CRIMEA. It was here that PRIMITIVE forms of WHEAT and BARLEY grew wild, and where the wild ancestors of goats and sheep lived. On UPLAND SOILS too thin to support trees, there GREW
ISOLATED stands of WILD GRASSES whose SEEDS were worth GATHERING because they were so PACKED with NOURISHMENT. These GRASSES STORED a HIGH QUANTITY OF
FOOD PER PLANT, because THEY NEEDED TO SURVIVE through the DRY SUMMERS, and then HAD TO COMPETE vigorously when the RAINY SEASON came.
Man soon learnt HOW TO GRIND the GRAIN to make FLOUR. The GRAINS that FELL by chance around his CAMP found ideal GROWING conditions in the disturbing ground of the camp site,
and were FERTILIZED BY NITROGEN content on REFUSE HEAPS. The grasses grew so vigorously near the rubbish heaps. Men began to sow WHEAT and BARLEY, preparing the GROUND carefully so that competition from other plants was lessened, and making sure that wild animals were kept away from the growing plants.
In II Kings, chapter 7. We see the meaning of WHEAT and BARLEY in the spiritual context which takes place inside of the invisible world..
ELISHA = <God is salvation> The son of Shaphat and a prophet of the Lord in the ninth and tenth centuries B.C.E.; successor to the prophet ELIJAH. Elijah was directed by the Lord
to travel toward ABEL-MEHOLAH and there, finding ELISHA plowing, ELIJAH threw his official garment over him, designating an appointment. Elisha was plowing behind TWELVE spans of BULLS. It is a custom in the EAST for several farmers to work together with their small plows, and one sower can easily sow all that they plow in a day. ELISHA, in the rear of the group, would be able to stop without disrupting the work of the rest. The fact that he sacrificed a span of the BULLS and used the implements as fuel speaks for Elisha's promptness, decisiveness and appreciativeness for the Lord's call. He lost no time in preparing the meal, by using the implements of the BULLS to provide fuel for cooking them, leaving immediately to follow Elijah.
Elisha's activity as successor to Elijah commences at the time of Elijah's ascension toward the heavens in a chariot of fire. Before Elijah leaves, Elisha asks him for TWO PARTS in his SPIRIT, that is a double part, which was granted, according to the customs, to the firstborn son. Elijah, realizing that this
is not his to give, tells Elisha that, if GOD GRANTS him to see Eijah taken from him, his desire will be
granted. GOD CONFIRMS this by permitting Elisha to see Elijah taken in a windstorm into the heavens. At the SHORE of the JORDAN RIVER GOD SHOWS that HE IS WITH ELISHA when HE DIVIDES the JORDAN WATERS as ELISHA STRIKES THEM with the garment.
CROSSING the JORDAN, Elisha RETURNS to the GROUP of the SONS of the PROPHETS at JERICHO. As the head of GOD's company of prophets he HEALED THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE CITY OF JERICHO, which has been bad and causing miscarriages. Going to the source of the water, he THROWS SALT from a small NEW BOWL into it, and THE WATER CONTINUES HEALED DOWN TO THIS DAY. continue...
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