December 13 Solomon: 1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28 Symbols: scales of justice, temple, two babies and sword 1 Kings 3:5-14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 5 At Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he …
Category Archives: Jesse Tree
David
December 12 David: 1 Sam. 17:12-51 Symbols: slingshot, 6-pointed star 1 Samuel 17:12-51 12 Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years. 13 The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; the names of …
Jesse
December 11 Jesse: 1 Sam. 16:1-13 Symbols: crimson robe, shepherd’s staff 1 Samuel 16:1-13 16 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his …
Samuel
December 10 Samuel: 1 Sam. 3:1-18 Symbols: lamp, temple 1 Samuel 3:1-18 3 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his room; 3 the lamp of God …
Moses
December 9 Moses: Ex. 2:1-10 Symbols: baby in basket, river and rushes Exodus 2:1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months. 3 When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus …
Joesph
December 8 Joseph: Gen. 37:23-28; 45:3-15 Symbols: bucket, well, silver coins, tunic Genesis 37:23-28 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the long robe with sleeves[a] that he wore; 24 and they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. 25 Then they sat down to eat; …
Jacob
December 7 Jacob: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15 Symbols: kettle, ladder Chapter 25 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the …
Noah
December 4 Noah: Genesis 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22 Symbols: ark, animals, dove, rainbow 5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his …
Humanity’s Fall
December 3 Humanity’s Fall: Genesis. 3:1-7 and 23-24 Symbols: tree, serpent, apple with bite 23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard …
Adam and Eve
December 2 Adam and Eve: Genesis. 2:7-9, 18-24 Symbols: tree, man, woman 7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground,[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 Out of the …