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Posted on 11/21/2020 5:48:09 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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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good morning
Rise and shine!
Thank you so much for your faithfulness and hard work in putting all these wonderful photos together and posting them on FR.
God bless you and yours and may you have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!
You are very welcome—thank you for your wonderful blessing, which I return for you in full measure. We have so very much for which to be deeply thankful!
Because of your very perceptive post on yesterday’s thread, last night when I was teeing up this thread I added “Gentile” to the title, which I think now incorporates fully the story’s true major elements.
Good Morning, Dan!
This story resonates with me.
As every Bible story, properly understood and fully considered, should, Mary-Lou. Some, though, have elements that touch us personally and emotionally. God knows which are which, and the Spirit is called the Comforter for a reason. O, how He loves you!
Yes He Does! (((HUGS)))
Why would it be assumed that she is a gentile?
Jewish tradition identifies her as the mother of Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet sent to Ninevah.
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Because the text is silent on her heritage, it leaves us to assume it from her location.
The beauty of Elijah first being fed by unclean ravens and then by a Gentile in her home is how it prefigures Peter's experience with the vision of telling him to eat the unclean animals and then visiting the Centurian's home. Forgiven_Sinner pointed this out on yesterday's thread.
But perhaps now we learn, thanks to you, the upshot of Elijah's adventure: just as the welcoming of the Gentiles resulted ultimately from Peter's epiphany, so Elijah raised Jonah from the dead to welcome the Ninevites!
She was exceedingly hospitable, especially considering how brazenly Elijah barged right in. At that point of her obedience to the custom, she had no idea what was to follow: unending miraculous food, son revived....
An act of faithful obedience by the widow of Zarapeth, on the brink of death by starvation, brought many blessings. Later she would be a living witness to a death and resurrection that points to the future resurrection of Jesus Christ.
A poignant story that much has to teach us...
Apart from the greatly appreciated stained glass windows, picture #7 is a favorite.
“Because the text is silent on her heritage, it leaves us to assume it from her location.”
Heh. The text may be silent, but Jesus is not!
Luke 4:25-27 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land. 26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Jesus clearly implies the widow was a Sidonian and not an Israelite. That’s good enough for me!
Zarephath
In life terms, God is by far the all-time leader in clutch hits, as He determined to show that dear lady by an unending succession of miracles, all tailored precisely to meet her desperate needs.
Thanks again for making the Elijah-Peter connection for us.
“Why would it be assumed that she is a gentile?
Jewish tradition identifies her as the mother of Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet sent to Ninevah.”
A valid question.
Generally, Israelites wouldn’t live in Gentile cities. That’s outside their support network. But no doubt a few did.
Occam’s Razor says the simplest explanation is the best, which is that she is a Sidonian.
Basic Bible interpretation is to take explanations at face value, unless indicated otherwise.
The key proof she was a Gentile is Jesus.
Luke 4:25-27 But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land. 26 Elijah was sent to none of them, except to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
Jesus clearly implies the widow was a Sidonian and not an Israelite. That’s good enough for me!
The Jewish tradition is interesting.
Jonah lived:
“Jonah was written around 784-772 BC. It occurred during the reign of King Jeroboam II of Israel (790-750 BC)”
And Elijah lived:
“Elijah (900 BCE–849 BCE) appears in the Judaic/Christian religious texts as well as in the Quran of Islam as a prophet and messenger of God.”
So, at least according to this source, they were 35-65 years apart. Nothing in scripture disproves this except that Jesus seems to imply the widow was not of Israel, and of course her child was not.
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