Exodus 15:25 KJV
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
In our day salesmen and others search for those magic plants God gave Israel in the wilderness; the manna - just about anything has been called the manna. Salesmen know claims of that nature will sell a product; naturalists would love to benefit from its qualities. The tree here has been claimed as everything from sweet berry known to be in the region to a bitter bush of which is known the same. The key, I think, is that the Lord showed him. This is not natural. This is not something that the natives had common access to or we may be assured that they would have taken advantage of its quality to this very day.
That bitter waters could be made sweet through the addition of a tree, and that it would sweeten so much water as to meet the needs of this multitude and their flocks, can only be supernatural.
The Lord showed him a tree.
It becomes reminiscent of the tree upon which our Saviour hung.
There was no tree before or after like it
Though there have been many trees, and many who died upon them, none were like that tree.
That one act could save so many
Six hundred thousand men besides wives and children were all satisfied with one tree. So the souls of all men have been redeemed (though not all souls have taken delivery of salvation) through that one great act, as Christ suffered for the sins of all men.
Bitterness turned sweet through the tree.
Truly this world can seem a bitter place without Jesus Christ. The bitterness of opportunities disappointed
• The bitterness of oppression and battle
• The bitterness of consequences for sin
• The bitterness of eventual death
Are all sweetened in the promise of sins forgiven, heaven awaiting, rewards for serving and oppression avenged
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
In our day salesmen and others search for those magic plants God gave Israel in the wilderness; the manna - just about anything has been called the manna. Salesmen know claims of that nature will sell a product; naturalists would love to benefit from its qualities. The tree here has been claimed as everything from sweet berry known to be in the region to a bitter bush of which is known the same. The key, I think, is that the Lord showed him. This is not natural. This is not something that the natives had common access to or we may be assured that they would have taken advantage of its quality to this very day.
That bitter waters could be made sweet through the addition of a tree, and that it would sweeten so much water as to meet the needs of this multitude and their flocks, can only be supernatural.
The Lord showed him a tree.
It becomes reminiscent of the tree upon which our Saviour hung.
There was no tree before or after like it
Though there have been many trees, and many who died upon them, none were like that tree.
That one act could save so many
Six hundred thousand men besides wives and children were all satisfied with one tree. So the souls of all men have been redeemed (though not all souls have taken delivery of salvation) through that one great act, as Christ suffered for the sins of all men.
Bitterness turned sweet through the tree.
Truly this world can seem a bitter place without Jesus Christ. The bitterness of opportunities disappointed
• The bitterness of oppression and battle
• The bitterness of consequences for sin
• The bitterness of eventual death
Are all sweetened in the promise of sins forgiven, heaven awaiting, rewards for serving and oppression avenged
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