THE OLIVE TREE JACOB Chapters 5 and 6 1

ROSE BUD UNION

“ IT’S WILD! NO GOOD!” “If I need to, I will cultivate it!”

OLIVE TREES CAN LIVE THOUSANDS OF YEARS Ancient Tree In Apulia Region of Southern Italy

OLIVES REGENERATE EASILY

PROPAGATION  The olive is propagated in various ways, but cuttings or layers are generally preferred;  the tree roots easily in favourable soil and throws up suckers from the stump when cut down.  However, yields from trees grown from suckers or seeds are poor;  it must be budded or grafted on to other specimens to do well (Lovington A. & Parker E., Ancient Trees, 1999 p.114)

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 1 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 2 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 3 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 4 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 5 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

GRAFTING OLIVE TREES 6 Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees

PLANTING PRUNINGS  Branches of various thickness are cut into lengths of about 1 meter and when planted deeply in manured ground, soon vegetate;

ZENOS HAD IT RIGHT!!  Pruning preserves the flower- bearing shoots of the preceding year, while keeping the tree low enough to allow the easy gathering of the fruit.  The spaces between the trees are regularly fertilized.  The crop from old trees is sometimes enormous, but they seldom bear well two years in succession

ALLEGORY SYMBOLS SYMBOLINTERPRETATION VineyardThe world Master of the vineyardJesus Christ Tame olive tree The house of Israel, the Lord’s covenant people Wild olive tree Gentiles (people not born into the house of Israel) BranchesGroups of people Servants Prophets and others called to serve Fruit Lives or works of people

THE ALLEGORY IN SUMMARY WILD BRANCHES TAME TREE NETHERMOST PART OF THE VINEYARD

DIG, PRUNE, & NOURISH The master’s response to his corrupted vineyard tells us about the Lord’s feelings for His people? Jacob 5:41, 47  Jacob 5:4 “I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that … it perish not”  Jacob 5:7 “It grieveth me that I should lose this tree”  Jacob 5:33 “What shall we do unto the tree, that I may preserve again good fruit thereof unto mine own self?”  Jacob 5:60 “I may have joy again in the fruit of my vineyard”

THE LAST DAYS (US)  What did the master decide to do to save his corrupted vineyard? Jacob 5:49–54, 58, 62–64.  He decided to nourish and prune the vineyard once more and graft some of the transplanted branches back into the original tree. What does this final nourishing, pruning, and grafting represent?