01/03/2026
Have Salt in Yourselves” — and the Minerals That Sustain Life
“For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how will you make it salty again?
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
— Mark 9:49–50
Salt in Scripture is never just about flavor. It represents preservation, covenant, purification, and life itself. In the ancient world, salt prevented decay, sustained armies, healed wounds, and symbolized permanence. When Christ speaks of salt, He is pointing to something essential—something without which life, order, and peace begin to break down.
But salt, as we now understand through both ancient wisdom and modern science, is not a single substance. Natural salt is a mineral matrix—a carrier of elements that the human body and the Earth itself rely on. Among the most vital of these is magnesium chloride.
Salt, Magnesium, and the Architecture of Life
Magnesium chloride occurs naturally alongside sodium chloride in oceans, salt beds, aquifers, and deep mineral deposits. It is not an additive—it is foundational. Magnesium is required for:
muscle and nerve function
energy (ATP) production
heart rhythm regulation
cellular repair and enzymatic reactions
calming the nervous system
In fact, life cannot function without magnesium. Every heartbeat, every breath, every thought depends on it.
When Scripture speaks of the “salt of the earth,” it speaks not only symbolically, but materially. The Earth itself is seasoned with minerals that sustain life—salt, magnesium, calcium, potassium—woven into water, soil, and stone.
Beneath Our Feet: A Mineral Record
Vast salt and mineral deposits exist across the world—some stretching hundreds of thousands of square miles. These formations are remarkably pure, often containing salt and magnesium compounds that can be used with minimal processing. Whether one views their origin through geological time or through a biblical framework of catastrophic formation, the conclusion remains the same:
The Earth is mineral-rich by design.
Scripture describes moments when “the fountains of the great deep” were released—imagery that resonates with what we now observe in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, mineral springs, and underground aquifers. These systems continue to deliver magnesium-rich waters to this day, quietly sustaining ecosystems and human health.
From Earth to Body
What exists in the Earth exists in us.
Human blood plasma mirrors the mineral balance of seawater. Our cells depend on electrolytes to communicate. When we are depleted—overstressed, inflamed, disconnected—we often return instinctively to mineral-rich waters, baths, salts, and natural remedies.
This is not accidental. It is remembrance.
To “have salt in yourselves” is not only to live with wisdom and peace, but to remain mineralized, grounded, and nourished—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
A Living Testament
Salt does not shout. It preserves quietly.
Magnesium does not stimulate—it steadies.
Together, they reflect a deeper truth echoed across Scripture and creation alike:
Life is sustained not by excess, but by what is essential.
And sometimes, the most ancient elements—salt, water, minerals—carry the clearest memory of how we were made on this earth . www.milaearth.com