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Joshua:
This window tells of those who decide for God or against God, with imagery of God's covenant with his chosen people, the Hebrews. Joshua succeeded Moses as the leader of the Hebrews and was the one who told his people they must choose whom to follow. Installed in 1993.
(1) Judas, having decided to betray Jesus, drops his thirty pieces of silver and in despair reaches for the tree by which he will hang himself.
(2) The two center lancets tell of Joshua, who called his people and blessed [sic] those who choose to serve God. With his left hand he sweeps away those who deny God.
(3) A great oak tree beneath which Joshua places a rock to remind the people of their pledge to worship the Lord and to forsake foreign gods.
(4) The suffering Jesus, carrying his cross, above him his weeping mother, beneath him his followers.
(5) The top multifoil shows the most cherished symbol of the Hebrews, the golden Ark of the Covenant. |