Abundant Living In The Land Flashcards
What are the 3 main characteristics of The land as sanctuary:
Faced East
Had guardians
Floral motif
What are the 3 main characteristics of the The tabernacle/temple as sanctuary:
- Faced EAST
- had Guardians (cherubim)
- floral motif
What three things characterize The garden of abundance:
- The river
- The precious stones
- The joy and gladness
What three things characterize The land of abundance:
- The river
- A good land
- A land flowing with milk and honey
The shape of the Fertile Crescent is created (bound) by what 4 features?
The Fertile Crescent is bound by:
- The mountains to the north
- The Arabian desert below
- The Mediterranean to the West
- The Persian gulf to the East
The Fertile Crescent if fertile because of:
Water!
Mesopotamia is the area:
Between and surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
The Tigris river is on _________ and the Euphrates river is on ___________.
The Tigris is on Top.
The Euphrates is in bottom.
Mesopotamia is divided into what two regions?
Assyria (Northern), capital is Nineva
and
Babylonia (southern), capital is Babylon
The major international passage of the ANE connecting Africa to Mesopotamia is know as:
The land bridge
The water features of the Palestinian Levant are:
(Clockwise from 9 around)
- The Mediterranean
- The Sea of Galilee
- The Jordan River
- The Dead Sea
- The gulf of Aqaba/Eilat
What are the longitudinal zones of the Palestinian Levant?
- The coast
- The mountains (2,500ft)
- The valley (-1,300 below)
- The mountains
- The desert plateau
What are the dimensions of the Palestinian Levant?
Length: Dan to Eilat 250 miles
Width: Cost to Desert 80 miles
The relative size: about the size of the southern portion of Florida below Orlando.
What is the Key Word for the Wet season?
Unstable
What is the general description of the wet season?
The wet season generally lasts from October to April. It is characterized by the former and latter rains book ending the heavy rains.
The key word for the dry season is:
Stable
What is the general description of the dry season?
The dry season usually lasts from May to September. Each day is basically the same:
1. Sunrise- heats up land/ air and creates a vacuum
2. Sea breeze- brought in by vacuum and cools things
off at night
3. Sunset- land cools off
What is the key word for the transitional climate period?
East wind (an image of Devine judgement)
What is the general description of the transitional climate period?
The transitional period is characterized by an East wind blowing in from the desert making the weather:
- Hot
- Dry
- Dusty
What was the ancient industry of Israel?
Agriculture
What was the agricultural cycle tied to?
The seasonal cycle- they could not use irrigation so the has to depend on seasonal rains.
What determines the season of plowing and planting?
Early, Heavy, and late rains
What three harvests make up the season of harvesting?
Grain, grape and olive
What are the two associations with the purpose of the festivals?
- The history of redemption
2. The agricultural year
Based out of exodus, what are the agricultural names for the 3 big feasts?
- Unleavened bread- before the grain harvest
- Harvest- end of the grain harvest
- Ingathering- all the crops are in and wine is ready
Based out of Leviticus, what are the redemptive names for the 3 big feasts?
- Passover/unleavened bread/first fruits (really a combo)
- Weeks- the end of the grain harvest (giving of law)
- Tabernacles (booths)- wandering in the desert
What are the fulfillments of the three main feasts?
- Passover and the passion of Christ- the final one becomes the Lord’s supper.
- Weeks and Pentecost- the giving of the law/ the giving of the spirit
- Tabernacles and the Marriage supper of the lamb.
What two things characterize The temple of abundance:
- The river (flows from under the threshold)
2. The precious metals (lots of gold, silver, bronze)
