agree, the parable of the wheat and the tares explains a lot! I've noticed that George Washington & Thomas Jefferson also referred to it, and that's why it's so important to study history.
I was a teacher too, know what you're talking about. and it's interesting when you look to see where they are as adults/many with criminal records:(
some links related to the parable, SO much information at the Mount Vernon website.
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/bible/
"Washington routinely incorporated familiar biblical idioms into his working vocabulary, including: "forbidden fruit" (Genesis 3),3 “fat of the land" (Genesis 45:18),4 "seven times seven years" (Leviticus 25:8),5 "thorn in our side" (Numbers 33:55; Judges 2:3),6 "first fruit" (Deuteronomy 26:2),7 "sleep with my Fathers" (Deuteronomy 31:16; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 1:21),8 "neither sleep nor slumber" (Psalm 121:4; Isaiah 5:27),9 "all the days of your life" (Psalm 23:6),10 "like sheep, to the Slaughter" (Psalm 44:22; Acts 8:32; Romans 8:36),11 "engraved on every man's heart" (see Jeremiah 17:1; Romans 2:15),12 "seperating [sic] the Wheat from the Tares" (Matthew 13:25ff),13 "a millstone hung to your neck" (Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2);14 "wars and rumors of wars" (Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7),15 "good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21, 23),16 and "take up my bed and walk." (Mark 2:9; John 5:8-12).17"
George Washington was a farmer...there's a farmer in the parable. GW also had a special 16 sided barn for the wheat.
where they separated it from the straw...🤔
https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/wheat-treading-demonstration/
also forgot to mention, many of the verses mentioned above are from the section
of the Bible referred to as the Q-Source AKA The Sayings Gospel of Jesus.
agree, the parable of the wheat and the tares explains a lot! I've noticed that George Washington & Thomas Jefferson also referred to it, and that's why it's so important to study history.
I was a teacher too, know what you're talking about. and it's interesting when you look to see where they are as adults/many with criminal records:(
some links related to the parable, SO much information at the Mount Vernon website.
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/bible/
"Washington routinely incorporated familiar biblical idioms into his working vocabulary, including: "forbidden fruit" (Genesis 3),3 “fat of the land" (Genesis 45:18),4 "seven times seven years" (Leviticus 25:8),5 "thorn in our side" (Numbers 33:55; Judges 2:3),6 "first fruit" (Deuteronomy 26:2),7 "sleep with my Fathers" (Deuteronomy 31:16; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 1:21),8 "neither sleep nor slumber" (Psalm 121:4; Isaiah 5:27),9 "all the days of your life" (Psalm 23:6),10 "like sheep, to the Slaughter" (Psalm 44:22; Acts 8:32; Romans 8:36),11 "engraved on every man's heart" (see Jeremiah 17:1; Romans 2:15),12 "seperating [sic] the Wheat from the Tares" (Matthew 13:25ff),13 "a millstone hung to your neck" (Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2);14 "wars and rumors of wars" (Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7),15 "good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21, 23),16 and "take up my bed and walk." (Mark 2:9; John 5:8-12).17"
George Washington was a farmer...there's a farmer in the parable. GW also had a special 16 sided barn for the wheat.
where they separated it from the straw...🤔
https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/wheat-treading-demonstration/
also forgot to mention, many of the verses mentioned about are from the section
of the Bible referred to as the Q-Source AKA The Sayings Gospel of Jesus.
agree, the parable of the wheat and the tares explains a lot! I've noticed that George Washington & Thomas Jefferson also referred to it, and that's why it's so important to study history.
I was a teacher too, know what you're talking about. and it's interesting when you look to see where they are as adults/many with criminal records:(
some links related to the parable, SO much information at the Mount Vernon website.
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/bible/
"Washington routinely incorporated familiar biblical idioms into his working vocabulary, including: "forbidden fruit" (Genesis 3),3 “fat of the land" (Genesis 45:18),4 "seven times seven years" (Leviticus 25:8),5 "thorn in our side" (Numbers 33:55; Judges 2:3),6 "first fruit" (Deuteronomy 26:2),7 "sleep with my Fathers" (Deuteronomy 31:16; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 1:21),8 "neither sleep nor slumber" (Psalm 121:4; Isaiah 5:27),9 "all the days of your life" (Psalm 23:6),10 "like sheep, to the Slaughter" (Psalm 44:22; Acts 8:32; Romans 8:36),11 "engraved on every man's heart" (see Jeremiah 17:1; Romans 2:15),12 "seperating [sic] the Wheat from the Tares" (Matthew 13:25ff),13 "a millstone hung to your neck" (Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2);14 "wars and rumors of wars" (Matthew 24:6; Mark 13:7),15 "good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21, 23),16 and "take up my bed and walk." (Mark 2:9; John 5:8-12).17"
George Washington was a farmer...there's a farmer in the parable. GW also had a special 16 sided barn for the wheat.
where they separated it from the straw...🤔
https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/events/wheat-treading-demonstration/