Exodus 27:20
Psalm 52:8
Jeremiah 1116
Romans 11:17,24
2007-02-06 09:52:39 · 11 answers · asked by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nice find. I hadn't noticed the similarities before. I would guess you mean the reference to the olive tree, branches, oil etc. As I'm sure you already know, these verses refer to God's people...first to the Jews...then to the Gentiles.
2007-02-06 10:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by Poohcat1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The burning oil in the tabernacle was sybol of hope, inspiration and life. (Today, the oil lamp is also an international symbol of education.)
Now look at Revelations 11:3-4. The two prophets are issued the responsibility to evaluate and "witness" the loss of hope and inspiration in the world. This event marks the only justification God can have for destroying the world, the same justification he used for the flood and Soddom and Gomorrah.
As long as there is hope for salvation, God's hands are tied. Abraham knew this when he questioned God in Genesis 18. Even if there is only 1 righteous man left, God is compelled by integrity to stay his own hand until the man is at a safe distance from the destruction.
2007-02-06 18:02:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are in the bible?
OK so the first is about how only the Israelites could make the virgin olive oil for the Lamp-stand to light a sacrificial alter, so not much relevance to modern worship there is there.
The second is about how the faithful is like an olive tree - will live forever.
The third is about how the loving god will then strike down the same faith full in anger, by setting light to that same tree, to destroy it. What a fine example of forgiveness this god shows us. This passage in Jeremiah was used by the pope and the Spanish during their Inquisitions to justify mass murder and burning at the stake of heretics.
and the last verse talks about how god is willing to loose the wild branches of his olive tree as long as it is rooted well. so if the original children don't believe in him, as long as their is fresh blood to brainwash, the religion will be OK..
2007-02-06 17:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Olives
2007-02-06 17:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by Holly Marie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The common word that all these verses have is the word Olives.
2007-02-06 18:01:43 · answer #5 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conversion of Gentiles?
2007-02-06 17:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by bbjones9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are the olive branch that is grafted into God's family.. Gentiles... that is..
Jesus is the Vine and we are the branches...
2007-02-06 18:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It uses an analogy of an olive tree to describe us and our relationship to god.
2007-02-06 17:56:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
olive tree branch
2007-02-06 18:01:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm they were all written before Bill Gates was born.
2007-02-06 17:57:00 · answer #10 · answered by melani 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋