Spinning and Plying (In this story, which takes place in Bible times, the spinning is done an a spindle - a rod with a clay or wood disc. Later it was done on wheels, and today it is done on machines. But the process is exactly the same. Once spun, the thread is often plied together in two, three, four, or even more plies, depending on the planned use.):
Ecclesiastes 4:12; John 17:20,21
To ponder -- How much cloth, or even thread, could be made from just one fiber, or one whole plant?
Romans 12:10, 16; Colossians 3:12-14
Weaving:
Psalm 133:1; Ephesians 4:1-6, 13
To ponder -- Whose hands are you allowing to weave the destiny of your life?
Washing (In the case of linen, washing not only cleans, but softens as well.):
Psalm 51:2, 7; Acts 22:16
To ponder -- Can one wash oneself?
Jeremiah 2:22 (Nitre or niter is a native soda in Egypt and Israel, used for washing cloth.)
What does Revelation 22:14 mean? (Check several Bible versions.)
Whitening:
Isaiah 1:18; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 13:43; Revelation 3:4, 5, 18; Mark 9:2, 3
Miscellaneous thoughts:
Did Lina recognize, even in the end, the full awesomeness of her destiny?
Where does skill, even in homely arts like spinning and weaving, come from? Exodus 35:35
Look up "linen" in a concordance and make a list of all you can find who wear fine linen. Especially notice Revelation 19:8, 14. Also note Isaiah 61:10, which does not actually mention linen by name. Are you on the list? If not, see Revelation 3:18.
The End
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Thursday, July 06, 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
Fine Linen, more Bible Study Passages
Drying:
Psalm 32:3-5
Have you ever felt abandoned by God and "hung out to dry"? Ask God to give you some insight into His purposes.
Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34
Breaking (a process in which flax is beaten and broken from one end to the other. This loosens the tough inner and outer woody parts, but does not damage the fibers):
Isaiah 8:9
Does this happen only to wicked or rebellious people?
Job 9:17, 12:14; 16:14; Psalm 31:12
When the breaking process seems to go on forever, without purpose, is there any comfort to be found?
Job 5:18; Isaiah 30:26; 54:16, 17; Hosea 6:1
Scutching (a process in which the broken bits of woody fiber, called "shives," are scraped and beaten away, freeing the silky inner fibers):
Romans 7:24; I Corinthians 15:36, 37
To ponder -- if we are sinners by nature, and sin becomes a part of us, then when God takes sin away, will it feel like a loss of our own being? But is it really?
Hackling (a process in which flax fibers are drawn through progressively finer teeth to separate the long, fine fibers - "line" - fromt the short, coarse fibers - "tow". Both are useful, but they go through different processing depending on what their purpose is to be):
Revelation 3:19; I Peter 4:12, 13; I Corinthians 12
To ponder -- Which is more valuable, fine linen cloth, or burlap sacking? Why?
More tomorrow. . .
Repairing the Breach,
Debbonnaire
Psalm 32:3-5
Have you ever felt abandoned by God and "hung out to dry"? Ask God to give you some insight into His purposes.
Psalm 22:1; Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34
Breaking (a process in which flax is beaten and broken from one end to the other. This loosens the tough inner and outer woody parts, but does not damage the fibers):
Isaiah 8:9
Does this happen only to wicked or rebellious people?
Job 9:17, 12:14; 16:14; Psalm 31:12
When the breaking process seems to go on forever, without purpose, is there any comfort to be found?
Job 5:18; Isaiah 30:26; 54:16, 17; Hosea 6:1
Scutching (a process in which the broken bits of woody fiber, called "shives," are scraped and beaten away, freeing the silky inner fibers):
Romans 7:24; I Corinthians 15:36, 37
To ponder -- if we are sinners by nature, and sin becomes a part of us, then when God takes sin away, will it feel like a loss of our own being? But is it really?
Hackling (a process in which flax fibers are drawn through progressively finer teeth to separate the long, fine fibers - "line" - fromt the short, coarse fibers - "tow". Both are useful, but they go through different processing depending on what their purpose is to be):
Revelation 3:19; I Peter 4:12, 13; I Corinthians 12
To ponder -- Which is more valuable, fine linen cloth, or burlap sacking? Why?
More tomorrow. . .
Repairing the Breach,
Debbonnaire
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Fine Linen Bible Study Passages
We can learn a lot from a flax plant, can't we? Using the stages of Lina's life and the following Bible passages, ask God what you can learn about your own development from something beautiful into something even more beautiful.
The Rumor:
I John 3:2; Ephesians 2:19-22
The Beginning (that seemed like the end):
Proverbs 14:12; 16:25
To ponder -- If what seems like the right way to us is really death, is it possible that what seems like death to us can be the right way?
Matthew 19:39
The theft of the seed head:
Mark 4:29; John 4:36
(What Lina didn't know is that those seds were harvested and made into flaxseed oil, which then blessed many people in many ways.)
Look up "fruit" in a concordance and study as many references as appeal to you. Especially notice John 12:24 and all of John 15.
To ponder -- When we bear fruit, is the fruit for our own use and enjoyment, or for others', or for both?
Retting (a process in which flax is soaked to soften and loosen its woody parts. Great care must be exercised to see to it that the plant is softened enough to work, but not enough to rot.):
Isaiah 8:5-8 Have you had an experience like this? Did you think you would drown?
Isaiah 40:12, first part; 43:1, 2
More tomorrow. . .
Repairing the Breach,
Debbonnaire
The Rumor:
I John 3:2; Ephesians 2:19-22
The Beginning (that seemed like the end):
Proverbs 14:12; 16:25
To ponder -- If what seems like the right way to us is really death, is it possible that what seems like death to us can be the right way?
Matthew 19:39
The theft of the seed head:
Mark 4:29; John 4:36
(What Lina didn't know is that those seds were harvested and made into flaxseed oil, which then blessed many people in many ways.)
Look up "fruit" in a concordance and study as many references as appeal to you. Especially notice John 12:24 and all of John 15.
To ponder -- When we bear fruit, is the fruit for our own use and enjoyment, or for others', or for both?
Retting (a process in which flax is soaked to soften and loosen its woody parts. Great care must be exercised to see to it that the plant is softened enough to work, but not enough to rot.):
Isaiah 8:5-8 Have you had an experience like this? Did you think you would drown?
Isaiah 40:12, first part; 43:1, 2
More tomorrow. . .
Repairing the Breach,
Debbonnaire
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