Our age has been sadly deficient in what may be termed spiritual greatness. At the root of this is the modern disease of shallowness. We are all too impatient to meditate on the faith we profess… It is not the busy skimming over religious books or the careless hastening through religious duties which makes for a strong Christian faith. Rather, it is unhurried meditation on gospel truths and the exposing of our minds to these truths that yields the fruit of sanctified character.
Maurice Roberts

PALM TREE

PALM TREE

PALM TREE, The

  1. First mention of, in Scripture # Ex 15:27
  2. Jericho celebrated for # De 34:3 Jud 1:16
  3. DESCRIBED AS 3a) Tall

    # So 7:7

3b) Upright # Jer 10:5 3c) Flourishing # Ps 92:12 3d) Fruitful to a great age # Ps 92:14 4) The fruit of, called dates # 2Ch 31:5 5) Requires a moist and fertile soil # Ex 15:27 6) Tents often pitched under the shade of # Jud 4:5 7) THE BRANCHES OF, WERE 7a) The emblem of victory # Re 7:9 7b) Carried at feast of tabernacles # Le 23:40 7c) Used for constructing booths # Ne 8:15 7d) Spread before Christ # Joh 12:13 8) Blasted as a punishment # Joe 1:12 9) Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of Solomon # 1Ki 6:29,32,35 2Ch 3:5 10) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 10a) The church # So 7:7,8 10b) The righteous # Ps 92:12 10c) The upright appearance of idols # Jer 10:5