[Hebrews 11:6]

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).

[Red Badger]

Thus, the song, “Glean On Me”.........................

[Hebrews 11:6]

……... .

F o r . . y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

……... .

[ctdonath2]

Nice collection.

Never occurred to me Ruth was overtly sexy.

[Tucker39]

Verrrry interrrrrresting! I was grabbed by pictures 2, 10 and 15, just because of the apparent lack of discernment and/or decorum of the artists. Number 2 with a breast peeking out from the folds of her robe. Number 10, which is very lovely, except for her see-through blouse; which I don’t think existed in those days. And number 15, with her robe actually undone and standing open suggestively. If I left myself go, I could be as boorish and salacious as the next guy. But I do not believe the subject matter in this instance should lead the observer off in a risque’ direction. FWIW.

[Ezekiel]

My favorite is painting #20. Funny 'cause here is verse 83:

4:20. And Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon:

(Salmon is actually spelled the same as Solomon in this verse, just a different pronunciation. Also also different from how Salmon is spelled in the next verse, word.)

On that seemingly dumb and irrelevant fish pun, here's an interesting take on gleaning and threshing:

(from etymonline.com)

*tere- (1)

*terə-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to rub, turn," with derivatives referring to twisting, also to boring, drilling, piercing; and to the rubbing of cereal grain to remove the husks, and thus to threshing.

Besides thresh, one of the derived words is trout, a type of salmon:

trout (n.)

Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE *tro-, from root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn." In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."

As we can see, the Old English truht plays off of Ruth and truth, which is found by paying close attention to the little details, by always nibbling away:

Ruth

Meaning

Friend, Associate

Vision, View

Etymology

From the noun (rea'), friend or companion.

From the noun (re'ut), a looking or understanding.

There is quite an interesting story behind the name of Ruth, who was a "trusty trout" in late 17th c. slang..

"Where you go I will go.."

https://www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com/bull-blog/trusty-trout

"I go... a-fishing.", said Simon Peter, but that night they caught nothing. Jesus gave them the tip to fish off of the right side of the boat. Then what, 153 were caught, which is the same numerical value as the Hebrew phrase nes gadol, a great miracle. Heh, but of course. It's the simple meaning:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraculous_catch_of_fish

I have to go do yard work now. No fish, but I need to fish for some rocks.

[Tucker39]

Ruth was not a Jew, but a Moabite. And I know not what physical features might’ve stood out among those people. But if I were choosing one of the likenesses as a “quintessential” Moabitess image, I’d lean toward #10.