Not America nor Europe, but Eretz Israel, the Land of Israel, is the region “flowing with milk and honey.” Both in the Torah (Pentateuch) and in the Prophets the expression ‘land of milk and honey’ refers to a country uniquely promised and blessed by the Almighty for the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Numbers 14:8; Ezekiel 20:6). The territorial blessings relate in particular to fertile ground and sufficient water, where plenty and healthy agricultural products abound.
One of the Seven Species
Besides the ‘Promised Land,’ Eretz Israel is also called Beulah Land (Isaiah 62:4), poetically meaning married to God. By this concept it is meant that the Creator faithfully takes care to fertilize the soil not only with seasonal rain but also with natural springs (Deut. 8:7) and sunshine from heaven. Seven outstanding plants or species grow in the Land of Promise: wheat, barley, grapevine, fig, pomegranate, olive (and olive-oil), and the last one – “honey” (Deut. 8:8).
Today when tourists come to Israel they expect to taste and purchase bee honey....
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