Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Old Testament Magic Squares

"Magic Squares" uses a grid with stick figure depictions of hand actions you can do with the rhymes. But I mostly focus on the rhymes, which include the book and chapter only. I would put up a link, but couldn't find one that works -- so I've included the rhymes below.

If you never get beyond the rhyme to memorizing the complete reference, I figure you can at least get to the chapter you want and skim the verses to find the one you want. Of course, if you've marked the verse it makes that really easy! 

When I introduce these and quiz them I make sure to briefly outline the actual verse, because if you don't recognize it generally the rhyme will not make much sense or be helpful. I really hope we will become a lot more familiar with the verses themselves, but knowing where to find them is a crucial first step.          

Moses1: Glory begun                     
Moses 7: Zion & Heaven                 
Genesis 1: image of the Son        
Genesis 39: “she’s not mine”        
Abraham 3: chosen to be                 
Exodus 20: commandments a plenty
Exodus 33: “His face I see”        
Leviticus 19: don’t be mean        
Deut. 7: Marriage for heaven        
Joshua 1: Study scriptures a ton           
Joshua 24: Choose who you are for
1 Samuel 16: My heart is seen        
Job 19:  My Redeemer I’ll be seeing
Psalm 24: Clean hands open door        
Proverbs 3: “Trust in Me”        
Isaiah 1: Sins undone                 
Isaiah 29: Book of Mormon/gospel divine
Isaiah 53: Christ saved me /suffered for me
Isaiah 55: Our thoughts don’t jive        
Jeremiah 16: Fishing is keen        
Ezekiel 37: Two sticks from heaven
Daniel 2: Stone & kingdom, too           
Amos 3: God – prophet – me        
Malachi 3:  “Don’t rob me”        
Malachi 4:  Elijah restores more        

1 comment:

Jones Family said...

Do you mind if I put this on my pintrest board? I don't have seminary kids this year, but would love to keep this to help them in the future.

Tammy Jones
(Doug's sister)