Joshua and the Giant Grapes

Okay, so it literally just dawned on me that it's been almost a year since I posted in this blog. Life is crazy, am I right?! I just wanted to share with you some evidence for the huge cluster of grapes that the spies encountered and brought back with them in the story of the reconnaissance of the Promised Land, in the book of Numbers, chapter 13.

You don't really need to take my word for it; these are just pictures I grabbed off the internet, and you can find them too (and more, should you be so inclined). I'm posting them since I mentioned that I would, in the podcast episode that I just posted, entitled "The Spirit of The Day" (Season 3, Episode 7, June 3, 2022).

I think these images help to show how our imaginations can easily get the better of us sometimes. 

Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Compare the above artworks with some real photographs that were taken in the land of Israel. Note the size of individual grapes compared to the "Sunday School Grapes" depicted above. Below images courtesy of Pinterest user @ellenmay0433 and Redditor u/Awkward_Dog, respectively.

There's a world of difference between a giant cluster of grapes, and a cluster of giant grapes. :)

​- T.J. Steadman.