the jordanian jordan and we invited the jordanian farmers to come to staley out to see farmers to come to staley out to see what we were doing here this was over 20 what we were doing here this was over 20 years ago and today we have over 2 600 years ago and today we have over 2 600 nesting boxes across the country numbers nesting boxes across the country numbers keep growing keep growing but also it's become a wonderful program but also it's become a wonderful program of regional cooperation also with jordan of regional cooperation also with jordan also with the palestinian authority also with the palestinian authority this has been amazing amazing success this has been amazing amazing success story story we tell the people it's not the dove we tell the people it's not the dove bringing peace anymore to the middle bringing peace anymore to the middle east it's the barn owl east it's the barn owl we're a light unto the nations we're we're a light unto the nations we're supposed to be anyway if we want to supposed to be anyway if we want to really save the environment if we really really save the environment if we really want to help the world want to help the world then we can't keep these things to then we can't keep these things to ourselves we have to share these things ourselves we have to share these things we have to share this knowledge and i we have to share this knowledge and i think by helping others we're helping think by helping others we're helping ourselves as well that was really interesting rich what they do with the insects and you know they do with the insects and you know just let uh creation take its course just let uh creation take its course right and get rid of the poisons and right and get rid of the poisons and whatnot that's uh whatnot that's uh that's pretty interesting that's pretty interesting yeah i i thought it was uh pretty yeah i i thought it was uh pretty interesting with some of the things that interesting with some of the things that they're using now um you know natural they're using now um you know natural techniques uh instead of the pesticides techniques uh instead of the pesticides and stuff like that i thought the barn and stuff like that i thought the barn owl thing was you know owl thing was you know you know instead of the dove bringing you know instead of the dove bringing pieces and the van overs and you know pieces and the van overs and you know kind of working with some of um israel's kind of working with some of um israel's traditional enemies right on a traditional enemies right on a on an agricultural level to um you know on an agricultural level to um you know not only bring you know water but to you not only bring you know water but to you know bring the flower the desert really know bring the flower the desert really with all of these different things i with all of these different things i just found it really just found it really you know ingenious like who would have you know ingenious like who would have thought about the bono but i guess this thought about the bono but i guess this is the guys you know that's their jobs is the guys you know that's their jobs they had they had they had to get they had they had they had to get creative from the time they got in the creative from the time they got in the land right i mean who would think to land right i mean who would think to sterilize insects sterilize insects yeah yeah yeah yeah right they know like this is going to be right they know like this is going to be a process but right a process but right yeah interesting yeah interesting is very good you know like you said is very good you know like you said butchie you know it has been a slow butchie you know it has been a slow process with them very slowly but surely process with them very slowly but surely they've reclaimed a lot of the desert they've reclaimed a lot of the desert you know they've built greenhouses um we you know they've built greenhouses um we don't have time for it but uh in another don't have time for it but uh in another um in another little clip it talks about um in another little clip it talks about all the water that they've used and how all the water that they've used and how um um you know you know they're able to give water to these they're able to give water to these massive fields very you know with this massive fields very you know with this drip technology so they're using like a drip technology so they're using like a third of the water but increasing the third of the water but increasing the yield of their farms as well so yield of their farms as well so yeah good stuff