And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied. “You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”
Jeremiah 1:11-12
Almond in Hebrew “shaqed” comes from the verb “shaqad” which means to watch or wake. A lovely word picture for this season.
shaqed: almond (tree) – שָׁקֵד
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kade’)
Short Definition: tree
http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8247.htm
shaqad: to watch, wake – שָׁקַד
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kad’)
Short Definition: watching
http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8245.htm
Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors. – Proverbs 8:34
And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luke 21:28-36
Happy Tu’Bshvat! – Eyal Asaf – Aerial Photography 2018
https://youtu.be/aT4nqt6SI5A
Prodigy of the Almond Tree
The lampstand (menorah): golden, budding and blossoming almond branches.
Aaron’s Rod: a branch that budded, blossomed and ripened almonds.
Jeremiah’s vision: a branch of an almond tree.
The Hebrew word for almond tree comes from a root word which means “to be alert, sleepless, to be watchful, to be on the lookout.” So simple yet so profound is the parable of this “alert” and “watchful” tree. A branch that budded, blossomed and ripened almonds was chosen to represent the watchmen – Aaron and the House of Levi. Its budding and blossoming almond branches served as the pattern for the light in the holy place: a center branch producing the fruit of light with in-grafted branches also producing the fruit of light. An almond branch was used to communicate the message to Jeremiah that our Heavenly Father is watching over His Word to perform it. The attributes of the almond tree expounded proclaim the story of the Righteous Branch: watchful… first to resurrect… white garments… firstfruits… flesh withering in the heat… stricken… beaten… shaken… crushed but not destroyed… sweet, single, edible seed.
When the children of Israel were brought out of Egypt in the month Abib by a strong hand, they were led by a branch in Moses and Aaron’s hand (a branch which later resurrected into a budding and blossoming almond branch), they encamped at a place called “Almonds” (Migdol) and they were brought to a mountain in Midian known as Jabal al Lawz or Mountain of Almonds.
More amazing discoveries about almonds and the Bible:
Presentation on theme: “The Prodigy of the Almond Tree Part 1: The Cycle and Seasons”— Presentation transcript:
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http://www.righteousbranch.org/prodigy-of-the-almond-tree.html
Spurgeon | Lessons from the Almond Tree
http://www.spurgeongems.org/vols46-48/chs2678.pdf
Matthew 25:1, 13
At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
14 For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.…
grégoreó: to be awake, to watch
Greek: γρηγορέω
http://biblehub.com/greek/1127.htm
Shevat 15 – Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees
“The New Year of the Trees” or Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות, Rosh HaShanah La’Ilanot
Tu b’Shevat, the fifteenth of Shevat, is considered to be Rosh Hashanah for trees, regarding the requirement of tithing their produce.
Tu Bishvat day marks the season in which the earliest-blooming trees in the Land of Israel emerge from their winter sleep and begin a new fruit-bearing cycle. Tu Bishvat distinguishes between the last year’s fruits and the fruits of a new year. Tu Bishvat or the “birthday” of all fruit trees, is a minor festival. The name is Hebrew for the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shevat.
https://torahcalendar.com/Calendar.asp?YM=Y2022M11
Maranatha!
Good Things to Think 