Before the tabernacle/temple was even built, we have another scriptural reference to an almond tree with the staff of Aaron who would be chosen as high priest.
Aaron's staff was used against the magical forces of the Egyptians when YHWH demanded that Pharaoh let His people go.
His staff was used to show whom YHWH chose to be high priest.
Numbers 17:5-8(5) And it will happen, the man whom I will choose, his staff will blossom, and so I will rid from upon myself the grumblings of the Israelites, who are grumbling against you."(6) Moses spoke to the Israelites, and all their leaders gave him a staff for each leader, one from each of their families, twelve staffs, and the staff of Aaron was in the midst of their tribes.(7) And Moses put the staffs before Yahweh in the tent of testimony.(8) Then the next day, Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed and put forth a flower and produced blossoms, and it produced almonds.
Not only was it fashioned after a delightful and fruitful tree, but it also provided light to
see/watch by, as oil was poured into the 7 bowls atop each branch.
Why 7 branches with 7 lamps burning?
The ancients believed there were 7 chief holy angels of YHWH, the spirit beings before the throne of YHWH
Almonds, the fruit of the gospel or evidence God not seen spoke . It is also used in Jerimiah teaching Jerimiah a new prophet how to "walk by faith" or understand the unseen things of God hid in parables" The Holy Spirit said to him putting His words on Jerimiah's mouth . . . .to see if Jerimiah was watching looking to the unseen understanding .
The believers are considered watchers yoked with Christ. In order to do that we need all of the light represented by seven , the perfect of complete
The prophet is God's watchman .
Remember God is Light as his very essence and not that he can only create it .He is the light of seven candles sticks that works from within freeing us from this dimness .
Isaiah 29:18 On that day: The deaf will hear the words of a scroll and,
freed from
dimness and
darkness, the eyes of the
blind will see.
God creating a prophet
Jerimiah1: 9-12 Then the Lord stretched out his hand,touched my mouth, and said to me, “I’m putting
my words in
your mouth.
This very day
I appoint you over nations and empires, to dig up and pull down, to destroy and demolish, to build and plant.” The Lord asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”I said, “A branch of an almond tree.”The Lord then said, “You are right, for
I’m watching over[ my
word until it is fulfilled.”
A similar demonstration or parable is revealed with the apostle/prophet Moses .
A sign against un-believers (darkness no light of the gospel ).
Exodus 4 ;1-9 Common English Bible "Signs of power" Then Moses replied, “But what if they don’t believe me or pay attention to me? They might say to me, ‘The Lord didn’t appear to you!’” The Lord said to him, “What’s that in your hand?”Moses replied, “
A shepherd’s rod.” The Lord said, “Throw it down on the ground.” So Moses threw it on the ground, and it turned
into a snake. Moses jumped back from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out and grab the snake by the tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and
it turned back into a rod in his hand. “Do this so that
they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors, Abraham’s God, Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God has in fact appeared to you.” Again, the Lord said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your coat.” So Moses put his hand inside his coat.
When he took his hand out, his hand had a skin disease flaky like snow.( Leporacy death) Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your coat.” So Moses put his hand back inside his coat. When he took it back out again,
the skin of his hand had returned to normal. “If they won’t believe you or pay attention to the
first sign, they may believe the second sign. If they won’t believe even these two signs or pay attention to you, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on dry ground. The water that you take from the Nile will turn into blood on the dry ground.”
The third sign three denoting the end of a matter. Three signs to wonder after. Believer the watchers have prophecy . . no signs needed to wonder after .
