An archetypal exemplar of the corrupting power of Lust and Greed against Wisdom and Integrity! Thanks very much, Dan!
 | "Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" |  | "God save all here!" |  |
Posted on 11/17/2020 6:13:01 AM PST by 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 being filmed right now. 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 43 years ago).
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Some or those look way under 18!
This is surely the finest thing to happen to Free Republic in some time.
Delightful!
(...And to think of all those panty-hose hanging from the shower curtains!)
My deepest thanks.
Well, at least he didn’t behead them in the morning, like this guy did:
(From Wiki)
“Shahryar
Shahryar (also spelt Shahriar, Shariar, Shahriyar, Schahryar, Sheharyar, Shaheryar, Shahrayar, or Shaharyar; Persian: شهریار, romanized: Šahryār; derived from the Middle Persian: šahr-dār, ‘holder of a kingdom’, i.e. ‘prince, king’)[1] is the fictional Persian Sassanid King of kings who is told stories by his wife, Scheherazade.
He ruled over a Persian Empire extended to India, over all the adjacent islands and a great way beyond the Ganges as far as China, while Shahryār’s younger brother, Shahzaman (Persian: شاهزمان, Šāhzamān) ruled over Samarkand.
In the frame-story, Shahryar is betrayed by his wife, which makes him believe that all women will, in the end, betray him. So every night for three years, he takes a wife and has her executed the next morning, until he marries Scheherazade, his vizier’s beautiful and clever daughter. For 1001 nights in a row, Scheherazade tells Shahryar a story, each time stopping at dawn with a cliffhanger, thus forcing him to keep her alive for another day so that she can complete the tale the next night. After 1,001 stories she has told Shahryar, she tells him that she has no more stories to tell him. However, during the stories, Shahryar has grown into a wise ruler and rekindles his trust in women. “
It’s impossible to credibly claim selectivity when one’s sexual partners reach 1,000.
My distinct pleasure.
I had heard of Scheherazade, but not of her interesting story. Learn something every day....
"You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods."
I believe this advice, some time in the future, will be at the forefront of everyone's mind..
Paul cautioned, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.” Care to explain to what you are referring?
I had heard OF that, too, without actually HEARING that.
So you’re saying he had an Epstein Island thing going on?
An archetypal exemplar of the corrupting power of Lust and Greed against Wisdom and Integrity! Thanks very much, Dan!
| "Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" | | "God save all here!" | |
Smoke>>>>>>fire
Very interesting dynamic, that the “wisest” of all time could end up being so foolish. The cautionary tale of all cautionary tales: “wisdom is not sinlessness.”
"Paul cautioned, “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers.” Care to explain to what you are referring?"
There are many examples of God taking a hand to Israel for disloyelty to the one true God.. Judges 10:6-9 is just one of them....
6. And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
7. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
8. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
9. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
So, attempting to understand your prediction:
"I believe this advice, some time in the future, will be at the forefront of everyone's mind." AND "...many examples of God taking a hand to Israel for disloyalty to the one true God."
I infer a coming catastrophe for Israel will be widely recognized as God's punishment for its national infidelity. Is that what you're saying? Help me out here...
And all of Solomon’s wisdom went out the window....
Plaque at #30! Very beautiful. I have already stolen some paintings from your pages to put in my art files. Thank you.
No charge.
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