Torah Class: Day 46 - Spiritual Truth in the Second Diet: Grains and Lentils and Mingled Seed

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Basis for our Studies this Year:

The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.

The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!

The Foods Yahweh has Given Mankind to Eat (in Torah) all Reveal Powerful Spiritual Truths...

The second diet was “the plants of the field” – after the Fall

Genesis 3:18-19 

Plants of the Field: Genesis 3:18 explicitly states, "...you will eat the plants of the field".

Labor-Intensive Diet: This is a shift from the fruit of the Garden (Gen 2:16) to a diet gained through toil and farming, as the ground was cursed with thorns and thistles.

Contrasted with Pre-Fall: While the original diet in Genesis 1:29 included fruits and herbs, post-Fall, the sustenance came through painful work.

Nutritional density for a harsher world

Fruit alone is:

• High in sugars and micronutrients
• Lower in long-term caloric density (compared to grains)

Field plants (grains, legumes) provide:

Sustained energy (carbohydrates)

• Storage capability (important!)
• Ability to feed families over time

After the Fall, humanity needed:

• Storable food
• Higher caloric yield per labor unit

The addition of “plants of the field” represents:

A shift from:

Provision → Production

Receiving → Laboring

Garden → Ground

Immediate abundance → Delayed sustenance

Functionally, they provided:

Survival in a cursed environment

Caloric density and storage

Scalability for population growth

A foundation for civilization

Planting – burial / death before life

Threshing – separation – wheat from chaff (godly Character from carnal and the flesh – spiritual circumcision

Grinding – crushing / breaking

Fire – testing / transformation

“in the sweat of your face, you shall eat bread”

Grains – wheat, barley, etc…  Grains represent saved people

Chaff is ungodly characteristics – unrighteousness (chaff is blown away in the wind)

·  Angels holding back the “winds of strife” – but are told to let go at the near End of the World

· The wind “winds are strife, wars, planetary unpleasantness”

·  When the wind is let go – the final chaff blows away.

·  The wheat is not harmed by the wind

·  Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17 – wheat has chaff – it must be separated…  when Yahshua returns, in divine Judgment, He will use His “fan” (winnowing fork) to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Tares – look like good grain while they are young – but are revealed as time goes on to be worthless (tares are burned)

In the time of the harvest, the wheat bows over and dies (complete submission, worship and surrender to Yahweh) – and the tares stand tall (stiff-necked, unwilling to submit, rebellion).

Lentils – Genesis 25:29-34

·       Abraham has the Covenant connection with Yahweh

·       The Covenant of Abraham is Salvation

·       Abraham’s Covenant is passed on – to his seed

o “to Abraham and his seed (those of his birthright) were the Promises made” Galatians 3:16

Genesis 17:7-9  “And I will establish My Covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an Everlasting Covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.  And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My Covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.” 

Exodus 2:23-25 “And it came to pass… that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God… And God remembered His Covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob...”

1 Chronicles 16:15-17  “Be ye mindful always of His Covenant; the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;  Even of the Covenant which He made with Abraham, and of His oath unto Isaac;  And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an Everlasting Covenant.”

The meaning of lentils is “be ye mindful always of His Covenant” – this is to be of Abraham’s Seed – of Jacob (Israel) and not of Esau

Mingled Seed – is something that happens now as GMO, and in Bible times it was making a new variety by combining seeds with weeds… The life-giving power in the food was lost.

·       Leviticus 19:19 – “Ye shall keep My Statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.” 

o   Mingled Seed is translated from the Hebrew word kalayim – “a sense of separation; two heterogeneities, two diverse kinds…  mixing these…  the root means “prison”

§  The mingled seed loses something that cannot be regained in the mingling process…  It is locked into what it becomes inextricably

§  An unhealthy body temple is a weakened spiritual vessel… This is a judgment for not doing what we can

§  There is a spiritual connection with food – and “prison” is a spiritual term for not finding full freedom in Yahweh…

·       Ezra 9:2 – “For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.”

o   Physical mingled seed is a picture of spiritual mingled seed, which is the saved becoming entangled with (soul-tied – the souls “knit” together)

o   When seed is mingled, it becomes toxic even – just as truth does when mixed with deception.

§  When they GMO food, they actually break open the DNA with a virus…  to access and change the DNA…

Torah Class: Day 45 - Spiritual Truth in the Second Diet: Grains and Lentils

 

Basis for our Studies this Year:

The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.

The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!

The Foods Yahweh has Given Mankind to Eat (in Torah) all Reveal Powerful Spiritual Truths...

The second diet was “the plants of the field” – after the Fall

Genesis 3:18-19 

Plants of the Field: Genesis 3:18 explicitly states, "...you will eat the plants of the field".

Labor-Intensive Diet: This is a shift from the fruit of the Garden (Gen 2:16) to a diet gained through toil and farming, as the ground was cursed with thorns and thistles.

Contrasted with Pre-Fall: While the original diet in Genesis 1:29 included fruits and herbs, post-Fall, the sustenance came through painful work.

Nutritional density for a harsher world

Fruit alone is:

• High in sugars and micronutrients
• Lower in long-term caloric density (compared to grains)

Field plants (grains, legumes) provide:

Sustained energy (carbohydrates)

• Storage capability (important!)
• Ability to feed families over time

After the Fall, humanity needed:

• Storable food
• Higher caloric yield per labor unit

The addition of “plants of the field” represents:

A shift from:

Provision → Production

Receiving → Laboring

Garden → Ground

Immediate abundance → Delayed sustenance

Functionally, they provided:

Survival in a cursed environment

Caloric density and storage

Scalability for population growth

A foundation for civilization

Planting – burial / death before life

Threshing – separation – wheat from chaff (godly Character from carnal and the flesh – spiritual circumcision

Grinding – crushing / breaking

Fire – testing / transformation

“in the sweat of your face, you shall eat bread”

Grains – wheat, barley, etc…  Grains represent saved people

Chaff is ungodly characteristics – unrighteousness (chaff is blown away in the wind)

·  Angels holding back the “winds of strife” – but are told to let go at the near End of the World

· The wind “winds are strife, wars, planetary unpleasantness”

·  When the wind is let go – the final chaff blows away.

·  The wheat is not harmed by the wind

·  Matthew 3:12, Luke 3:17 – wheat has chaff – it must be separated…  when Yahshua returns, in divine Judgment, He will use His “fan” (winnowing fork) to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Tares – look like good grain while they are young – but are revealed as time goes on to be worthless (tares are burned)

In the time of the harvest, the wheat bows over and dies (complete submission, worship and surrender to Yahweh) – and the tares stand tall (stiff-necked, unwilling to submit, rebellion).

Lentils – Genesis 25:29-34

·       Abraham has the Covenant connection with Yahweh

·       The Covenant of Abraham is Salvation

·       Abraham’s Covenant is passed on – to his seed

o “to Abraham and his seed (those of his birthright) were the Promises made” Galatians 3:16

Genesis 17:7-9  “And I will establish My Covenant between Me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an Everlasting Covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.  And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.  And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep My Covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.” 

Exodus 2:23-25 “And it came to pass… that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God… And God remembered His Covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob...”

1 Chronicles 16:15-17  “Be ye mindful always of His Covenant; the word which He commanded to a thousand generations;  Even of the Covenant which He made with Abraham, and of His oath unto Isaac;  And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an Everlasting Covenant.”

Torah Class: Day 44 - Spiritual Truth in Torah Foods: Olives, Almonds, Dates, & Honey

Basis for our Studies this Year:

The Bible tells us that the “End (of the world) is declared from the “beginning” (Isaiah 46:10). Certainly, this means that the early Biblical record of human history bears End-time prophetic significance. But, it’s actually even more specific than that. The original Hebrew word translated as “beginning” in Isaiah 46:10 is תישאר (rê’shı̂yth). This is the root of Bereshith, which is the Hebrew name of the first Book of the Bible, “Genesis”. In other words, prophecies of the End of the World are found in the Book of Genesis.

The Torah is one of the five keys for unlocking End-time Prophecy… Prophecy is unlocked through the Statutes!

The Foods Yahweh has Given Mankind to Eat (in Torah) all Reveal Powerful Spiritual Truths...

The first diet was fruit (by definition, fruit contains seed)

Genesis 1:29  “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” 

·  Meat is merely “food”

·  Originally, people were given fruit from the trees and fruits from the herbs (plants)

Fruits - the original diet - all signify Torah obedience... Thus, in the first diet, we see our spiritual starting point - and foundational Truth: We are nourished and sustained in Torah. And full Torah-keeping is what we're being restored to, in the End - as the original Eden diet (fruits) is what is consumed in the New Earth...  

Notably, there is a connection between Torah and Fruits of the Spirit. The Fruits of the Spirit are keeping Torah:

Book Recommendation

Thank you, Lydia for sharing the following book recommendation with us, for this topic:

The Seven Foods of the Promised Land, by Annette Reeder

Spiritual Meaning of Olives – Spiritual inheritance (Israel), Peace and Covenant, Holy Spirit Anointing

·       Olive branch/leaf = restoration of peace and good Judgment

o   Genesis 8:11 – the dove (a symbol of the Holy Spirit) brings an olive leaf to Noah after the Flood – and he knows that the waters (of Judgment) are abated… Peace is restored.

·  Israel – the Saved people of Yahweh – are represented as the olive tree – and Yahshua Himself is the Trunk/Roots into which we are grafted…  “If ye are baptized and put on Christ, then are ye Abraham’s Seed and heirs according to the Promise.”

o   Romans 11:17-24

· Psalm 128:3 – the olive tree represents prosperity and fruitfulness

o   Psalm 1:1-3  “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the Law of Yahweh; and in his Law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.” 

·  Deuteronomy 6:11 – Life, blessing, and prosperity are gifts from Yahweh…  Just as Israel took possession of the shadow-picture promised land which was all existing (vineyards, houses, wells, etc…) and they did nothing to provide it, so also, the Saved will be given everything and we did nothing to provide it…  Israel renders praise to Yahweh with joy.

·  Haggai 2:19 – Olive trees /fruit are symbols of the blessing and provision of Yahweh

Olives symbolize the Fruit of the Spirit – Olive Oil symbolizes the Spirit of Yahweh.

· Olives were beaten from the branches with sticks – the shaking of the tree is a part of harvesting the olives – Deuteronomy 24:20

o Yahweh shakes and disciplines His people – gathering in the mature

§  Testing, humbling, gathering the harvest of good character

§  Hebrews 12:11 - “Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”

§  Psalm 118:18 – “Yahweh hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.”

§  Proverbs 15:10 – “Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the Way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.” 

§  Hebrews 12:5-6 – “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” 

o The Hebrew for olive press is “gat”…  Where did Yahshua pray? The Garden of Gethsemane – literally means the “olive press”.

§ Isaiah 53:5 – “But He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”

§ The crushing of the olive represents suffering, sacrifice, and pressure producing something holy.

  The word “disciple” is the room of “discipline”…  A disciple is more than a follower, it one who exerts self-discipline in order to follow.

100% of Israel’s priests and kings were anointed in taking their office.

Revelation 5:12 – we are called to be “kings” and “priests” in Yahweh’s Service

Kings – hold positions of dominion (jurisdiction, areas of authority) – kings in Yahweh’s service are bringing all areas of our influence and jurisdiction under Heaven’s Authority – the prayer of us as kings is “Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done in earth as it is in Heaven”.

Priests – hold positions of intercession and connecting others with Heaven… It is also magnifying Torah – teaching Torah, living Torah…  Truth…

o   From the Olive come oil – from the oil comes anointing oil – kings and priests define Israel – and so all of Israel is connected to the olive (represented in the olive tree, and filled with the Spirit-symbolized in the olive oil, consecrated for service in the anointing Oil)

Exodus 30:23-25 - “Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much… and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels… and of oil olive an hin:  And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.”

Anointing Oil Ingredient	Scripture Reference	Meaning
Myrrh	Myrrh means “as distilling drops”, and also “bitter” 2 Timothy 3:12 - Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Yahshua shall suffer persecution.	Myrrh symbolizes suffering, trials, tribulations, and afflictions. The church of Smyrna is known as the “Suffering Church”. “Smyrna” comes from myrrh. Just as Yahshua was given the gift of myrrh by Wise Men, so we too, who are set apart for His holy use and anointed as priests, are to receive the gift of myrrh (suffering) from the hand of the Master. It is not done to destroy us, but to teach us submitted obedience.
Cinnamon	Qinnamown means “to stand erect, bark, as in upright rolls”	Sweet is the savor to Yahweh that is pure and holy. Indicates the upright life – to stand up when the world would have you bow down.

Calamus	Calmus is qaneh in Hebrew, meaning a “reed for measuring”. Rev 11:1 tells us that Yahweh’s Temple is measured by the Reed (we are the Temple)	Calamus represents a life being lived in awareness of Judgment – the Standard for measurement in Judgment is Torah – James 2:12 The Calamus in the Anointing Oil reminds us to live in obedience to the holy Law of Yahweh.
Cassia	Cassia in Hebrew is qiddah. It is from the root word that means to bend the body or neck in submission to Yahweh’s Authority	Job 28:28 and Psalm 111:10 remind that to fear Yah (submit) is the beginning of wisdom. 2 Chronicles 34:27 shows that humbling ourselves under Him is a vital part of prayer.
Olive Oil John 16:13  “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”	Olive oil is from the Hebrew word zayith meaning “illuminating oil” John 14:17  “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”	It signifies the Presence of the holy Spirit in the life. We are to have the indwelling Presence of Yah’s Spirit. This manifests in Truth shining out in Message and Life… We are to be the light of the world…  The olive oil is the secret ingredient in the Menorah which fuels the light…  The primary Work of the Spirit of Yahweh is to lead us into Truth.   John 15:26  “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.”

Source for anointing oil - www.victorie-inc.us/holy_anointing_oil.html

Spiritual Lessons in the Harvesting/Curing of Olives:

·   Olives are harvested at a specific season

o   Yahweh’s people are “harvested” in His Seasons

o   Ecclesiastes 3:1

·   Olives from the tree are naturally bitter – they must be bruised/cracked slightly to help draw the bitterness out

o   Brokenness yields repentance

o   Psalm 51:17

·   Olives must be soaked repeatedly, sometimes for days  - with the water being changed often to remove the bitterness.

o   Cleansing is a process in which Yahweh removes the bitter, toxic, flesh over time in His washing

o   Psalm 51:7

·   Olives are placed in a salt brine, which both preserves and changes their internal structure

o   Salt represents the infusion of the Covenant into the Life – Preservation in Truth

o   Matthew 5:13

o   In the brine, a change occurs – Luke 17:21

o   Matthew 5:16 – Yahweh transforms that which was naturally bitter into something that sustains and gives light to others (olive oil)

Dates symbolize the victory and blessing found in Yahweh – Righteous endurance unto Victory

·   The spiritual meaning of a date is connected with the palm (the tree on which it grows).

o   Dates are sweet – sweetness is a spiritual symbol for a life in Torah

o   Psalm 92:12 – the righteous flourish (bloom, spread, fly) like a palm

§  The sweetness of the date (Torah) is something we are to spread (share with others)

o   Palm branches = victory and praise

§  John 12:13

o   Celebration and worship (especially connected with Sukkot)

§  Leviticus 23:40

Almonds signify Yahweh’s Watchfulness and Oversight – and Divine Appointment/Anointing upon His Servant(s)

·   Jeremiah 1:11-12 – Yahweh appoints and chooses authority – people should not second guess Yahweh’s appointments

·   Numbers 17:8 – Divine Authority is demonstrated in the rod of the almond

·   Exodus 25:31-34 – the almond represents spiritual enlightenment

o   Exodus 37:19-20

·   Almonds were a symbol of blessing – thus being a valuable gift

o   Genesis 43:11

·       Almonds are a tree of spiritual “flourishing”

o   Ecclesiastes 12:5 – Yahweh’s people are blessed to flourish (in Him) in a time of no “water”

·       Almond’s signify watchfulness

o   Jeremiah 1:12 – Yahweh is watching over His Word – to Perform it

Honey has a rich, layered spiritual meaning – associated with sweetness (in Torah), provision, revelation, and delight.

·       Honey signifies the sweetness of Truth in the Word

o   Psalm 119:103 – Yahweh’s Word is satisfying and Sweet

o   Ezekiel 3:3 – Truth received becomes joy and nourishment

·   Honey signifies abundance and the fulfillment of Yahweh’s Promises

o   Exodus 3:8 – The Greater Exodus is the New Heaven and New Earth…  The Meek shall inherit the New Earth…  the Ultimate Promised Land is the inheritance of the land which once was occupied by the pagans…  That promise is connected to honey, spiritually.

o   Deuteronomy 8:8

·       Honey is also linked to energy and enlightenment

o   1 Samuel 14:27