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On Wings of Freedom

Not a house cat

When He spoke the most beautiful majestic cats were created.

If you're a cat lover you'll like this one. No matter if you have a house cat or an outdoor cat. They all remind us of the huge cats we see at the zoo's and rescues. I could never understand how someone could kill one so beautiful. Never in my lifetime would I ever think to do such a thing. Just to have a trophy on my wall or furry rug. Some use their parts for medicine. I just can't think of how so many people can destroy something so amazing.

We have community cats. You might be wondering what a community cat is. Well, they are stray cats that someone is responsible to care for their needs, such as food, water and shelter.  In the city where I live, they are humanely caught, spayed or neutered and while asleep they snip a little piece of their ear off. So, if anyone of those cats are caught in a cage, we are supposed to let them go. Even Homeless people deserve a pet just as much as anyone of us.

There is an awesome rescue in the city by us, called (Big Cat Rescue) you can get pretty close but not as close as we will be able to get to those awesome cats on the new earth. I love animals and gardening. Imagine hanging out in your yard gardening having your cat laying in the grass next to you but instead of our little domestic cats it will be a big cat!

It's hard to wrap your mind around, but it's true. It's going to be awesome. Just think how you play with and love your domestic cat. The big cats on the new earth will be just like that and they won't hurt you or want to eat you! I think it’s going to be pretty amazing to be able to be right there petting them, walking with them, and you could even lay down and take a nap and use them as a big fluffy pillow. A big cat like a lion, leopard, panther, bobcat any kind of those big cats. I'm not exactly sure how many of the different kinds of big cats will be there but I know there will be some. I can’t wait to find out.

Song of Solomon 4:8 NKJV 

8. Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions’ dens, From the mountains of the leopards. 

Isaiah 11:6 NKJV 

6. “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard shall lie down with the young goat, The calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little child shall lead them. 

Isaiah 11:7 NKJV 

7. The cow and the bear shall graze; Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 

Jeremiah 13:23 NKJV 

23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil. 

Daniel 6:22 NKJV 

22. My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.” 

Habakkuk 1:8 NKJV 

8. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, And more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; Their cavalry comes from afar; They fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. 

1 Peter 5:8 NKJV 

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

Hebrews 11:33 NKJV 

33. who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 

A Soldier's Wife (Video)

Isaiah 53:3-7 (NLT)

3. He was despised and rejected—    
     a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
    He was despised, and we did not care.

4. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
    it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
    a punishment for his own sins!

5. But he was pierced for our rebellion,
    crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
    He was whipped so we could be healed.

6. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
    We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on Him
    the sins of us all.

7. He was oppressed and treated harshly,
    yet He never said a word.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
    And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
    He did not open his mouth.

Purple Mountains

  

    

When He spoke the tallest mountain peaks were formed on the earth.

I happened to watch a movie called “Everest” recently and it made me think of how insanely crazy the people are to put their bodies through all that pain and suffering to get to the top of a mountain to see more mountains in every direction. But when you see what they see from the top of those peaks you can almost understand why they climb as high as they can no matter what the cost. For some that will be the last view they will ever see. You wonder if they think it was worth it all, to die for it.

I am so grateful for the film crews that bring the beauty of all those mountains to us by using drones, helicopters and even hot air balloons with cameras attached to them to capture nature in its truest form, all the wonder and beauty they processes.

There is a song that most people especially younger people have never heard or they don’t think about it much anymore. It has a line in it talking about, “Purple Mountain Majesties.” It’s called “America, the Beautiful” Back to my original thought, I am in awe at the photos and documentaries I see of all the amazing mountains around the world. I found that BBC America has a documentary just on mountains. All you need to do is click on the link below and it will take you to BBC America. I want to leave you with this one thought. How could mountains be so different in their part of the world unless God created them just for us to gaze at the wonder of it all. 

                        Planet-Earth: Season-1 / Episode 2- Mountains    

Genesis 7:10 (NKJV)
10. And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth.

Genesis 8:4 (NKJV)
4. Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Numbers 13:17 (NKJV)
17. Then Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, “Go up this way into the South, and go up to the mountains,

Joshua 11:21 (NKJV)
21. And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

I Kings 19:11 (NKJV)
11. Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;

II Chronicles 2:2 (NKJV)
2. Solomon selected seventy thousand men to bear burdens, eighty thousand to quarry stone in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred to oversee them.

Psalm 68:15 (NKJV)
15. A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

Matthew 17:1 (NKJV)
17. Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves;

Luke 4:5 (NKJV)
5. Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.    

  20 Tallest Mountains in the World

Jesus Will Still Be There (Video)

When things are difficult and you think it's not worth it anymore

and you want to give up or end it. Jesus is saying you are worth

everything to Him. Jesus is there for anything you might feel is too

big to handle on your own. He is always right there just waiting for

you to ask for help. Call out His name and He will answer.

An Invitation

Lizard and the Mouse

When He spoke reptiles and small animals of all types were created.

I thought this might be interesting to you who are Lizard and reptile lovers. And even if you don’t like them you might be surprised like I was when I was reading to find that they are talked about by name in the Bible. As far as I can tell this is the only place I have found them mentioned this way. God even talked about the mole and mouse as well.

I find it fascinating that they were named thousands of years ago and that is what we still call them. It’s funny in a way that they aren’t talked about more often in the Bible. I’m sure that they were everywhere being in a warm desert area. I have to say my favorite is the gecko, we have plenty where I live. I especially like the suction cups on their feet and their big round eyes. Okay I have two favorites the other one is a chameleon. You don’t see them much anymore. I used to catch them just to watch how they could change color.

As I read this I was glad to hear that God was pretty much telling everyone not to eat them that they were not for food. Mostly what I want to say is it’s pretty awesome how God created the largest of the lizards (Alligator) to the smallest like we see in our gardens. They all are different and serves a purpose just like He created. So next time you are where these creeping critters live, really check the out. They are fun to watch, but be careful if you want to catch one, they have a strong jaw. I think God created some truly unique living creatures.

Leviticus 11:29-30 (NKJV)
29. These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind;
30. the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

Ancient Grains and Breads

When He spoke the plants of the field began to form their seeds.

I would like for you to think about all the different things we eat that are made from grains. There are so many items that we would not be able to list them all. Grains are one of the world’s largest food supplies. I could not imagine if we didn’t have just a few of the different types of grain we eat. The foods we buy would change dramatically.

There is a great story in the Bible about going through a famine. It is regarding a man named Joseph and how with God’s instruction saved many people by gathering up as much grain that was available to be stored because he knew a famine was coming to all the area. Because Joseph stored up all the grains, he was able to sell it to those who had none. You can find this story in the book of Genesis chapters 41-45.

I know that many areas are having fires, flooding and just no rain at all and it’s happening all over the world. These events can affect crops in many ways. Fires obviously burn the crops and too much water drowns them. Too little water and they don’t grow at all. However, God will see to it His children are taken care of by supplying their needs. I realize that there are those who believe their wants are a need and that is not the case. Needs are shelter, clothes, and food. Going back to God creating grains, grains were grown, harvested, bought, and sold just as it is today. That in turns gives people the means to buy what they need to live. Therefore, it is a circle that goes all the way around and meets right back to a field of grain. Without grains we would not have as many choices like we do now. 

Joshua 2:6 (NKJV)
6. But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.

Joshua 5:11 (NKJV)
11. And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day.

Judges 7:13 (NKJV)
13. And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.”

Ruth 1:22 (NKJV)
22. So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

Jeremiah 41:8 (NKJV)
8. But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.” So he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren.

Ezekiel 27:17 (NKJV)
17. Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm.

Matthew 12:1 (NKJV)

12. At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

Edible Seeds and Nuts

When He spoke the trees began to make their seeds for new seedlings.

I think that pistachios and almonds are one of God’s creations most people like to eat or use in other food such as baking recipes, on top of salads and ice cream, or just eating them by themselves. I was a little curious about how many different edible nuts there were in the world. And here’s a list that I was able to find, There seems to be 53 edible nuts that we know of. (List Located at Bottom of Page)

It’s amazing that the same nuts that were used thousands of years ago still have the same name. It’s obvious that they must be good for you as a healthy food. If we ate more things like this we may stay a little bit healthier.

There must have been a lot of trees that grew these two kinds of nuts. I was able to only find verses about pistachios and almonds but that does not mean their were not more types of nuts in other areas of the world. As the list above shows there are many nuts that can be eaten. For the purpose of this post the subject is about nuts that were talked about in the Bible. I do all I can to find scripture to show you that God created so many things, we just don’t think about them as being a creation.

I wonder how they used these two types of nuts. Maybe a King sitting lounging on some big pillows eating them from a bowl designed of gold. Or maybe someone just walking past a tree that has some ripe nuts and pulls a few off and cracks them open to eat as they walk. Use your imagination to see if you can come up with something similar. People are basically the same no matter what time period they lived in. We could eat healthier and just maybe live longer.

Genesis 43:11 (NKJV)
11. And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

Exodus 37:19-20 (NKJV)
19. There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
20. And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.

Numbers 17:8 (NKJV)
8. Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

Jeremiah 1:11 (NKJV)
11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

1. acorn

2. akee
3. almond
4. beechnut
5. betel
6. black walnuts
7. brazil nut
8. butternut
9. cacao
10. calabash
11. candlenut
12. cashew
13. chestnuts
14. chinese chestnut
15. clurbita ficifolia
16. coconut
17. colocynth
18. english walnut
19. filbert
20. genuip
21. gevuina awellana
22. ginkgo
23. guarana
24. hazelnut
25. hickory
26. horse-chesnut
27. Illipe
28. java
29. kola nut
30. lychee
31. macadamia
32. malabar chestnut
33. mamoncillo
34. mangosteens
35. maya nut
36. momgongo
37. monkey
38. nutmeg
39. oak acorns
40. ogbono nut
41. pandanus
42. paradise nut
43. peanut
44. pecan
45. pili nut
46. pine
47. pistachip
48. sandalwood
49. shagbark hickory
50. sunflower
51. sweet chestnut
52. sy
53. walnut