Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

of Jabesh. Ezekiel witnessed that idol worshipers burned incense under thick oak trees (Ezek. 6:13). It seems the oak trees were an important symbol of a covenant made in the land of Israel. This may be due to the oak being a symbol of strength and endurance, since a covenant was to remain strong and endure from generation to generation. The tree as a living symbol of a covenant is important. The rod of Aaron, used to perform miracles in Pharaoh’s court, was cut from an almond tree (Exod. 7:12). This dead branch later produced leaves and almonds, a sign God had chosen Aaron and his sons for the priesthood (Num. 17:8). The bitter waters of Marah were sweetened when Moses threw the branch from a tree into the waters (Exod. 15:23–25). All of the imagery of ancient covenants being cut under trees, the use of a tree branch (rod) blossoming as signaling the priestly covenant, along with the tree branch making bitter waters sweet, is a preview of the tree on which the Messiah would suffer, initiating a new priesthood, and turning the bitter waters of life sweet through His suffering on the cross. Abraham’s Covenant Sealed by Blood God promised Abraham that his seed would create a new nation. But there was a problem—Abraham had no children because his wife, Sarah, was barren. At age seventy-five, he left Ur and journeyed to Canaan with his sixty-five-year-old wife, Sarah.9 It is interesting that God never revealed the visible sign or token of His covenant to Abraham until Abraham was ninety-nine years of age. The secret sign of the