Genesis 21:33

The Tamarisk Tree: An Everlasting Covenant So Dutch has a handle on Everlast, but what is Evergreen all about? As his role as the Executive Director of Christ for the Nations he had to choose the speaker for the graduation ceremony. This particular year he made an unusual choice. Instead of a preacher or teacher he picked a military man. At the end of his speech, the military man took out a flag that some of the founding fathers of this nation had flown before we had our present flag. He brought it to give to Dutch. He unfolded the flag and it had the phrase on it, “An Appeal To Heaven” plus an evergreen tree. Dutch said to himself, “I am going to get the other glove.” The speaker explained the significance to the evergreen tree. The tree was put on the flag because of the influence of the Iroquois Nation. They had an Iroquois Confederation, where they joined with other Native American tribes in a covenant relationship. They took weapons and buried them at the foot of an evergreen tree. They were saying that we will fight with you and never against you. This is where we got the expression “bury the hatchet”. They chose the evergreen tree because to them it was a symbol of eternity (never losing its leaves or ever changing). The flag expressed that our founding fathers would “Make An Appeal To Heaven” based on an eternal covenant. Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba(v 33). A tamarisk tree is an evergreen tree. It is a very slow growing tree. It has been said that no one plants a tamarisk tree for himself, but for future generations. . One lexicon has said that in planting this tree, Abraham was saying to future generations that you will sit under the shade of my covenant with God. At this point, Dutch asked this question, “Is this not what we are doing today? Sitting under the shade of the efforts and covenants of previous generations. We must commit ourselves to God’s eternal purposes. Not ours, but His.” Reaping The Harvest Of The Ages You are not going to believe this, the story continues on through yet another dream. One month after Dutch is given the flag a friend of his has a dream. The man who had the dream waits three months to pray it through to make sure it is from the Lord before he tells Dutch. Then they make their processional into the building while the previous generation cheers, “well done, thanks for keeping the dream alive.” Then a third generation comes in and the old man says, “They are the planters.” They built the railroads, the towns and the cities. They march in to the cheers of the previous generation. Six generations came and the old man points to automobiles and airplanes. Then our generation comes in and there are seven generations in the room worshiping the Lord. Dutch then asks a rhetorical question “Is this the synergy of the ages?” Then the old gentleman looks at a double door and a Pilgrim comes through it and goes up on a metal bridge that was over the platform. He begins to prophesy about the destiny of this nation. Five more generations do the same. Then it’s our turn, our generation, and the old man says to him, “Are you ready to take your place “in the synergy of the ages?” The man like Dutch had never heard this expression. The man answers, “yes I am.” The double door opens and a delegation from our generation, the 7th, enters and Dutch is the last person in the delegation. Dutch gets up to the top of the bridge and the man in the dream notices he has something in his hands. None of the other speakers carried anything. Dutch unfolds a white flag. Quickly Dutch says to his friend who had the dream, “was there and expression on it? Did it say, “An Appeal To Heaven?” The man replies, “yes, how did you know?” This man doesn’t know anything about the flag that Dutch was given. With a look of rising expectation on his face, Dutch says, “did it have a evergreen tree on it?” The man says, “yes.” Dutch is speechless as the answer resonates in his spirit. He has goose bumps on top of goose bumps. In the dream for about ten minutes he doesn’t say anything, he stands on the bridge and waves the flag in a figure 8 (the symbol of eternity. Then he starts to prophesy and the last thing he says is “America is returning to the ancient path to reap the harvest of the ages.” My Reaction Like many Christians in this nation, I have been very concerned about what seems to be the downward spiral of this country. At certain turn of events I have been downright disgusted and angry. But after hearing this message there was a flicker of hope in my heart again. I thought to myself, maybe it is not too late to pray for this land.…

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