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4719510136Abraham and IsaacIn Genesis, Abraham was asked to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. Isaac was spared and Abraham received the Lord's blessing. This story shows a man's willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice to demonstrate his faith and trust in God.0
4719560144AbsalomSamuel II, Absalom was David's fav <33 He was killed in a battle while trying to take his fathers throne. David grieved "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!" Demonstrates paternal grief.1
4719563053AchillesIn Greek Mythology, he was the model of valor and beauty. He was shot with an arrow by Paris. Today, it refers to the vulnerable part of a person's character2
4719566835Apocalypse/Judgment Day/ Reckoning/ Second Coming/ RaptureThe world is ending lol3
4719567744AtlasIn Greek Mythology, Atlas (titan) rebelled against Zeus punished him by placing the heavens on his shoulders.4
4719569448BethlehemA small town south of Jerusalem where Jesus is said to have been born5
4719570017Cain and AbelGenesis, Cain murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy. Shows brother to brother confict6
4719571984Cast the first stoneJohn, a woman caught in adultery was publicly stoned. Jesus said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her..." DONTTTT BE A HYPOCRITE!7
4719576898Daedalus and IcarusGreek, they were both imprisoned by Crete. Daedalus designed wings of wax and feathers that would allow them to escape. THAT DIDNT WORK BECAUSE THEIR ASSES MELTED BECAUSE OF APOLLO LOL8
4719579026Dionysus or BacchusGreek and Roman names of the God of wine, revelry, the power of nature, fertility, and emotional ecstasy.9
4719579872Four horsemen of the apocalypsein Revelation, John prophesies the end of the world, the final struggle between good and evil. He uses the metaphor of four enormously powerful horsemen as the ultimate destructive forces of divine retribution: war, death, plague, and famine. in literature, the four horsemen remain symbolic of powerful destruction forces10
4719580986Garden of GethsemaneGarden outside of Jerusalem where the agony and betrayal of Jesus took place. Suffering.11
4719582159GorgonsTURN YA INTO STONE LOL BYE12
4719582464Guy FawkesCouldn't blow up British parliament LOL DIS HOE13
4719586140Holy Grailthe cup that is said to have been used by Jesus Christ and that was sought by knights during the Middle Ages THE LAST SUPPER BOIII BRINGS HEealth to thoSE WHO HOLD IT14
4719588455Jacob's laddera ladder seen by Jacob in a dream, reaching from the earth to heaven.15
4719595318Jephthah's DaughterJ vowed to sacrifice whatever living creature emerged first from his house. His daughter was the first. She wanted to walk to the mountains and mourn her virginity.16

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