OUR FATHER WHO FOREWARNS US OF COMING JUDGEMENTS

The book of Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 9 says this;

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

The prophet Ezekiel was instructed by God to enact a coming judgement of a siege on Jerusalem. He was to build a model of the city and construct model ramps and seigeworks against the model city.

He was then to lie down before the model of the besieged city for 390 days on one side to illustrate that he was carrying of the sins of Jerusalem. Each day that he lay there represented a year of sins committed by the city.

To prepare for this protracted illustration that would render Ezekiel immobile for more than a year, the Lord instructed Ezekiel to gather an array of grains and legumes and store them in a jar. For the duration of the object lesson, he was to draw from this reserve to make bread to eat.

The grains and legumes were;

• Wheat
• Barley
• Beans
• Lentils
• Millet
• Spelt

The wheat and barley are common grains used for making bread but the beans  and lentils added protein to the bread recipe and the millet and spelt added protein, fiber and anti-oxidants.

During the 390 days, Ezekiel was to measure out the quantity he would eat as a ration for each day along with a ration of water.

This was to represent the scarcity of food the inhabitants of Jerusalem would experience when they were carried off into captivity.

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