And there will be
goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and
sustenance for your maidens. Proverbs 27:27 NASB
I love
goats’ milk cheese. It is tangy and tasty on a salad or even on pizza. Now my
mouth is watering, wanting a taste of good goat cheese. Goats have a reputation
for eating everything in sight, but actually they will not eat inedible
material like tin cans. Goats are raised in countries around the world. In
reviewing various websites with goat production statistics it was interesting
to note that China is the country with the most goats, although apparently they
use the animals for meat more than for milk production. Bangladesh produces the
most goats’ milk for any one country. Since goats’ milk is similar to cows’
milk in lactose (sugar) it is unfortunately not valued as a replacement for
those who are lactose intolerant. So although I’d rather have a cheese and milk
that is good for the lactose intolerant, the goats’ milk cheese still is tasty.
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| Sheep in Israel. |
In the
Proverbs 27:23-27 passage Solomon talks about paying attention to knowing and
raising flocks of sheep and goats. They are valuable animals that will provide
the shepherd’s family and household with milk, food and monetary income. God
provides.
Sheep
and goats are symbolic of the righteous and the unrighteous people that God
deals with in the end times. See Matthew 25:32-34, 41. “All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them
from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He
will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. Then the King will
say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world’” “Then He will also
say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire
which has been prepared for the devil and his angels’…” I want to be among the sheep when the Lord
calls us to Heaven. How about you? Will we have goat’s milk cheese in Heaven?
God is so creative that we can be sure that whatever He serves, it will be
exemplary.
Prayer
~ Lord, as shepherd of the human sheep and goats please guide
and direct our paths that we would be pleasing to you. Thank you for providing
all that we need.
(From May 19,
2012 Banquet With The King
blog.)
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 19-21
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scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
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