Many people carry with them...
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Many people carry with them a mustard seed as we know them, a small light-colored
seed about the size of radish seed. If you handle seeds at all you know that there are seeds
much smaller than the radish. In fact the mustard seed Jesus referred to is not the one you
may see today sealed in a ball of plastic. The seed Jesus had in mind was a tiny black
seed half the size of the smallest seed you may have for your garden. According to
Google, the world's smallest seed is the epiphytic orchid. It weighs only 35 millionths of
an ounce.
The truth of Jesus' teaching fits. Today with Google at his disposal he might have said, "Today if you have faith even the size of an orchid seed, no more than a speck of dust, you can say to this mountain, move, and it will move."
In contrast, the world's largest seed is the seed of a palm of the South Pacific, known as the "nut of the sea" or coco de mer. Each seed weighs 45 pounds.
I believe Jesus would be using contemporary truths to bring us information from computers and other types of modern scientific insights.
The truth of Jesus' teaching fits. Today with Google at his disposal he might have said, "Today if you have faith even the size of an orchid seed, no more than a speck of dust, you can say to this mountain, move, and it will move."
In contrast, the world's largest seed is the seed of a palm of the South Pacific, known as the "nut of the sea" or coco de mer. Each seed weighs 45 pounds.
I believe Jesus would be using contemporary truths to bring us information from computers and other types of modern scientific insights.
