Daily Devotional, Year 2- APRIL 2 (Honeybees & The Law)

By admin On January 21st, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 2- APRIL 2

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Honeybees & The Law

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“More to be desired are they (the Words of God) than gold,

yea, than much fine gold:

sweeter also than honey

and the honeycomb.”

Psalm 19:10

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Bee pollinating peach flower – fir0002 – flagstaffotos.com.au – for Wikimedia –

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The honeybee is just another remarkable creation of God!

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Not only does this busy little worker provide mankind with the wonderful gift of honey.

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But the honeybee is a marvelous teacher of wisdom, as it collects the nectar of every correct flower.

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Bee pollinating peach flower – fir0002 – flagstaffotos.com.au – for Wikimedia –

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LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

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The Bible speaks of the Kingdom of Heaven as, “a land flowing with milk and honey;” Exodus 3:8

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But when God speaks of honey, He has much more in mind than merely literal honey…

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Listen again… “My son, eat thou honey, because it is good;

and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul…”

Proverbs 24:13, 14 (Condensed)

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**So God here is connecting “the knowledge of wisdom” to “honey…and the honeycomb.”.**

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…AND THE HONEYCOMB

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A number of times, God compares His Word to honey and the honeycomb… “How sweet are Thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” Psalm 119:103

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Now isn’t it interesting that the honeycomb is made of a cluster of little six-sided pockets called, “cells”.

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What spiritual significance could there be in that?

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Bee Honeycomb – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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NATURE OUR TEACHER

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Now, the honeybee and its honeycomb present a very basic Bible principle, concerning Christians and God’s written Word.

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Oh yes, there is much wisdom in all of nature…

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Listen… “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;

and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee:

and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee…”

Job 12:7-10 (Condensed)

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Yes, as this above passage alludes, the whole earth and all its living creatures are to be our teachers.

They all have been created to be allegories of spiritual truths concerning the Gospel of Jesus Christ… “The heavens declare the glory of God” Psalm 19:1.

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Bee with Cross-Pollination on Dandelion – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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SIX: THE NUMBER OF MAN

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Now back to the honeycomb.

**Just as the little bee stores the sweet honey in this six-sided storehouse, called “the cell”, so too, the Christian is to gather sweet nectar from God’s Word, and store it up in our hearts.**

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And it is no accident that most honeycomb cells are six-sided.

**In the Bible, the number, “six”, represents, “man”…**

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Listen… “So God created man…And the evening and the morning were the SIXTH day.” Genesis 1:27, 31

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And so, each little six-sided cell represents a human…mankind.

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Honeycombs – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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BIBLE IN MY HEART

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And so, the bee storing its honey in this six-sided cell, is a marvelous picture of storing God’s Word in our human mind…

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“Thy word have I hid in mine heart,

that I might not sin against Thee (God).”

Psalm 119:11

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From this above verse, we might begin to see the comparison between the bee, hiding its honey in the little cell, and the Christian hiding the honey of God’s Word in our heart!

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What a wonderful metaphor God has given us!

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BUSY AS BEES!

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And so, as workers together, God doth beseech each of us to be busy as bees, collecting the sweet nectar of His Word, converting it into honey, to share with the world via our Christlike example!

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Bee – Western honey bee – Wikimedia – Share-alike LicenseRicks at the German language Wikipedia

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Give me a heart to search out the Bible, as one who seeks after hidden treasure! Fill my heart with the honey of Thy Word…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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REVELATION 12 WOMAN

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“And there appeared a great wonder (sign) in heaven; a woman…

And she being with child cried, travailing in birth,

and pained to be delivered.

And there appeared another wonder (sign) in heaven;

and behold a great red dragon…

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,

and did cast them to the earth…

And the woman fled into the wilderness…

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon…

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,

that she might fly into the wilderness…

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman,

that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood…”

Revelation 12: 1-4, 6, 7, 14, 15 (condensed)

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Star-chart – Ursa Major – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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WITNESSING IN TRIALS

The Woman with Eagle Wings appears to be casting seed as she goes.

This would be the precious seed of the Gospel.

Can you see the seeds coming from both her hands and feet?

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“He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalms 126:6.

She is casting the seed both from her left hand and from her left foot.

The left hand and left foot being the passive hand and foot, seems to symbolize that our most effective witness is when we’re not even aware that we are witnessing.

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TOMORROW…

” APRIL 3 (The City of Morality, Part 3: Satan’s Detours)”

Detour Sign – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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