The call of Mohammed and the hegira are central to Islam while Buddha's enlightenment under the Bo tree is the main event in Buddhism. ... In Buddhism, Buddha's enlightenment under the Bo tree is very important and central. What happened was that Siddhartha Guatauma sat under a Bo tree seeking enlightenment. ... After sitting under the Bo tree in bliss for forty-nine days he emerged and was ready to share with the world what he knew. ... It brings your history to life; gives it a form. ...

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Jesus became a curse when He hung on the tree. Deut 21:23 "If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, his body shall not remain overnight on the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. ... Gal 3:13 "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree-), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Genti...

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Throughout all of the gospels, and most apparently in Luke's is the idea that Jesus only saves those who recognize their need to be saved and give their entire being to Jesus to save. ... Zacchaeus is a smaller man so he can not adequately see Jesus, so he climbs up a tree nearby. Jesus Sees him in the tree and tells him to get down and allow him to stay at his house. ... The official at that point was very sad because he had a lot of money and did not want to give it away (Luke 18:18-23). ...

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The elevated perspective that Bruegel gives the viewer as well as the lack of frame makes the piece looks infinitely large, expanding in all directions. ... Upon viewing The Harvesters for the first time, the viewer's eye is automatically drawn to the large tree looming over a large crowd of people. ... To the left of the tree we see a middle-aged man who is asleep, most likely exhausted from the heat. ... For instance, as one were to slowly look up towards the church, we see a man shaking apples from a tree and a smaller group of women picking them up. ... Through the use of three-dimens...

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I can enter a state of worship as I walk down a quite street while the wind blow through the trees. ... The Mausoleum is a place to reverence the dead and give thanks to God for life. ... One with flowers and the other with palm trees, a statue and sand. I favored the area with the palm trees. The sand and palm trees depict the dessert. ...

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Both Mary and Mahamaya traveled to a certain location instead of staying put and giving birth where they lived. ... Mahamaya sets out on her journey to give birth to Buddha in her home city. However, she stops to rest at a park called Lumbini and "the baby is born through her side as she holds onto a tree branch for support" (Oxtoby 378). ... He was to be "tempted by the devil" (Matthew. 4:1) but he did not give in. ... Both Jesus and Buddha expressed that it is more blessed to give than to receive. ...

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They finally reached a Tavern that had a running stream and three trees at dawn where they inquired for information and on receiving none they continued with the journey. The three trees against a low sky is a symbol that implies the historical future of the crucifixion and the spiritual truth of the future (the skies lowered and heaven opened). ... Here Eliot uses both the senses of tactile and gustatory to give the girls a feeling of soft, smooth fabrics and the 'sherbet' a cold drink after long, tough day. ...

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This question was answered by Ravi Zacharias when he said, "The blind man may tell you it's a tree, but he's wrong. It is not a tree or a rope or a fan. ... What three practical suggestions would you give to a friend who wants to know how he or she can seek God that way? ... Three practical suggestions I would give my friend to help them seek closer to God would be: Don't lets things hinder you from seeking him, worship, and keep yourself aware and on guard on where God is. ...

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Upon entering the forest he is suspicious of every rock and tree, thinking something evil will jump out at him. ... When he sees this it destroys any faith he might have had in the community or himself and he appears to give-up. ...

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He drove out the man and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life" (Genesis 3:22). ... In Leviticus, the Lord gives the instructions for man to make sacrifices for Sin Offerings, Guilt offerings, Acceptable offerings, punishment for blasphemy, among many other laws and stipulations. ... It follows, then, that the Hebrew people expected the Messiah to be the greatest prophet and law giver. ... Only through Jesus, the son of God, giving his life for man to be forgiven, can man return to God's...

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That is, until his spiritual transformation under a tree one evening. ... He is an active member of the church, serves as a positive role-model for John, and gives his free time to help clean up the church's sanctuary. ... Or the struggle of John, who manages to separate his father from religion, allowing him to develop a personal relationship with God without feeling that he is giving in to his hated father. ...

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According to Pound, because of his heroic willingness to fight against God and to never give up, Satan is the true hero in Paradise Lost. ... Once on earth, Satan changes into a wolf, and then into a cormorant where he sits in the Tree of Life "devising Death / To them who liv'd." ...

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Adam was the younger son who didn't like to work, when he went out to the field, he always was able to get out of site of the Lawd so he could rest underneath a tree. One day he went to his father and told the Lawd to give him his share of the goods, so that he could go forth. ...

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Saint Augustine says "I pass over many things, hastening on to those which more strongly compel me to confess to thee,", so we know he passed over a large amount of his life not exactly giving us an exactly holistic picture. He brings up instances in his life like the time when he stole pears from a pear tree and fed them to swine comparing it with Adam and Eve stealing Apples in the Garden of Eden. ...

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"Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. ... The man did not want to give up what he had. ... But Zacchaeus said he would repay everything four times over and give half his possessions to the poor. "So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. ... Sometimes that's what it takes to give up some of our possessions, but God says he will provide as long as we trust in him. ...

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However, despite all of man's failures God still loves us enough to send His only son to save us from our sin and give us eternal life with God, all we have to do is believe in him. ... However once Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Good and Evil and sin entered the world, we have been separated from God's Kingdom and enjoying this eternal rest. ... When Jesus went back to heaven, he commanded all Christians to spread the good news of God's salvation through Christ's death, and he explained that the delay in his return was to give everyone, Jews and Gentiles, a chance to...

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Beginning with Family Perhaps I used to pray when you were a small child, or I started to pray as a young Christian, I remember when I was a child. My parents taught me to pray. About 7:00 every night, we prayed together, my father took me put in hands, and read some traditional prayers. Truly, I di...

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In the story, Jesus has compassion on the common-people and feeds thousands of people with only five loaves of bread and five fish, similar to Simon, who helps the littluns by giving them the fruit they needed from the high branches of the tree-all done without a word of complaint. ...

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