Land of Milk and Honey
When God chose to describe to the children of Israel the Promised Land he did so by saying, "...a land flowing with milk and honey" (Ex 3:8).
When God chose to describe to the children of Israel the perfect land he was going to give to his people for an inheritance, he did so by saying, “And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8). When the spies came back with word of the land that God had sent them to claim, they described it by saying, “And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it” (Numbers 13:27).
When Moses began to give God’s people the daily laws of the land, he did so by reminding them of God’s judgment for breaking the law and then of God’s blessings upon keeping his laws: “And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 26:9).
A strange and beautiful prophecy tells us that the very act of eating butter and honey gives moral strength. It is a prophecy concerning Jesus. “Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good” (Isaiah 7:15).
My great-grandparents enjoyed cornbread in homemade buttermilk as their evening meal almost every day of their life. They rounded out their breakfast with biscuits, butter, and honey. In spite of the hard labor and lack of available modern miracle drugs, my great-grandfather lived to be 99. He scandalized the family when he was 96 because he wanted to marry his housekeeper (Great-Grandma had died 3 years earlier). He either had amazing genes or was doing something right in his lifestyle.
Fermented milk products like yogurt, kefir, and buttermilk are said to be the significant contributing factor of longevity in countries like Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey. Over 15% of the population in Bulgaria live to be over 100 years of age!
It is important to know that more than 60% of fatal diseases in the USA are related to the gastrointestinal tract (GI). A steady diet of naturally fermented dairy products protects the GI from these diseases.
Conversely, homogenization of dairy products is linked to an impressive range of diseases: from autism, to irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, and heart disease. Homogenization is the process in which the cream particles in milk are broken down and separated so that they will not rise to the top or lump together in the milk. The problem lies in the fact that the fat particles are broken down to be so tiny and “sharp” that they can now penetrate through the walls of your intestines and get into your bloodstream. This results in the laceration of your arteries, cholesterol build-up, and “leaky bowel syndrome” type of symptoms. Milk can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
In ancient times in Middle Eastern countries, dairy products were usually derived from goats. Fermented goat milk in the form of yogurt or kefir is the single, most powerful food therapy for the GI tract.
