Tuesday, October 11, 2011

HI everyone,
the following are your ancestors to find out about (2-3 sentence explanation and to draw a symbol for. The symbol is to be on a 10 by 10 cm cardboard square. I have made your life easy by giving you a number of symbols for your ancestor/event. You do not need to draw them all but may if it suits you. From memory Hannah is No 1. so she will be number 1 here and so on. So hopefully you all remember the envelope number I gave you!! Have fun remember big bold and beautiful!!

JESSE TREE SCRIPTURES
1. Creation: Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4
Symbols: sun, moon, stars, animals, earth

2.Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:7-9, 18-24
Symbols: tree, man, woman

3.Fall of Man: Gen. 3:1-7 and 23-24
Symbols: tree, serpent, apple with bite

4.Noah: Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22
Symbols: ark, animals, dove, rainbow

5.Abraham: Gen. 12:1-3
Symbols: torch, sword, mountain

6.Isaac: Gen. 22:1-14
Symbols: bundle of wood, altar, ram in bush

7.Jacob: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: kettle, ladder

8.Joseph: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: bucket, well, silver coins, tunic

9.Moses: Ex. 2:1-10
Symbols: baby in basket, river and rushes

10.Samuel: 1 Sam. 3:1-18
Symbols: lamp, temple

11.Jesse: 1 Sam. 16:1-13
Symbols: crimson robe, shepherd's staff

12.David: 1 Sam. 17:12-51
Symbols: slingshot, 6-pointed star

13.Solomon: 1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28
Symbols: scales of justice, temple, two babies and sword

14.Joseph: Matt. 1:18-25
Symbols: hammer, saw, chisel, angle

15.Mary: Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38
Symbols: lily, crown of stars, pierced heart

16.John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
Symbols: shell with water, river


17.Jesus is Wisdom: Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus in old Bibles) 24:2; Wisdom 8:1
Symbols: oil lamp, open book

18.Jesus is Lord: Ex. 3:2; 20:1
Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets

19.Jesus is Flower of Jesse: Isaiah 11:1-3
Symbols: flower, plant with flower

20.Jesus is Key of David: Isaiah 22:22
Symbols: key, broken chains

21.Jesus is the Radiant Dawn: Psalm 19:6-7 (in older Bibles this will be Psalm 18)
Symbols: sun rising or high in sky

22.Jesus is King of the Gentiles: Psalm 2:7-8; Ephesians 2:14-20
Symbols: crown, scepter

23.Jesus is Emmanuel: Isaiah 7:14; 33:22
Symbols: tablets of stone, chalice and host

24.Jesus is Light of the World: John 1:1-14
Symbols: candle, flame, sun

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