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 The Stained Glass Windows
A Self-Guided
Virtual Tour
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North Windows of Sanctuary
Old Testament
Moses
Window
Center Window on the North Side
The window depicts Moses before the lifted up brass serpent which
healed
Hebrews who had been bitten by snakes (Numbers 21:9). Jesus saw a
similar type of healing in the Cross
when he said, "And just as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the
wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes
in him
may have eternal life.” (John
3:14) The medallion at the top has the tablets
of the Ten Commandments. The bottom medallion has the burning bush
where Moses received God’s name—"Yahweh"="I
am who I am.” (Exodus 3).
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Four surrounding windows
depict prophets:
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk.
Jonah 
Called
by God to preach repentance to Nineveh, an enemy of Israel, Jonah tried
to avoid the commission by escaping in a boat. Saved in a great fish,
Jonah pouted over his successful preaching to the Assyrians. But God
affirmed outreaching
grace and said, “Shall I not spare Nineveh...in which
there are more than one hundred twenty thousand
persons?” (Jonah 4:11) The symbol of Jonah is the ship.
Micah
This contemporary of Isaiah saw Samaria and Judah become vassals of
Assyria
in the 8th century BC. Knowing armaments impoverish, he urged Israel's
kings
to justice for the poor. The symbol of Micah is the broken sword"They shall beat their swords into plowshares." (Micah
4:3)
Nahum
Amos, a shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees, was sent in 750 B.C
from Tekoa in the southern Kingdom of Judah, to the 10
tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The vision of Amos is however
wider than the idolatry of the northern kings. He pronounces judgement
on surrounding
nations, and on both the northern and southern kingdoms. His call is to
let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an
ever-flowing
stream.” (Amos 5:24) His symbol is a shepherd’s
crook.
 Habakkuk
His book is the shortest in the Old Testament and the first to use the
formula “Day of the Lord.” He traces Israel’s animosity with the
Edomite people to the struggle between Isaac’s two
sons, Jacob and Esau (Edom). He calls judgment upon Edom for helping
sack Jerusalem in 587 BC. Ultimately, wrestling with God’s justice will
lead to a redeemed remnant of the covenant people. "Obadiah" means “servant of Yahweh=Jehovah=Lord. The symbol of the
earlier Obadiah in Elijah’s
time (855 BC) is the pitcher and two loaves of bread (1st
Kings 18) He concealed and fed 100 prophets at a time of great danger.
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04/08/2008, First United Methodist Church of Oak Park in Illinois. |
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