THE OLIVE
TREE
JACOB
Chapters 5 and 6
1
ROSE BUD
UNION
“IT’S WILD! NO
GOOD!”
“If I need to, I will
cultivate it!”
OLIVE TREES CAN LIVE
THOUSANDS OF YEARS
Ancient Tree In Apulia Region of
Southern Italy
OLIVES
REGENERATE EASILY
PROPAGATION


The olive is propagated in
various ways, but cuttings or
layers are generally preferred;
the tree roots easily in
favourable soil and throws up
suckers from the stump when
cut down.

However, yields from trees
grown from suckers or seeds
are poor;

it must be budded or grafted
on to other specimens to do
well
(Lovington A. & Parker E., Ancient Trees, 1999 p.114)
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 1
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 2
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 3
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 4
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 5
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
GRAFTING OLIVE
TREES 6
Starczat M., Grafting Olive Trees
PLANTING
PRUNINGS

Branches of various thickness
are cut into lengths of about 1
meter and when planted deeply
in manured ground, soon
vegetate;
ZENOS HAD IT
RIGHT!!

Pruning preserves the flowerbearing shoots of the
preceding year, while keeping
the tree low enough to allow
the easy gathering of the fruit.

The spaces between the trees
are regularly fertilized.

The crop from old trees is
sometimes enormous, but they
seldom bear well two years in
succession
ALLEGORY
SYMBOLS
SYMBOL
INTERPRETATION
Vineyard
The world
Master of the
vineyard
Jesus Christ
Tame olive tree
The house of Israel, the
Lord’s covenant people
Wild olive tree
Gentiles (people not
born into the house of
Israel)
Branches
Groups of people
Servants
Fruit
Prophets and others
called to serve
Lives or works of
people
THE ALLEGORY
IN SUMMARY
WILD
BRANCHES
TAME TREE
NETHERMOST PART OF THE VINEYARD
DIG, PRUNE, &
NOURISH
The master’s response to his
corrupted vineyard tells us
about the Lord’s feelings for His
people? Jacob 5:41, 47

Jacob 5:4 “I will prune it, and
dig about it, and nourish it, that
… it perish not”

Jacob 5:7 “It grieveth me that I
should lose this tree”

Jacob 5:33 “What shall we do
unto the tree, that I may
preserve again good fruit
thereof unto mine own self?”

Jacob 5:60 “I may have joy
again in the fruit of my
vineyard”
THE LAST DAYS
(US)
What did the master decide to
do to save his corrupted
vineyard? Jacob 5:49–54, 58,
62–64.
 He decided to nourish and
prune the vineyard once more
and graft some of the
transplanted branches back
into the original tree.

What does this final
nourishing, pruning, and
grafting represent?