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The Olive Trees of Palestine

by: Edward Dillon - Americans for Middle East Understanding
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...they shall come streaming to the Lordís blessings: the grain, the wine, and the oil Jeremiah 31:12

You make...wine to cheer man's heart, oil, to make him glad, and bread to strengthen man's heart. Psalm 104: 14-15

Let's single out that phrase: "oil, to make him glad"

For starters, it is not a reference to black gold or Texas tea, the kind of oil that fuels our cars and our wars.

It refers to the fruit of the olive tree.

The gifts of the earth culminate in the grain, the wine, and the oil.

The people of the land would stream to Jerusalem during the three agricultural feasts: spring, summer, and fall.