There are messages within the trees of scripture, every tree serves a particular purpose, and Jesus reveals many truths using trees in his parables.  He also reveals HIS  grand sense of humor. Noah used Gopher wood… (Go for wood) If you missed this one,  the rest certainly slipped you by as well. Gopher wood is mentioned only once in the Bible, and its identification has been the subject of great speculation. The meaning of the Hebrew word gopher is obscure. The sixteenth century Geneva Bible translated it as “pine-trees.” Rather than risk a wrong translation, the translators of the King James Version of the Bible (1611) simply kept the original Hebrew word and called it gopher wood. Some translators of more recent Bible versions, such as the New American Standard translation (1960), have continued this wise practice. Others, most notably the New International Version (1978), have substituted “cypress” for gopher,… Read moreBiblical Trees and Rotten Fruit