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2. Promise: Following the fall, God’s judgment comes in the form of the flood. Even here, salvation and God’s mercy are present, as represented in the images of the dry land, the dove and the rainbow. Abraham’s vision of the stars in the lower left lancet attests to God’s promise that, through Abraham’s seed, all the nations will be blessed. In the center, Moses holds the tablets containing God’s law. The rain of manna, the bronze serpent, the Promised Land, the Ark of the Covenant and the tree of Jesse represent the presence of a redeeming God.

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