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Text Box: Old Testament The main feature in the garden from the Old Testament will be the Jesse Tree Jesse was the father of David, Israel’s greatest king. The idea of a Jesse tree comes from Isaiah 11:1-2 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD Jesus was born a thousand years after David, as a shoot from the same family tree. A Jesse tree tells the story of the Old Testament, beginning with symbols of creation and ending with the birth of Jesus. Jesse trees are often constructed by families as part of their Advent celebrations as an alternative to the Advent calendar, with a symbol added to a home-made tree on each day in Advent. Depictions of a Jesse tree can be found in stained glass windows of many churches, as well as in paintings and carvings. Our garden has a sculpture of a Jesse tree as a central feature. Designed and constructed by Christopher Lisney, the tree and each individual symbol of it is constructed in hand worked and forged steel. The sculpture is galvanised to provide a strong weather and rust resistant finish. This has then been patinated to produce ‘weathered lead’. Our tree has 22 symbols. Educational material based on the tree has been produced. The tree was unveiled by Sir Michael Spicer at our Open Day on September 26th 2009.

 

 

 

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The Jesse Tree Symbols

1.      The world

2.      Apple and the serpent

3.      The ark

4.      The Ram

5.      Jacob’s ladder

6.      Coat

7.      Ten Commandments

8.      Lamp

9.      Harp

10.    Shepherd’s staff

11.    Crown

12.    Raven

13.    Word of God

14.    Scroll and candle

15.    Church

16.    Angel with candle

17.    Altar

18.    Lily

19.    Carpenter’s tools

20.    Bethlehem star

21.    Birth of Jesus

22.    Chi Rho

The birth of life

Adam and Eve

Noah and the flood

Abraham and Isaac

Jacob and his dream

Joseph and his cost

Moses and the law

Samuel and the word of the Lord

David

Symbol of shepherds

Wisdom of Solomon

Elijah and the raven

Jeremiah

Isaiah

Nehemiah the builder

Angels

Zechariah and Elizabeth

Virgin Mary

Joseph of Nazareth

Symbol of Bethlehem

 

Christ our Lord

 
 
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