God says in Deuteronomy 8:8,
"The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land... a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey".
There is so much richness in what God has created and placed in this land for his people - not just in their good taste and nutrition, but in their meaning too. And the fig is a fruit which crops up again and again in the scriptures, because God does nothing without purpose.
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POMEGRANATES IN ISRAEL AND THE BIBLE
Pomegranates are in abundance during the time of the Fall feasts in Israel; a symbol of
Rosh HaShana(Jewish new year) and the holiday season. They are on greeting cards, ceramic ornaments, beautiful materials - everywhere! They are also dangling plentifully from trees in the fields. They are ripe and ready, bursting to tell a story. A story that God wrote.
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