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Of late, there has been a rigorous debate and discussion regarding the benefits of bread.

What with the wheat being genetically modified, the flour is being bleached, to say nothing of this gluten allergies that is being created,

and all the other allergies,

which makes our bread really not the same bread that they ate in the time of Jesus.

And the question that so many people are asking is this, why, if bread has got all these complications and these problems we're facing today,

that is so used in the scripture so extensively? For one thing, as I said, the bread that we have

today is not the same as the bread 2,000 years ago. Wheat as God made it, or as God intended it, it was of vital importance for human health.

So much so that there were many, many, many people at the time of Jesus who survived on just bread and water.

Literally. That's all they ate.

Listen to these simple facts about the real wheat as God made it.

It contains some nutrients and it contains a certain vitamin E properties that is the richest in all nutrients

that body need. In fact, among these things, it help preserve all of the cells in our bodies.

But since these cells support our vital organs, they are literally

absolutely necessary for life. Some scientists believe that so many of our health problems today,

from inflammatory problems to infertility problems, to allergy problem and to the rest of it,

are caused by not being able to

receive all of the unique properties and nutrients that found in that little grain. I know by now

probably some of you are saying, well, a minute, Michael, we did not get up on Sunday morning

to get a lecture on

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