UNCOMMON SALT
Monday, February 18, 2019
From KJV Genesis
to James salt is mentioned 41 times in 35 verses. An interesting study for
those so inclined.
Though salt today
is considered a common thing, it was not always so. Using salt for the preservation
of food for off season provender was a major turning point in man’s history.
Not to mention what would tomatoes or French fries be sans salt?
Like oil today, there was an era when salt was
a major wealth producing commodity. It was even used for currency. In Jesus
time it was so with Roman soldiers sometimes paid with salt. The proverb of
slackers “Not being worth their salt.” is the product of such salaries; an adage
that Jesus stated after listing The Beatitudes for His followers: "You are
the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness
be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and
trampled under people's feet. (ESV Mt.5:13)
We will taste
salt yet again this day and consider our saltiness.
EBB4
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