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Horns of Hattin

Horns of Hattin - in Hebrew the name of the hill is "Karnei Khittin", or the horns of the wheat, since in Hebrew these words mean Karnei = Horns, Hittin = wheat.  This name was derived from the fact the fields under the hill were used (and still are) to grow wheat, and the hill has two peaks (looking like bull's horns). 


The Lord’s Prayer was believed to be taught on, or likely in view of, what became the Horns of Hattin.  It is by no means an insignificant point or observation.  Jesus likely transferred the visual picture into a verbal teaching point rich in symbolic meaning.


Give us our bread continually / daily


Bread is made from wheat.  Wheat is a rich biblical symbol. From Jesus' parables, wheat came to represent believers over against the "weeds" or "tares", which represent unbelievers. Wheat may also be used to represent the bread in Communion and, further, the Body of Christ.


Therefore, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer of and for believers in Christ.  Asking God to “Give us our bread continually” is to ask for God to speak to us through His Word, on a daily basis, continually and unceasingly.


Matt. 13:24 (NIV) says “Jesus told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and
went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field?  Where then did the weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'  'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "


Metaphorically “Give us our bread” is taking about protecting us from the weeds (world and the evil one) and gathering us unto Himself in that coming day of our redemption.


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