God, a constant presence in Israel's midst
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Concepts 1-42
(42 cards)
God, a constant presence in Israel's midst
Exodus 40
Isaac and Ishmael (familial seperation)
Genesis 21
Conquest of Sihon and Og
Deuteronomy 2-3
Exhoration against pure nature worship
Deuteronomy 4
God equips people for specific tasks (crafts ability)
Exodus 31
Vow of the Nazirites
Numbers 6
Review of the Ten Commandments
Deuteronomy 5
Spies sent to Canaan
Numbers 13
The Ten Commandmants at Mt. Sinai
Exodus 20
Brother's keeper
Genesis 4
Golden Calf
Exodus 32
Hebrew Creed - Shema
Deuteronomy 6
Review of events from Horeb to Moab
Deuteronomy 1
Settling in Goshen (geographic seperation)
Genesis 47
Star out of Jacob
Numbers 24
Civil laws for nomads
Exodus 21-23
Jethro's advice to Moses to delegate leadership
Exodus 18
Abram and Lot
Genesis 13
God provides manna and quail for his people
Exodus 16
Instructions for building the tabernacle
Exodus 25-27
Israel oppressed by Egypt - slavery
Exodus 1
The Passover feast instituted as constant memorial
Exodus 12
Aaronic benediction
Numbers 6
Abram's test of obedience
Genesis 22
God recognizes his people's burdens
Exodus 3
Intricate organization
Numbers 2
Joseph's administrative ability, a blessing
Genesis 41
Isaac marries Rebekah (ethnic sepereation)
Genesis 24
Death of Moses
Deuteronomy 34
God created all things good
Genesis 1
Blessed to be a blessing
Genesis 12
Rock and water incident
Numbers 20
Inauguration of the priesthood
Exodus 28-29
God can use evil for good
Genesis 50
Abram Believed the Lord
Genesis 15
The fall - Disharmony
Genesis 3
Divine intentions - Harmony
Genesis 2
Life is in the blood
Leviticus 17
Israel a kingdom of priests
Exodus 19
Day of Atonement
Leviticus 16
Circumcision Instituted
Genesis 17
Tassels and Ribbons
Numbers 15
Creation and its Concepts (1)
(9 cards)
Figures holding crowns and 4 jewels
Fashioned in God's image, people are the crown of God's creation and have been given four responsibilities toward the earth on which they dwell.
Fingers opened on the right hand (holding earth)
God relinquished the earth to humankind as a gift - authority and life directed by humanity
Figures grasping staff
humanity, too, is owned by God
Hands lifting the earth out of hazy mist
God created the heavens and the earth
Halo of white light circling the earth
God created all things good
White links attached to the arms and globe
God binds himself to his creation
Four Jewels of Crowns
Halo of light behind figure's heads
Male and Female are fashioned in God's image
Lettered banner flying on the earth
God claims ownership of all creation
Divine Intentions (2)
(5 cards)
Central figure with faces lifted upwards
Prevailing harmony was contingent upon obedience to God
Halos behind central figures' heads
Fashioned in the fullness of God's image - male and female - in Eden had the capacity for a perfect response to God's will
Notes extending from heavens
God ushered humankind into a domain where they might have harmony with all things
Fourfold Harmony
Four fingers below note bar
The harmony which God coveted for humankind was fourfold in nature:
Disharmony (3)
(10 cards)
Outstretched arms of central figure
Discontent and unsatisfied with the limited freedom demanded by God, humanity revolts against God.
Large hand extended in beckoning position
God does not abandon sinful people. A new promise is given.
Yokelike appearance of broken note
Diobedience, revolt, separation, and strangement leaves God's created ones carrying the burden of guilt and a sense of guilt.
Figure facing away from outstretched hand
The Edenic account portrays that dilemma as the direct aftereffect of disobedience to God (we cannot face God)
Broken note striking second figure
disharmony with others
Broken note
The intent of God that inhabitants of the world should dwell in a domain where they would have harmony with all things is MUTILATED and MALIGNED.
Broken note penetrating flesh
disharmony with self
Cracked earth and parched ground
Estrangement issues in the misuse of creation
Painful countenance on central figure's face
Estrangement issues in disharmony with God
Broken note penetrating earth
disharmony with nature
Prounouncement of a Destiny (4)
(5 cards)
Pronouncement of a destiny
God takes initiative and introduces a plan designed to save his world from the dilemma imposed by sin and evil.
The plan begins in human history with a covenant made between God and Abraham.
Gen. 12:1-3
"I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed"
"... I will bless you..."
Shaft of light strikes prism
"...In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Rays of light pass through kneeling figure and extend over the whole earth
"...so that you will be a blessing..."
Light diffuses and passes through kneeling figures
The Ardent Dreams of a Destiny (5)
(9 cards)
Figure sitting on rock ledge (lower right)
Israel
Small figures encircled by ring (upper left)
Israel is called to maintain ethnic separation.
Figure surveys scenes in misty clouds
Israel contemplates some of the promises, disciplines, and circumstances which belong to its future.
Prism symbol
Land, kingdom, and separation concepts - all are understood to be means to an end which will permit Israel to become the blessing which it was called to be.
Ring encircles large figure
Israel is set apart (holy) by God to carry out a unique destiny upon the earth
Kingdom scene (middle left)
Covenant entails promise that a seed of Abraham will multiply, and Israel will beocme a great kingdom
Land scene (lower left)
Covenant entails promise of a land
Small figure separated from circled figures (upper left)
God brings about separation within families to ensure fulfillment of the destiny.
Circled figure and land scene (lower left)
Divine circumstances lead Israel to geographic separation
United for a Destiny (6)
(8 cards)
Pestle with sharp rock symbol
The rite of circumcision
The law received on Mt. Sinai
Pestle with law symbol
Prism symbol on manuscript
Unified Israel moved foward toward the realization of its desitny to be a blessing.
Pestle with blue ring
Separation symbol for ethnic, within family, and geographic separation
Pestle with land scene and throne
Israel's common hopes and dreams for a meaningful future
Mortar bowls and pestles
Israel was united into a people in pursuit of common purpose by specific historical experiences.
Pestle with yoke symbol
The oppression under the Pharaoh
Uniting Factors
An Emerging Nation on the way to its Homeland (7)
(2 cards)
Pharoah issued command to leaders of Israelites
"rise up, go forrth from among my people... go and serve the Lord... take flocks, herds as you said and be gone...." ~
The order from pharaoh
produced a massive movement of the chosen ones out of Egypt: organization, laws
and regulations, discipline
A Destiny Ensured (8)
(11 cards)
Manuscript and its Message
Post-Egypt - The destiny still stands
EF: lighting streaks on rock
Divine intervention to develop confidence and trust
EF: Wine chalice and bread on rock
Memorial feasts to remind of past, present, and future
EF: Scales of justice on rock
Development of moral and civil law to prevent chaos and destruction
Manuscript tied to anchor
The destiny must be ensured
EF: Mace on rock
Leaders with proper credentials
EF: Land scene on rock
Ultimatums concerning conquest of land
All rocks attached to manuscript
Ensuring factors - all means to end to help ensure the destiny
EF: Separated figures on rock
Development of visual aids to perpetuate ideas of seperation unto God and obedience to God's will (i.e. tassels and nazarite vows)
Anchor lodged in sand
Ensuring factors understood only in relationship to infancy stage of Israel's history
EF: Tend on rock
Tabernacle as constant reminder of God's presence
Empowered for a Destiny (9)
(7 cards)
Spotted tunic, burden, and broken note
The sinfulness of the chosen ones issued in the same disharmonies as those experienced by the first inhabitants of God's good earth
Figure clutches burden
Preoccupied with its own burdens, Israel was not free to minister to the needs of others
Figure carrying burden
Israel
Lamb between figure and extended hands
Freed from its own burden by the atoning acts of God, Israel would be free to fulfill its mission
Extended hands
Israel's mission entailed a ministry to all the earth
Manuscript message
The atonement of God was designed by him to empower Israel to be a blessing
Murky Stream
Israel lived in a world where evil was a reality