Six Notes Blog
Welcome to our Six Notes Blog. This is a place we’ll dive deeper into scripture and find guided prayers. We’ve put together spotify playlists, screensavers, and images to inspire and encourage. You can also find bible verses to reflect on, memorize and save. Our goal is to constantly connect right here with ways to deepen your faith and walk with Jesus.
There are many ways to connect with the Lord, get creative! God doesn’t care HOW you do it; He just desires you.
Isaiah 53 Explained
Isaiah was a prophet 700+ years before the birth of Jesus. Isaiah 53 tells of Jesus’ death. A death that hasn’t even been “invented.” To die on a cross, didn’t even exist in Isaiah’s time. Yet, Isaiah 53 gives us an extremely detailed account of his death and in every aspect of his death. He shows us the Messiah was to be a Suffering Servant. The idea that the Messiah would suffer was extremely foreign to the Jewish people. They saw the messiah as a conquering hero. In fact, Isaiah starts out verse 1 by essentially saying, “you’re not going to believe this...”
Meaning of Winnowing, Winnowing Fork, Threshing Floor
When reading the Bible we often come across words, tools, or phrases that do not make sense to us in today’s world. For example: winnowing, winnowing fork or chaff. What is a threshing floor?
These terms are often used but not always as a picture of God’s judgment. It is a visual that the Jewish people understood very well but is foreign to us today.
Meaning of the Hyssop Branch
The Hyssop was an herb in the Mediterranean region. It grows about 1.5 feet tall with summer blooms in different colors such as violet, red and white. It was known for its flavoring and medicinal properties for both physical and topical, most often used for skin balm. We read about the Hyssop branch several times in the Old and New Testaments often when it comes to the process of being cleansed often when speaking about leprosy. Both Leviticus 14 and later in Numbers give instruction to lepers to use Hyssop for both the cleansing of their bodies and of their homes.
The Meaning of the Palm Branch
The Palm Branch was an emblem of Palestine and a symbol of Jewish nationalism since the time of the Maccabees which we’ll learn about later. The Roman and Greek Phoenicia even called Palestine the “land of the Palms”. They were a sign of splendor with the stem rising to 40 or 50 feet and at times even up to 80 feet. It’s only branches are the feathery, pale green fronds that measure 6-12 feet long, bending from the top. The Palms attract eyes wherever they are seen.
Bulrush in the Bible
The Bulrush a beautiful symbol of trust and faith in the Bible. The Bulrush was abundant in the land of Egypt found in the wetlands, specifically the shallow waters of the banks. They were very large, 12-15’ tall with stalks 2-3” in diameter. Many times the bulrush was called a reed or papyrus (for its later use of paper.) They also used parts of the bulrush for food from the root and for garments and shoes from the stalk because of how fibrous it was.
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Pray this prayer before you begin. Yearn to study Him, getting to know Him verses what’s in it for us.
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When life is a little dry and mundance, when we need a little inner motivation, when we just need something to pull us out of this rutt… prayer this prayer and rest in His goodness.
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pray one of our favorite bible verses
resources
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Tessa Afshar, Connilyn Cossette, and Francine Rivers.
Some of the deepest moments of my faith journey has been picking up a good read and letting the charcters inspire me. Christian Fiction or better yet Biblical fiction has a way of opening up our mind into what life MAY have been like back then.
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These are two main resources that I love to go to when trying to dive deeper into a passage or theme in the bible.
Blue Letter Bible - Commentator David Guzik
The Bible Project
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Find a list of our personal book recommendations for kids and adults in both fiction and non-fiction.