'Before His Manger,' Chapter 47: Message for a princess in Israel
In Chapter 46, Zacharias was visited by a heavenly messenger. He learned that two history-making sons of Israel would soon be born. He and Elisabeth would be the parents of one of these sons. The other son would be the Messiah. Chapter 47 begins at the time of year we would call late June, and then moves into early July. It is about nine months before the Birth.
Chapter 47 — Message for a princess In Israel
Ehud, a 17-year-old who was no small person and had very large feet, could squash a lot of grapes in a short amount of time. And he could think about other things while he did this all day long. He lifted the knees high sometimes and kept them low at other times, constantly changed locations in the stone pressing basin, hollowed out of stone generations before. All this was instinctive to him. Thought was not even needed to make the occasional pass around the perimeter, pressing the fruit that had oozed to the side in order to escape him.
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beautifully done, thank you
hbeckett | Nov. 13, 2009 at 10:51 a.m.
Here we go again.
Anonymous | Nov. 13, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.
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