The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.), and these artists have done so and their works can assist us. But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven or eight seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive.
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Why is it in some painting where you can see both God and Adam they both have navel’s.
Thanks for your post. FYI.. .I am enjoying listening to the AllAudio Bible on YouTube. . .really good dramatized version and has a pic for each chapter plus you can read along, too. It looks like the majority of it was done 9 - 11 years ago. It certainly has enhanced my Bible Study. https://www.youtube.com/user/ALLAUDIOBIBLE
I understand that these artist meant well but I believe their images of God, Jesus, Angels, the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, and even Noah and the Ark are so far from what was reality that it gives people the wrong idea about who they are. God is not an old white haired bearded man, the serpent in the garden was not really a snake, angels don’t have wings, and the ark did not resemble a child’s bathtub toy.