🌱Seed 🙂Agree 🟢Conviction 📰Handout


Biblical Themes  

Temple (Heaven+Earth)

  • Yahweh’s presence  
  • Layout of the temple alluded to  
  • Garden of Eden imagery/Mountains  
  • Access by sacrifice  
  • Yahweh’s space and people’s space  
  • Presence of spiritual beings

Sabbath

  • Number 7 is used to signal theme  
  • Rest from __________  
  • Cycles of time

Image of God

  • Rulers/caretakers on behalf of God  
  • Priests in the temple

Tree of Life

  • Trees/bushes/wood  
  • Choices made to either follow Yahweh or define good and bad for yourself

Exile

  • “East of ______” / “Down to ________”  
  • “Babylon”/ “Egypt”/ “Assyria”  
  • Wilderness (Number 40)  
  • Temple destroyed

Water of Life

  • Water/wells/rivers/springs/streams  
  • Water brings life out of desolation  
  • Water rescues

Day of Yahweh

  • “Day of the Lord”/”The Day”  
  • Passover/Exodus referenced or alluded to

(Covenant)

  • “God of your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”  

  • Agreements made at mountains/trees/springs

Cud Chewing 101: Hebrew Meditation Literature

What did you notice from Genesis 1 as you read/listened?






What did you notice from Genesis 2 as you read/listened?






What did you notice from Genesis 3 as you read/listened?






Things You Can Notice/Note/Question:

  • Your Reaction  
  • Yahweh’s character  
  • Details Included or Omitted  
  • Connections  
  • Culturally Specific Things  
  • Biblical Themes (see other page)