A curious bit of instruction wherein the Israelites were commanded not to plant any trees?
DEUTERONOMY 16:21
21 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee.You will have to excuse my laziness the last couple of days as my blogs have been quite truncated and yet again today my input shall be brief and Mathew Henry shall hold the lions share...
They must not plant a grove, nor so much as a tree, near God’s altar lest they should make it look like the altars of the false gods. They made groves the places of their worship either to make it secret (but that which is true and good desires the light rather), or to make it solemn, but the worship of the true God has enough in itself to make it so and needs not the advantage of such a circumstance...It was about openness, allowing all to see the wonder of God and the worship thereof versus the secrecy of idolatry (a stoning offense). These days the crowning worship is sex, money, and pride and religious observance is laughed at and viewed as a sign of weakness in those that practice. It truly is a marvel to see the incredible deceit wrought by the father of lies - the most sacred has become the tool of the most evil.
~Kipling
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