Title: Mint, fennel and cumin (Matthew 23:23)
Contents In the Bible, not only fruits, but also many plants, flowers, plants, and medicinal herbs are mentioned. In Korea, there are many grasshoppers, flower trees, and medicinal herbs. In early spring, when you look at the soft grasses sprouting from the ground, they are more beautiful than flowers. All of these plants are rich in nutrients, and they are also used as medicines to heal the ailing bodies of people living in this land. Heo Jun, the master of the Joseon Dynasty, was originally from common people, but he learned and mastered medicine and became a master. For 16 years, he completed 26 volumes of 「Donguibogam」 by examining the medicinal effects of plants scattered throughout Samcheonri. The Creator hide the secret of effective medicinal herbs in each grasshopper. Who would have known that horsetail grass, which grows luxuriantly anywhere except on hills in rural rice fields, would be beneficial to modern diseases? More specifically, horsetail grass raw or dried in the shade is good to drink as a tea, as it revitalizes cells and flushes out toxins from the body. It is good for constipation, urine comes out well, kidney disease, liver disease, diabetes, uterine cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer and other diseases are effective. Now let's look at the vegetables Jesus mentioned.
tithe grain
Fennel (anhjon) is an annual grass that grows to 60 centimeters. It has yellow flowers and flattened fruits. The liquid extracted from the leaves is used as a sedative for babies. Peppermint (hduosmon) is a fragrant plant that grows well on riverbanks in Palestine. The leaves and stems are used medicinally.
Keunchae (kuminon) is a grass belonging to the carrot family, and the fruit was used as a seasoning material. The law of the Mishnah stipulates that tites should be paid along with fennel and mint. In the application of the law to tithe grain, oil, and wine in Deuteronomy 14:23-24, it was stipulated to pay tithes in grain, including fennel, mint, and cumin.
Be in shape and in spirit
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for paying tithes of fennel, mint, and cumin, their bigotry. He rebuked the Pharisees, who were hypocrites who paid attention to the little things and neglected the more important spirits. The spirit of giving up to tithe of trifles such as fennel, mint, and cumin is good, but it is that they have abandoned the fundamental spirit of offering, impartiality, mercy, and godliness.
It is good to pay titing by calculating even the smallest details accurately, but we must not abandon the original spirit of titing: justice (krisis), kindness (eleos), and faith (pistis). Both should be Often, conservatives are bound by trivial provisions of the law, and progressives only emphasize the fundamental spirit and tend to turn away from the formalities, but both should be present. It must have both a strict formal element and an original fundamental spirit.