Milk and Honey Things

 

Wattog here blogging about the things of God again, this time about milk and honey things.  Now I know you must be thinking I will be blogging about cows and bees and such, but such is not the case.  The milk and honey things I am blogging about is much different.  I’ve been digging around in the Bible again and the more I dig, the more I am beginning to discover that God, Who created the heavens, the earth, the seas and all things therein, is a visual God.  What do I mean by that?  Well, quite a while back, He promised this chap named Abraham and his family some . . . . . .land.  Land was a lot more important to folks back then.  Land was well. . .home!  God went a step further and said it would be a land flowing with milk and honey.  This is where God being a visual God comes in and also brings us immediately to our fascinating fact:

Fascinating Fact: Did you know that the phrase, Milk and honey, appears 20 times in the Old Testament, King James Version of Bible?

I think God used those 2 good things to refer to the land to help Abraham, and his family after him, better envision this good land of promise.  I tell you, there could be an entire blog about the goodness of milk and honey, but this is not that blog.  In short, honey has many good benefits. It is made from flower nectar and produced by bees to add sweetness to food or beverages.  Milk also has many good benefits.  It is produced by mothers to feed their children so they can grow up big and strong.  So when we think of milk, we think of growing and when we think of honey, we think of sweetness.  Two very good images.

So where do we first experience good things in our lives?  We should experience good things in our homes, but sadly some of us don’t.  Regardless, we all know that it is love that makes a house a home, and the Bible declares that God is love and I’m here to tell you that God loves us individually and God’s love is active.  The Bible describes God’s love in 1 Corinthians, chapter 13 and we see that God’s love is good.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. . . love will last forever! 1 Corinthians 13:4-8  (NLT Version)

Here are some other things that come to mind that makes a good home on this earth and correlates with the home we have in God because of our faith in His Son, Christ Jesus.

A good inheritance To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,1 Peter 1:4

Good food . . . thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 1 Timothy 4:6  

Good shelter For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. Psalms 61:3  

 

Good rest   Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  Matthew 11:29  

Good example He that saith he abideth in him [Christ] ought himself also so to walk, even as he [Christ] walked. 1 John 2:6  

Good inspiration, correction & instruction All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16 Good provision Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:31-33

Good fellowship But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John 1:7  

Now let’s look through the Bible at some more good things. Right after we read about all the good things God created, we read about a good boat, to those that found themselves in it that is.

The word came to Noah to build an ark.  The Bible says God saw the great wickedness of man and decided to destroy man from the face of the earth, but Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD and God told Noah how to build an ark to save his family, so Noah did all that God told him to do and when the flood came, Noah and his family survived it.

After the good boat, we  read about  good seed:

God told Abraham He would give him and his seed after him land for an everlasting possession and He would be their God. Genesis 17:8

We read about that good land promised to Abraham’s family line in many places throughout the Bible.  We read about it when God used Moses to deliver the children of Israel, who was Abraham’s family, out of the land of Egypt.  God told Moses;

I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; . .  . Exodus 3:8  

We read about the good law.  Moses gave the children of Israel, Abraham’s family, laws to live by, later in the New Testament, Paul referred to the law as:

Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Romans 7:12  

We read about good things being brought to King David and the people that were with him.

. . . Shobi . .  . brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse, And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.2Samuel 17:26-29

Here are some good things for the people of God I found in the Psalms and the Proverbs.

good courage Psalms 27:14

good understanding Psalms 111:10

good judgment Psalms 119:56

good path Proverbs 2:5

good blessing Proverbs 24:25

good things in possession Proverbs 28:10

good news As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Proverbs 25:25  

The New Testament is filled with good news for our thirsty souls, it is the good news or the gospel of Jesus Christ:    Paul wrote to Timothy:

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: 2 Timothy 1:9-10  

Jesus told of good things as He taught on the mountain, you can read about them in Matthew, chapter 5, but here they are, they are referred to as the Beatitudes.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

We see the following good things in the New Testament for those who have made Christ their home.

Good gifts from our Father in heaven    Matthew 7:11, James 1:17
Good cheer because our sins are forgiven Matthew 9:2
Good comfort because of faith given us to be made whole Matthew 9:22
Good cheer because Jesus Christ has overcome the world John 16:33
Good treasure to store up in our hearts Matthew 9:22
God’s good will toward us Luke 2:14
The good portion. . .the Word of God Luke 10:42
The Father’s good pleasure Luke 12:32
Jesus Christ, the good Shepherd Who gives His life for us   John 10:11
Good works from the Father John 10:32
Good hope through grace 2 Thessalonians 2:16
Paul seemed to use this word ‘good’ a lot when writing to Timothy;
Good conscience 1 Timothy 1:5
Good warfare 1 Timothy 1:18
Good fight of faith 1 Timothy 1:18
Good confession 1 Timothy 6:12
Good foundation against the time to come 1 Timothy 6:19
Good grace Hebrews 13:9
Good fruits James 3:17
Good days 1 Peter 3:10
Good stewardship 1 Peter 4:10
This world’s good 1 John 3:17
Good doctrine 1 Timothy 4:6

I would like to mention a couple of more things about this good doctrine if I may, because it brings us back to our milk and honey.

After teaching about good judgment, and how our Father in heaven gives good things to those that pray to Him and about the golden rule, you know, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, and about doing the Father’s will, and about how obeying God is like building our house upon a rock, I tell you, I could just repeat that phrase over and over again, so do forgive me if I repeat it in every blog!!! Remember Noah obeyed God and built the ark and saved his family in doing so. . .that’s kind of like building a house upon a rock!

The Bible also states that people were astonished at Christ’s doctrine, because He didn’t teach with mere words, there was power behind His Words.  Luke 4:32  It was a whole new way of living! Why even unclean spirits obeyed what Jesus said.  Mark 1:27

Paul wrote Timothy about the doctrine of Christ:

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:3-6
Paul also wrote Timothy that:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:    2 Timothy 3:16  

Peter wrote about the Word of God and we see milk again.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 1 Peter 2:2  

We read in Isaiah chapter 7 that the LORD told  Isaiah to meet with Ahaz and speak His Word to Him.  There is a lot to the message given to Ahaz that I will not go into in this blog, but here is the verse I think is quite extrodianary!

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. (v 11-15)

Now I don’t know really understand what that means but I think it interesting that butter and honey is mentioned here (butter is made out of milk). . .just an observation for us to consider.

An excerpt from the book, from the Heir series books, An Heir Wears.

Joseph forgave his brothers and realized how God indeed had turned their evil deed into something good.

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Genesis 50:20

Eventually the children of Israel end up as slaves in the land of Egypt.  The children of Israel are descendents of Jacob’s twelve sons.  God changed his name to Israel.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Genesis 32:28  

We know God chose Moses to deliver the children of Israel out of the land of bondage and bring them into the promise land.  We know that Moses gives the children of Israel the laws of God.  These laws are instructions in what is good and what is evil; what is clean and what is unclean; in physical and moral things.  You can read the entire chapter of Dueteronomy 28 to see some of the blessings and curses that came by obeying or not obeying all of God’s laws. 

Now in Christ Jesus, spiritual blessings come to us by our faith.  Christ came to this world to re-introduce and re-establish spiritual blessings. 

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All Scripture from KJV of the Holy Bible unless otherwise noted