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Abundant Living In The Land Flashcards

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What are the 3 main characteristics of The land as sanctuary:

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Faced East
Had guardians
Floral motif

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What are the 3 main characteristics of the The tabernacle/temple as sanctuary:

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  • Faced EAST
  • had Guardians (cherubim)
  • floral motif
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What three things characterize The garden of abundance:

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  1. The river
  2. The precious stones
  3. The joy and gladness
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What three things characterize The land of abundance:

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  1. The river
  2. A good land
  3. A land flowing with milk and honey
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The shape of the Fertile Crescent is created (bound) by what 4 features?

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The Fertile Crescent is bound by:

  1. The mountains to the north
  2. The Arabian desert below
  3. The Mediterranean to the West
  4. The Persian gulf to the East
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The Fertile Crescent if fertile because of:

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Water!

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Mesopotamia is the area:

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Between and surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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The Tigris river is on _________ and the Euphrates river is on ___________.

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The Tigris is on Top.

The Euphrates is in bottom.

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Mesopotamia is divided into what two regions?

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Assyria (Northern), capital is Nineva
and
Babylonia (southern), capital is Babylon

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The major international passage of the ANE connecting Africa to Mesopotamia is know as:

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The land bridge

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The water features of the Palestinian Levant are:

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(Clockwise from 9 around)

  1. The Mediterranean
  2. The Sea of Galilee
  3. The Jordan River
  4. The Dead Sea
  5. The gulf of Aqaba/Eilat
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What are the longitudinal zones of the Palestinian Levant?

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  1. The coast
  2. The mountains (2,500ft)
  3. The valley (-1,300 below)
  4. The mountains
  5. The desert plateau
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What are the dimensions of the Palestinian Levant?

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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.

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What is the Key Word for the Wet season?

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Unstable

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What is the general description of the wet season?

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The wet season generally lasts from October to April. It is characterized by the former and latter rains book ending the heavy rains.

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The key word for the dry season is:

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Stable

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What is the general description of the dry season?

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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

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What is the key word for the transitional climate period?

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East wind (an image of Devine judgement)

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What is the general description of the transitional climate period?

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The transitional period is characterized by an East wind blowing in from the desert making the weather:

  1. Hot
  2. Dry
  3. Dusty
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What was the ancient industry of Israel?

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Agriculture

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What was the agricultural cycle tied to?

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The seasonal cycle- they could not use irrigation so the has to depend on seasonal rains.

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What determines the season of plowing and planting?

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Early, Heavy, and late rains

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What three harvests make up the season of harvesting?

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Grain, grape and olive

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What are the two associations with the purpose of the festivals?

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  1. The history of redemption

2. The agricultural year

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Based out of exodus, what are the agricultural names for the 3 big feasts?

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  1. Unleavened bread- before the grain harvest
  2. Harvest- end of the grain harvest
  3. Ingathering- all the crops are in and wine is ready
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Based out of Leviticus, what are the redemptive names for the 3 big feasts?

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  1. Passover/unleavened bread/first fruits (really a combo)
  2. Weeks- the end of the grain harvest (giving of law)
  3. Tabernacles (booths)- wandering in the desert
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What are the fulfillments of the three main feasts?

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  1. Passover and the passion of Christ- the final one becomes the Lord’s supper.
  2. Weeks and Pentecost- the giving of the law/ the giving of the spirit
  3. Tabernacles and the Marriage supper of the lamb.
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What two things characterize The temple of abundance:

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  1. The river (flows from under the threshold)

2. The precious metals (lots of gold, silver, bronze)

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