Prodigy of the Almond Tree
"Almond Tree Menorah"
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Introduction
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. This momentous event was to be commemorated forever. Why the emphasis on almonds, almond trees, almond branches and almond blossoms? In studying the cycle of the almond tree, it seems that the cycle of the almond tree parallels the feasts of יהוה and mark the season when the children of Israel were brought out of Egypt: from the blossoming (abib) of the almond tree which seems to herald the beginning of a new cycle, to the harvest of the firstfruits which occurs after a course of weeks from pollination, to the final harvest in the seventh month after blossoming when the seed is gathered in.
The Prodigy of the Almond Tree series attempts to bring to light the extraordinary cycle of the almond tree and awaken the branches of righteousness to its significance in these last days.
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. This momentous event was to be commemorated forever. Why the emphasis on almonds, almond trees, almond branches and almond blossoms? In studying the cycle of the almond tree, it seems that the cycle of the almond tree parallels the feasts of יהוה and mark the season when the children of Israel were brought out of Egypt: from the blossoming (abib) of the almond tree which seems to herald the beginning of a new cycle, to the harvest of the firstfruits which occurs after a course of weeks from pollination, to the final harvest in the seventh month after blossoming when the seed is gathered in.
The Prodigy of the Almond Tree series attempts to bring to light the extraordinary cycle of the almond tree and awaken the branches of righteousness to its significance in these last days.
Part 1: The Cycle and Seasons
Watchful… first to resurrect… white garments… firstfruits… flesh withering in the heat…a single seed…beaten… stricken… shaken… crushed but not destroyed. Known as the watchful tree, the almond tree is known as the first of the fruit trees to awaken from slumber. There may be more significance than just a pattern for the light in the holy place. In studying the cycle of the almond tree, it seems that as the light of dawn is to the cycle of a day, so is the blossoming of the almond tree to the cycle of a year. |
Part 2: Almond Blossom & Abib
First month... abib... swelling... green... flourishing... nitzan... blossoms. The children of Israel were brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the month abib, a season they were to never forget. They were led out by an almond branch in Moses and Aaron's hand, they encamped between Migdol ["Almonds"] and the sea, they were brought to a mountain in Arabia known as Jabal al Lawz or Mountain of Almonds. Part 2 reveals how the golden, budding and blossoming almond branches of the lampstand in the holy place may offer a hint of the month abib. |
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