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<p> Its foliage is the earliest mentioned (&nbsp;Genesis 8:11). Tradition from Noah's days has ever made it symbolize peace. It is the emblem of "fatness" in the oldest parable (&nbsp;Judges 9:8-9). [[Emblem]] of the godly (&nbsp;Psalms 52:5; &nbsp;Psalms 52:8), in spirit constantly dwelling "in the house of God"; in contrast to slave-like formalists now sojourning outwardly in it for a time, but not abiding ever (&nbsp;John 8:34-35; &nbsp;Psalms 15:1; &nbsp;Psalms 23:6; &nbsp;Psalms 27:4-5; &nbsp;Psalms 36:8); the wicked and antichrist shall be "rooted out of (God's) dwelling place," literally, 5 ( ''''''Ohel''''' ). The Septuagint, Chaldee, Vulgate, and Aben Ezra interpret ''''''Ohel''''' "the tabernacle" (&nbsp;2 Thessalonians 2:4; &nbsp;Daniel 11:44-45). The saint's children are "like olive plants round about his table" (&nbsp;Psalms 128:3). </p> <p> The old olive sends out young suckers which spring up round the parent tree, and which in after ages, when the parent's strength fails, shelter it on every side from the blast. It is the characteristic tree of [[Judea]] on Roman coins, &nbsp;Deuteronomy 8:8. [[Asher]] "dipped his foot in oil" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 33:24). Emblem of Judah's adoption of God by grace (&nbsp;Jeremiah 11:16; &nbsp;Romans 11:17), also of joy and prosperity. The [[Gentile]] church is the wild twig "engrafted contrary to nature" on the original [[Jewish]] olive stock; it marks supernatural virtue in the stock that it enables those wild by nature to bear good fruit; ordinarily it is only a superior scion that is grafted on an inferior. The two witnesses for God ''(Antitypes To [[Elijah]] And Moses, Zerubbabel And Joshua, The Civil Ruler And The Priest: '' &nbsp;Malachi 4:5-6 ''; '' &nbsp;Matthew 17:11 ''; '' &nbsp;Acts 3:21 ''; '' &nbsp;Judges 1:6 '')'' are "the two olive trees," channels of the oil ''(The Holy Spirit In Them)'' feeding the church (&nbsp;Revelation 11:3-4; &nbsp;Zechariah 4:11-12). </p> <p> The wood, fine grained, solid, and yellowish, was used for the '''''Cherubim''''' , doors, and posts (&nbsp;1 Kings 6:23; &nbsp;1 Kings 6:31-33). The tree was shaken to get the remnant left after the general gathering (by "beating," &nbsp;Deuteronomy 24:20), &nbsp;Isaiah 24:13; image of Israel's "remnant according to the election of grace." The least breeze makes the flowers fall; compare &nbsp;Job 15:33, "he shall cast off his flower as the olive," i.e. the least blast sweeps away in a moment the sinner's prosperity. The tree poetically is made to cast off its own blossom, to mark that the sinner brings on his own ruin (&nbsp;Isaiah 3:11; &nbsp;Jeremiah 6:19). It thrives best in a sunny position. A rocky calcareous subsoil suits it; compare "oil out of the flinty rock" (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 32:13). The trunk is knotty and gnarled, the bark smooth and ash colored. Its growth is slow, but it lives very long. The leaves are grey green, not deciduous, suggestive of tenacious strength. </p>

<p> '''Olive.''' The olive was among the most abundant and characteristic vegetation of Judea. The olive tree grows freely. Almost everywhere. On the shores of the Mediterranean, but it was peculiarly abundant in Palestine. ''See '' &nbsp;Deuteronomy 6:11 ''; '' &nbsp;Deuteronomy 8:8 ''; '' &nbsp;Deuteronomy 28:40 ''.'' Oliveyards are a matter of course in descriptions of the country like vines and cornfields. &nbsp;Judges 15:5; &nbsp;1 Samuel 8:14. The kings had very extensive ones. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 27:28 Even now, the olive is very abundant in the country. Almost every village has its olive grove. </p> <p> [[Certain]] districts may be specified, where, at various times, this tree been very luxuriant. The cultivation of the olive tree had the closest connection, with the domestic life of the [[Israelites]] &nbsp;2 Chronicles 2:10, their trade, &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:17; &nbsp;Hosea 12:1, and even their public ceremonies and religious worship. In Solomon's Temple, the cherubim were "of olive tree," &nbsp;1 Kings 6:23, as also the doors, &nbsp;1 Kings 6:31-32, and posts. &nbsp;1 Kings 6:33. For the various uses of olive oil ''See '' [[Oil]] ''.'' </p> <p> The wind was dreaded, by the cultivator of the olive, for the least ruffling of a breeze, is apt to cause the flowers to fall. &nbsp;Job 15:33. It is, needless to add that the locust was a formidable enemy of the olive. It happened, not unfrequently, that hopes were disappointed, and that "the labor of the olive failed." &nbsp;Habakkuk 3:17. </p> <p> As to the growth of the tree, it thrives best, in warm and sunny situations. It is of moderate height, with a knott, y gnarled trunk and a smooth, ash-colored bark. It grows slowly, but lives to an immense age. Its look is singularly indicative of tenacious vigor, and this is the force of what is said in [[Scripture]] of its "greenness, as emblematic of strength and prosperity. The leaves, too, are not deciduous. Those who see olives for the first time are occasionally disappointed by the dusty color of their foilage; but those who are familiar with them find an inexpressible charm, in the rippling changes of their slender gray-green leaves. (See Ruskin's "Stones of Venice," iii. 175-177). </p> <p> The olive furnishes the basis of one of Paul's allegories. &nbsp;Romans 11:16-25. The [[Gentiles]] are the "wild olive," grafted in upon the "good olive," to which once the [[Jews]] belonged, and with which, they may again be incorporated. </p> <p> (The olive grows from 20 to 40 feet high. In general appearance. It resembles the apple tree; in leaves and sterns, it resembles the willow. The flowers are white, and appear in June. The fruit is like a plum in shape and size, and at first, it is green, but gradually becomes purple, and even black, with a hard stony kernel, and is remarkable, from the outer fleshy part being that in which much oil is lodged, and not, as is usual, in the almond of the seed. </p> <p> The fruit ripens from August to September. It is sometimes eaten green, but its chief value is in its oil. The wood is hard, fine and beautifully veined, and is open used for cabinet work. Olive trees were so abundant in [[Galilee]] tha, t at the siege of [[Jotapata]] by Vespasian, the Roman army were driven from the ascent of the walls, by hot olive oil poured upon them, and scalding them underneath their armor. - Josephus, Wars, 3; 7:28. - Editor). </p>