The Sycamore Tree.
THE SYCAMORE TREE'S POINT OF CONTACT !!
There are stories upon your stories, about the sycamore tree. The sycamore is from the fig family and some say the fig was the fruit that the devil used to deceive Eve. They also say the large fig leaves were what they tied together to hide their nakedness from Yahuah.
THEREFORE WE HAVE AN ASSOCIATION OF THE SYCAMORE WITH SIN !
In the time of King David the sycamore was a highly prized fruit and David appointed a group of gardeners to tend the sycamore trees. The fruit from the sycamore was considered food for the poor. The fruit needed to be slashed to ripen and was only pollinated by a certain wasp, the sweet fig could be made into honey. They used to cross-pollinate by putting fruit branches into other trees and of course developed all sorts of varieties, many without fruit - some with inedible fruits and flowers. Israel and Egypt were covered in sycamores, Egypt had many religious ceremonies for every part of this tree and it was considered as sacred. Yahuah destroyed most of the sycamores with hail in Egypt's judgement with Moses.
The Sycamore ended up all over Europe, America, Africa and so on. In the U.K. it is considered a noxious weed and grows to 115ft tall. It goes to show that mixing genes eventually produces giants that are dangerous and a pest. Every year in Britain the trains are stopped on their tracks, in the fall, because of leaf-litter. Hardly anything can grow under them and many people are slipping and sliding because the leaves are so big and packed together.
They even say in Jericho that they maybe have the same tree that Zakkai climbed. Through this brief study we can see that the Sycamore is an unusual tree and when we watch Zakkai, we see that a prominent middle aged wealthy man would not be seen in public running, so this was an exception. Racing ahead to the Sycamore we can see that Sycamores are easy to climb but again this is not considered respectful behaviour for one such as Zakkai. At any rate it did all transpire and there he was hiding in the thick foliage just to see Yahusha like Adam and Eve hiding in the garden when they heard Yahuah coming.
Zakkai had no plan but felt quite safe in his hiding place, but Yahusha certainly did have a plan for Zakkai and walked right up to him and called him down. Being confronted with our deliverer certainly brings something out of us. Of course Zakkai confessed (all over the place) he and his household were delivered. There are many lessons in this study but we know that whoever Yahusha chooses as His Bride - they have a personal visitation from Him. The change then in their behaviour is remarkable, so much so, that they usually end up being hated by those who saw this happen. FUNNY THAT !
WHAT IS THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR YOU ??
By Chris Hilton . . .
