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At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with 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 seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).

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[Irish Queen]

Thank you for this wonderful site. It certainly is a work of persistent faith.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Interesting to see Mt. Pisgah depicted with Moses looking out from a cliff. When I was in Israel, I saw Mt. Pisgah from the bus and it looked rounded on top, climbable, like many mountains in the Appalachians. I suppose that is artistic license for drama. I looked for pictures and found the mountain is 5721 feet. More pictures:

[Forgiven_Sinner]

“The writer was inspired by the Spirit, so we should take it literally unless the text itself indicates otherwise. But why else instantly add ignorance about the grave’s location unless it’s indicating a “tongue-in-cheek” burial?”

No, it was a hidden burial for Satan wanted to use the body of Moses to get Israel to worship him as an idol. Satan contended with Michael over the body and lost.

Several of the pictures show this angelic battle.

One point about Moses and Elijah appearing with Jesus in the Transfiguration: Matt. 17:9 Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead.” (NKJV)

Jesus and Moses and Elijah were all a vision to James, John, and Peter. There is no indication they were there physically or spiritually.