Figurative Language Flashcards
(61 cards)
Figurative Seed
Word that gives life
Condition for becoming a child
Figurative Field
A Person’s Heart, The World
Place where ‘seeds’ are sown/Where ‘fruits’ are harvested
Figurative Tree
Inner Person Born Again of the Seed of the Word
A tree matures from a seed and allows for ‘birds’ to come and perch on it
Figurative Bird
Spirit
They fly in the sky and make their home in trees
Figurative Food
Word that sustains life
Can be both healthy (true word) as well as harmful (false word)
Figurative Yeast
Instructions
Expands the substance and changes its properties
Figurative Bowl
A Person’s Heart, Church
An Instrument for holding ‘food’. Its contents dictate what kind of bowl it is
Figurative Scales
The Word of God that Weighs One’s Faith and Actions
Figurative Staff/Rod/Iron Scepter
Word, Person with the Word, Ecclesiastical Authority to Rule
Instrument used for a person to rely on and hold on to. Iron Scepter is used to rule all nations
Figurative Fire
Word that Consumes and Judges
It burns and consumes those who face it
Figurative Censer
A Person’s Heart
Vessel used for incense ‘fire’ during rituals
Figurative Pot
An Organization like a Church
Tool used to heat and cook food such as meat
Figurative Light
Word of Life
Provides life to all of creation. It lights the road ahead of us
Figurative Lampstand
Spirit and a Person of Duty
Temporary lights used to illuminate during times of ‘darkness/night’
Figurative Blindness/Deafness
One who can see and hear the word but not perceive it
Having eyes and ears they cannot truly see or hear
Figurative Wedding Clothes
Righteous Acts
Special garments worn on a special ceremony to show respect
Figurative Treasure
The Word of Truth, Person with the Word for Truth
Treasure is something precious, valuable and unchanging
Figurative Rich Man
A Person who has Great Pride in Possessing a lot of Knowledge of the Word
A person with riches such as ‘gold, silver, and lots of treasures’
Figurative Water
Word that gives Life and Cleanses the unclean
Figurative Spring, Fountain, Well
Shepherd, Temple
A source to receive and attain ‘water’
Figurative River
Disciple, The Heart of an Evangelist
The path for ‘water’ to flow
Figurative Sea
The World
A place where many waters gathered. Sea ‘water’ cannot be used as drinking water
Figurative Fisherman
A Shepherd or an Evangelist
Someone who catches ‘fish’ to take to the ‘pot’
Figurative Net
The Word
An Instrument used to catch ‘fish’