Parables Illustrated by Plants

More parables in the Old and New Testaments were illustrated by plants than other phenomenon.
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The myrtle flower illustrates a parable from the Old Testament prophets of securing God's justice for Israel.
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Caraway and cumin were two herbs identified in the Parable (poem) of the Plowman (Isaiah 5:1-6). This plant is caraway (Carum carvi).
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Barley (Hordeum vulgare)photographed in the Jerusalem Botanical Garden. The parable of the plowman recorded contrasted barley and cumin (Isaiah 28:24-29)
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The parable of the vineyard (Psalm 80:8-13, Isaiah 6:1-6) was about a vineyard that no longer produced grapes (Vitis vineifera).
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The thorn tree of Jotham (Judges 9) is probably the Ziziphus spina-christi. Jotham's parable is about a good-for-nothing tree.
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The fig tree was first identified in Genesis. Figs were used by Jeremiah (chapter 24) in a Parable of good and bad baskets of figs.
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This photograph of a young cedar (Cedrus libani) was taken in Israel. The Northern Kingdom King Jehoash identified his kingdom with the cedar and Judah with a thistle.
Grass of field (1 Peter 23-26). This sheep fescue (Festuca ovina var. glauca) originated in Asia Minor and eastern Europe. Perennial, blue tinge.
Hosea (14:8) wrote a parable of God as an evergreen tree. The most appropriate tree is the cypress tree (Cupressus sempervirens).
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In the parable of famine bread (Ezekiel chapter 4), one ingredient in famine bread was the bean (Vicia faba).
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The parable of the wild olive tree (Elaeagnus angistifolia) was told by Paul (Romans 11:16-24). It describes how Gentiles were ingrafted into God's love.
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The myrtle tree (Myrtus communis) was included in a parable by Zechariah (1:8-13). The flower is the logo for my ministry.
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The black mulberry tree begins with white, then, red, finally ending with black fruit. Jesus said (Luke 17:6) we can move a mulberry tree with enough faith.
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The buckthorn (Rhamnus lycioides) is a thorn that grew in thorn-infested Land. The writer of Hebrews (6:7-8) told this parable.