While reading Ezekiel one of the Bus Riders, a recovering drug addict, spotted this use of hallucinatory drugs in the local pagan worship. We had never noticed it before, but there it was. Read the link below.
Grapes are rich in tannin. The young twigs next to the fruit contain tannin-generating chemicals which if sniffed can produce a drug-high. Over 2500 years ago men were subverting God’s plan by abusing the twig instead of waiting for the fruit to develop.
Ezekiel 8:16 - 18
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God of Is-ra-el said, "Look at those twenty-five, putting branch to the nose. Though they shout in my ear their requests I’ll not hear, while the khat renders them coma-tose". Ezekiel 8:16 - 17 |
Ezekiel 8: 16, 17 below ditto Ezekiel 8: 18 below ditto above Khat, twig, an hallucinogen. Ezekiel 8:18 |
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 | Today in Nairobi khat is called "qat" or "miraa". The fresh plucked green twigs from the grapevine and similar plants are chewed or sniffed to produce a drug high. Since the chemicals that cause the high lose their potency rapidly after picking, freshness is much to be desired. We are guessing the vineyard workers could make a killing while ruining a lot of their boss’s vines. Today we, as workers in God’s vineyard, cooperate in its proper use as directed by the True Vine, the Lord Jesus Christ. Read the two links below. Think about verse 16, "-about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east." With their backs to God’s temple, facing the Kidron Valley vineyards, they demonstarted their preference for drugs. Isaiah 5:4 - 5 John 15:1 |
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