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The Jesse Tree

PostPosted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:29 pm
by rocklobster
In the Catholic church, many families keep a tradition of making a Jesse Tree. It's a fir tree that you decorate with symbols pertaining to God's covenant. So, I thought why not make an image thread out of it. Here's what you do. You post an image relating to this list in the order of the list.
Meaning if someone posts the first image on the list, you post the second.
Anyway here's the list:
1. the sun--God dispels the darkness
2. the tablets of the law--the ten commandments
3. key--the keys to Heaven's gates
4. Bethlehem--Jesus's birthplace (house of bread)
5. Jesse--David's father
6. The Star of David--David's seal
7. Jacob's Ladder--Jacob's vision of angels desending from Heaven
8. Jonah in the whale--prefigures the period between Jesus's death and resurrection
9. Temple--God's dwelling place is in our hearts.
10. Crown and scepter--Christ's role as King
11. Judith's sword--Judith prefigures Mary's fiat ("Let it be done to me according to Your will")
12. Burning Bush--symbolizes God's covenant with Moses
13. Noah's Ark--God's covenant with Noah
14. The Ark of the Covenant--the new law
15. The Altar of the Halocaust--sacrifice
16. The apple--"O happy fault, whereby we have merited so great a Redeemer!"
17. The Paschal Lamb--the Passover sacrifice prefigures Jesus's sacrifice
18. The Pillar of Fire--God appearing as a Pillar of Fire to lead the Israelites
19. Manna--the bread of Heaven
So I'll start. Here's a sun:
Image
next person must find an image of the tablets of the law.