| The Old Testament scripture of Ezekiel 4:9 says, | | | | grains from antiquity served to protect against pests. |
| "take thou also unto thee wheat and barley, and | | | | when this protection was removed, the use of |
| beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put | | | | carcinogenic pesticides increased, demonstrating that |
| them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof...." | | | | one instance of interference with God's foods only |
| This scripture is an actual recipe for whole grain | | | | leads to a multitude of problems. The tough outer |
| bread that is still being made today and that has | | | | shell also served to preserve the nutrients inside of |
| even been marketed under the name of "Ezekiel | | | | the grain for very long periods of time. It's estimated |
| Bread" and sold in modern grocery stores. Obviously, | | | | that real grains stored in simple granaries, may be |
| the bread, in keeping with how bread was made in | | | | kept fresh for approximately two hundred years. |
| history, is whole grain. | | | | However, that time may be longer considering that |
| Most health conscious people believe they're doing | | | | wheat found in king Tutankhamen's tomb was |
| well when they include whole wheat in their diet. | | | | removed, planted, and sprouted. This is documented |
| Nevertheless, many end up disappointed when they | | | | by archaeologists and means that wheat more than |
| discover they don't tolerate it very well. Practically all | | | | three thousand years old germinated. |
| breads and pastas sold in the United States, whether | | | | When the scripture of Ezekiel 4:9 speaks of wheat |
| from white or whole wheat grain flour, are made | | | | as an ingredient to use in the making of bread; it is |
| from some form of wheat. Wheat is mentioned | | | | speaking of the wheat that God created, not man's |
| numerous times throughout the Bible as a good and | | | | botched "wheat". The Lord's wheat is perfect in |
| wholesome food and symbolizes things that God's | | | | nutrition, requires no need of pesticides, is tough |
| word labels as good. Why then is it causing so many | | | | enough to survive hundreds of years of storage, has |
| people serious health problems? The answer lies in | | | | a gluten that doesn't damage the body, has a flavor |
| the fact that modern wheat is not the same | | | | that is revered among great chefs, is hearty enough |
| substance as the wheat of which the scriptures | | | | to grow in poor soil, and that even grows wild to |
| speak. | | | | supply food for the nomads. |
| Archaeologists have discovered many different | | | | The hybridization of a plant or animal involves the |
| varieties of grains that are often generically referred | | | | mixing of two similar, but distinct animals or plants to |
| to as "wheat" in ancient manuscripts. These real | | | | create a new "variety" of that animal or plant. This is |
| grains (heirloom varieties) have not been hybridized | | | | how the modern wheat health danger has come into |
| or genetically modified by man in any way, unlike | | | | existence. Such a happening cannot help but cause |
| modern wheat. They are significantly higher in | | | | some to more closely consider not only the spiritual; |
| nutrients and contain a gluten that is unlike the gluten | | | | but also, the natural reasons why God said, in |
| that resulted from man's attempt to play God by | | | | Leviticus 19:19, "...thou shalt not let thy cattle gender |
| interfering with wheat's genetic make-up. Many | | | | with a diverse kind (crossbreed). Thou shalt not sow |
| people who are allergic to modern wheat are not at | | | | thy field with mingled seed (the mix of two different |
| all allergic to the real and original wheats that God | | | | kinds of seed growing together as one)." |
| created. There are also medically confirmed celiacs | | | | The Bible speaks on every aspect of life for all |
| who are able to consume the wheats from antiquity. | | | | nations for all generations as it's recorded in Psalm |
| What then are the varieties of real wheat? One | | | | 100:5 that, "...his truth endureth to all generations." |
| variety that is believed to have been a staple in | | | | The modern world may appear to offer new things |
| ancient Egypt is known as kamut (kah-moot). It is | | | | and face new ideas, but whatever the activities may |
| usually sold only in health food stores or in the health | | | | be, they are motivated by the very same mindsets |
| food section of major grocery stores. It can be used | | | | that have existed since the dawn of civilization. For |
| to make breads, pastas, pastries, pancakes, and a | | | | example, whether it's a question of a genetic |
| variety of other dishes. It is considerably lighter and | | | | engineer tampering with genetic code in a laboratory |
| fluffier than the unnatural modern wheat of today. | | | | or of an ancient shepherd tampering with the genetic |
| Another ancient wheat grain that is believed to have | | | | code of animals in the field by crossbreeding them; it |
| been extensively cultivated in Mesopotamia is known | | | | amounts to the same thing. |
| as "spelt". Again, it's much lighter than modern wheat, | | | | This is why Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, "the thing that hath |
| is considerably richer in nutrients, and usually tolerated | | | | been, it is that which shall be. And that which is done |
| very well by those with wheat allergies. It may be | | | | is that which shall be done; and there is no new thing |
| found in health food stores or sections of the | | | | under the sun. Is there any ting whereof it may be |
| average grocery store. | | | | said, see, this is new? It hath been already of old |
| Other real grains include, but are not limited to: | | | | time which was before us". |
| einkorn (difficult to locate), emmer, sorghum, millet, | | | | The laws, commandments, statutes and precepts |
| quinoa, and amaranth. All of these grains have been | | | | that God gave were for the protection of his people. |
| around since antiquity and nourished the people of old | | | | However, many choose to view these laws that |
| including the servants of God who often lived well | | | | they don't understand as nothing but a ridiculously |
| past one hundred years. | | | | stern rule over people. Little children rarely fully |
| What motivated the "creation" of modern wheat? | | | | understand why they can't do something or why |
| Spelt, an ancient grain that was once grown in this | | | | they must do another thing. Nevertheless, they |
| country, like many of the other real grains, takes a | | | | should obey and one day they will understand and be |
| little longer to grow and is more difficult to process | | | | thankful for parents who cared enough to prohibit |
| due to its extremely tough outer shell. Therefore, | | | | them from doing anything their childish and |
| man, in his impatience and greed for riches, decided | | | | mischievous mind fabricated. On a higher and spiritual |
| he would make his own wheat, customized to his | | | | level, a similar parental control is in effect with God. Is |
| specifications. Someone once compared such an | | | | it the Lord's commandments that are distasteful or |
| attitude to that of the fictitious mad creator of | | | | the reality of his supreme and perpetual sovereignty? |
| Frankenstein who ended up with a monster. Modern | | | | Change in anything major is often slow and |
| wheat is now suspected of being a contributor to a | | | | worrisome but not impossible. Ultimately, it is the |
| host of diseases and ailments, including cancer. Should | | | | consumers who fill the pockets of those who |
| it really be referred to as a relative of ancient wheat, | | | | produce tainted, altered, dangerous, and freakish |
| or as a monster food whose man-made gluten has | | | | foods. Grocers and restaurant owners are now being |
| and continues to cause damage? Although some | | | | compelled to hear the demands of informed |
| celiacs cannot tolerate any gluten at all, not even that | | | | consumers who want and need to return to the |
| of the ancient grains, one has to question if they | | | | wholesome, life-giving foods that God gave in |
| would have ever had such a problem had they never | | | | abundance. Every request to the heads of grocery |
| consumed modern wheat in the first place. | | | | stores for the availability, at fair prices, of real grains, |
| Another problem arose from the creation of modern | | | | counts. Every refusal to support the production of |
| wheat. While man embraced a grain with a protective | | | | modern wheat counts. Every voice can make a |
| covering much less tougher than that of real grains, | | | | difference and every action can influence someone |
| he ended up throwing away God's built in guard | | | | else. So, is wheat healthy or not? Man's modern |
| against pests. The tough outer shell of the true | | | | wheat is not healthy. God's wheat is. |