This book will take a different look at the significance of many popular trees in scripture... Unlike anything you've ever read, each tree tells a story as revealed in God's Holy Word.
Excerpt below:
JUNIPER Juniper - Retama raetam
Hebrew: Rothem
"And when he saw that, he arose
and ran for his life, and
went to Beersheba... he himself went a day's journey into the
wilderness and came and sat down under a broom (juniper) tree..."
I Kings 19:3-4
"...Then she departed and wandered in the WIlderness of Beersheba.
And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the
boy under one of the shrubs".
Genesis 21:14-15
In the
wilderness of Judea, there are various shrubs - one of
which is the flowering broom of the desert - which is
translated into English as juniper. Throughout the Sinai
Peninsula and into Arabia, the broom (or juniper) has for
centuries provided welcome shade for many travelers.
This plant has delicate blossoms in pea-like branches.
When Elijah fled from wicked queen Jezebel into the
desert, he took refuge under the broom tree (juniper).
Shade was a scarce commodity in the scorching heat of
the wilderness, and the broom tree cast enough shade to
allow him to rest, to pray and to sleep. His prayer was a
reflection of his self-pity and forlorn attitude regarding
his service to GOD. "It is enough! Now, Lord, take
my life..." he muttered. (I King 19:4) He was shaded
from the natural heat - but the "spiritual heat" of
God's chastisement...
