Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”
2 Kings 20:7
Why figs? It looks like medical intervention and Isaiah even attributes the healing to the figs. Isaiah's prophecies were sometimes of a very practical nature, and God often responds to our foolishness by ensuring that we suffer the natural consequences without divine rescue.
Figs are symbolic of fruitfulness, which Hezekiah had not been. He did not have an heir yet, which threatened the entire lineage of David because the previous generation had been wiped out by wicked people.
The flowers are on the inside of the fruit. Tiny fig wasps enter the fruit to lay eggs and often die inside the fruit. Their bodies are dissolved by enzymes in the fruit, but this is a picture of how fruitfulness often requires conflict, uncleanness, and interaction with things that appear to be forbidden.
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WORD FOR TODAY “are you ready”: Rom 14:12 So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 20:20 He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness.
Ask the LORD how you can serve HIM better
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I read a small sign while in an office yesterday “You will never achieve greatness while you are in your comfort zone.” I’ve spoken before about how our Creator never leaves us in our comfort zone but have not given the definition of the Hebrew word used for comfort or comfortable which is a place of rest. So the sign was right, you will never achieve greatness while resting.
Thought for Today: Friday November 07
At times, we may think of ourselves as morally good and decent; we are content that “we are not like other people”. But compared to YHVH’s purity, we are defiled and filthy. In spite of our sins and uncleanness, YHVH still loves us. And because He loves us, He decided to provide for us a purity we could never attain on our own… Thank YHVH today that you are now “whiter than snow”, because “you were washed… in the Name of King Yeshua and by the Spirit of our Elohiym” {1 Corinthians 6:11}
2025:11:7
There are obviously wicked people in the world and you know what they will do if they are allowed to: they will poison people, they will corrupt your children, they will take control over your country and its institutions, they will commit acts of murder, terrorism, rape, riots. You know them, so you don't allow them.
Then there are negligent people who are wicked by enabling these wicked people. They include some politicians, teachers, doctors, business people, permissive parents and grandparents, etc. These are wicked by allowing and not preventing obvious wickedness.
Starting at 7 p.m. on 11/11/2025, First Fruits Ministries' worship leader Aidan Rose Manuse will direct our monthly Ladies Only Bible study, which is open exclusively to biologically born women seeking sisterly fellowship centered around the Word of God. Women are invited to register to join us on Zoom or join us in person at 60 Bailey Ave. in Manchester, NH, in the basement meeting room. Come with a positive and inquisitive attitude that is seeking a deeper relationship with Yeshua the Messiah and your sisters in the faith. All denominations of Christians, Jews, and others seeking the Truth are welcome to attend. This meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of every month. Come in person or join by registering on Zoom:
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