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REDEEMED BY GOD MINISTRIES Home About the Ministry Study Material Prophecy The Apostle Paul Founder's Page Did John the Baptist Bugs? NO ! John The Baptist survived on the edible fruit of the locust tree yearround. MATTHEW, Chapter 3, Verse 4, KJV John The Baptist did NOT survive by eating adult locusts, the flying grasshopperlike insect. While the consumption of insect locusts was not completely unheardof, it was most uncommon and highly unusual, relegated to lastditchoptions in stark survival situations. He certainly could have eaten those bugs in their short season, occasionally, whenever locust larva would pupate, mature into adults, and then emerge above ground en masse, eat, sometimes swarm, mate (after which the males die), and lay new egg cases in the ground, after which the females also die. It is quite possible that events surrounding the references in Matthew and Mark coincided with a time (a short season) when grasshopperlike locusts were available to John in abundance. Yielding him a bonanza of high protein sustenance, for many adult and larval insects are a wonderful source of "survivalchow". And, there is always the very realistic possibility of God's Providence in the provision of sustenance, and the possibility that John The Baptist was not out in the wilderness, living on locusts and wild honey, for a long period of time but just for a short season. While, in the Israel region, there are always some locusts available, it is during and shortly after the rainy "....and his food was locusts and wild honey."

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    Home AbouttheMinistry StudyMaterial Prophecy TheApostlePaul Founder'sPage

    DidJohntheBaptistBugs?

    NO!

    JohnTheBaptistsurvivedontheediblefruitofthelocusttreeyearround.

    MATTHEW,Chapter3,Verse4, KJVJohnTheBaptistdidNOTsurvivebyeatingadultlocusts,theflyinggrasshopperlikeinsect.

    Whiletheconsumptionofinsectlocustswasnotcompletelyunheardof,itwasmostuncommonandhighlyunusual,relegatedtolastditchoptionsinstarksurvivalsituations.Hecertainlycouldhaveeatenthosebugsintheirshortseason,occasionally,wheneverlocustlarvawouldpupate,matureintoadults,andthenemergeabovegroundenmasse,eat,sometimesswarm,mate(afterwhichthemalesdie),andlayneweggcasesintheground,afterwhichthefemalesalsodie.

    ItisquitepossiblethateventssurroundingthereferencesinMatthewandMarkcoincidedwithatime(ashortseason)whengrasshopperlikelocustswereavailabletoJohninabundance.Yieldinghimabonanzaofhighproteinsustenance,formanyadultandlarvalinsectsareawonderfulsourceof"survivalchow".And,thereisalwaystheveryrealisticpossibilityofGod'sProvidenceintheprovisionofsustenance,andthepossibilitythatJohnTheBaptistwasnotoutinthewilderness,livingonlocustsandwildhoney,foralongperiodoftimebutjustforashortseason.

    While,intheIsraelregion,therearealwayssomelocustsavailable,itisduringandshortlyaftertherainy

    "....andhisfoodwaslocustsandwildhoney."

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    seasonswhentheyareseeninanyabundance.Throughouttheyear,anyavailablelocustsarewellscatteredamongthefewlush,green,wellwateredareaswhereeithernaturaloragriculturalvegetationpredominates.Themajorityofthelandsinthatregionaredry,rocky,barrenandvoidofvegetationandlocustsdonothangoutinthesandydeserts.Undernormalclimaticconditions,locustsaresolitarycreatures.Butoccasionally,intimesofscarcevegetation,whethercausedbytoomanylocustsbyalackofrainorbyacombinationofthetwo,locustsbecomeagitated,beginflyingabout,thentheybegintouncustomarilycongregateinlargemasses.Thereleaseofchemicalprecursors,pheromones,inducesamassivecoordinatedhatchofadditionallocusts,whichfurtheragitatestheevergrowingmobofinsects.Andtheybegintoswarm,joiningtogetherwithanyothermobs,inducingeachtoalsoswarm.Andalthoughlocustscanbeagriculturallyproblematicwhenevertheirnumbersaregreat,theytrulybecomea"Plague"whentheyswarmandproduceruinthroughoutentireregions.Aplagueoflocustswillcausefamineaftertheyhaveravagedflourishingcrops,otherplantsandtreesthroughoutaregion.

    Locustswarmsarenotevenadependableannualevent,andifJohnTheBaptistweresoobservantorsoluckyastodiscoveranareawherefemalelocustswere,enmasse,layingtheireggcasesintheground,hecouldharvestthespent,dying,adultfemalelocusts.Buthewouldhavetowaitmanymonthstodigupandharvestanylocustlarvaorpupaeuntilaftertheyhadprogressedfromembryosintoanediblestageofdevelopment.And,thatassumesheobservedanareawhereeggcaseswerebeinglaidandknewwheretolaterdig,expendingmuchenergytocoverafewacres.

    Insteadoffeastingoninsects,itismuchmorelikelyJohnTheBaptistsurvivedona"beanfeast"oflocustpodssincehewasoutinthewildernessforagreatlengthoftime.

    SOMEREFERENCES

    CAROB

    Leguminousevergreentree(Ceratoniasiliqua)nativetotheEMediterraneanregionandcultivatedelsewhere.Itissometimesknownaslocust,orSt.John'sbread,inthebeliefthatthe"locusts"onwhichJohntheBaptistfedwerecarobpods.Thetree,about50ft(15m)tall,bearscompound,glossyleaveswiththickleaflets.Itsredflowersarefollowedbyflat,leatherypodsthatcontain515hardbrownseedsembeddedinasweet,ediblepulpthattastessimilartochocolate.Source:TheColumbiaEncyclopedia,SixthEdition.Copyright2002,ColumbiaUniversityPress.

    LOCUST

    1.AnyofnumerousgrasshoppersofthefamilyAcrididae,oftenmigratinginimmenseswarmsthatdevourvegetationandcrops.2.Theseventeenyearlocust.3.AnyofseveralNorthAmericandeciduoustreesofthegenusRobinia,especiallyR.pseudoacacia,havingcompoundleaves,droopingclustersoffragrantwhiteflowers,anddurablehardwood.3a.Anyofseveralsimilarorrelatedtreesbearingediblefruit,suchasthehoneylocustorthecarob,oftheE.Med.area.4.Theediblefruitorthewoodofoneofthesetrees.[MiddleEnglish,fromOldFrenchlocuste,fromLatinlocusta.Sense3a,probablyfromtheresemblanceofitsfruittoalocust.]:

    Source:TheAmericanHeritageDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,FourthEditionCopyright2000,byHoughtonMifflinCompany.PublishedbyHoughtonMifflinCompany.Allrightsreserved.

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