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Posted on 11/28/2020 5:57:58 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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1 When the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
7 Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan. 8 Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
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9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?”
“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit,” Elisha replied.
10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours—otherwise, it will not.”
11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 12 Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
13 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
15 The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watching, said, “The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.”
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"Elijah and the Fiery Chariot"
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by MARC CHAGALL, 1956
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If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:Elijah's Chariot of Fire Image Sources are provided for most individual works.
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the source did not provide the artist's name.
Works are numbered to facilitate your commenting.. .
Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically: REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de ToursJAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes. .
Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations: The Art Bible (1896) The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245) . .
This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE. .
Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 142 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you. .
Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE. .
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!. .
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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.
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Q u a l i t yOften, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.
The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!
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S e q u e n c i n gThe pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).
P a c i n g Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?
The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!. .
Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.Hebrews 11:6
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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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So enjoyed your post this morning!
Yours?
No, mine is Blue with awesome pin striping. But I really like the flames!
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Dan, the Flaming Arrayer.
Absolutely beautiful presentation you have done. What a wonderful calling you have received and made true. Thank you!
I told my wife yesterday that, since my salvation, she is by far the greatest miracle He has brought into my life, among many others of which this is just the latest. But, I added, that merely begs the question: what greater astonishments await us through all eternity with Him?
My, my, my! So many thoughts came into my mind as I viewed these images.
1) I thought of Zechariah’s first vision, Zech. 1:7-11 The horses in this scene are spiritual horses, like our bodies will be spiritual bodies (1 Cor. 15:4242 (AU)So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 (AV)It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, (AW)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (AX)The last Adam became (AY)a life-giving spirit.
2. The horses in Zechariah’s vision may represent angels, they may be angels, or they may be spiritual talking horses. The last is like the talking horses in CS Lewis’ Narnia series.
3. More spiritual horses appear in Revelation 19:11 (V)Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, (W)a white horse. And He who sat on him was called (X)Faithful and True, and (Y)in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 (Z)His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. (AA)He [e]had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 (AB)He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called (AC)The Word of God. 14 (AD)And the armies in heaven, (AE)clothed in [f]fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses.
So we have Christ and His army of saints riding on horses at Jesus’ battle with the beast and false prophet.
Again, these are spiritual horses, flying in the heaven coming to the earth, exactly like the horses that came for Elijah.
4. Speaking of ascending to heaven, I thought of Jesus’ ascension too, in Acts 1:9 (Q)Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, (R)He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them (S)in white apparel, 11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, (T)will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
Reading Elijah’s ascension, I was struck how the horses and chariot came down to earth, separated Elijah and Elisha, and took him up to the physical heaven, the atmosphere, and out of sight. Do you see how this is like Jesus’ ascension?
5. The last thought I have is that Elijah’s ascension is NOT a vision Elisha had, but reality as he observed it, just as the apostles watched Jesus ascend through the atmosphere into a cloud.
That’s it for now. I’ll look through the pictures again and see if anything else occurs to me.
I noticed one more little detail: scripture says the chariot of fire separated Elijah and Elisha, but that Elisha ascended in a whirlwind. It doesn’t say Elijah was in the chariot, but most of the artists assumed that. That’s probably a reasonable assumption.
A whirlwind is a feature of the atmosphere during an intense thunderstorm. God also used it in Job 38-40. Imagine Elisha’s intense dedication as he follows Elijah directly into an intense thunderstorm! Imagine the scene of a dark thunderstorm, possibly with rain and hail, and then the blazing chariot contrasting with the darkness.
This is rather like Jesus’ return in brilliance during the very dark days of the end.
My final comment: my favorite picture is number 30. It captures the colors and the scene as I imagine it.
In some respects, but in large measure Jesus' departure mirrors his arrival. As He was born in the very humblest of circumstances, so also His ascension was utterly without the pomp and circumstance absolutely befitting the risen King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Even Elijah rated a fiery chariot, but the Servant of Servants merely rose meekly into a cloud.
I understand, though, that His Second Coming will be quite a gala production....
To argue "So Elijah can return with Enoch as the Two Witnesses" seems somehow inadequate.
What a spectacular way to ascend to Heaven! Lot of symbolism here: the fire tells of the mighty glory of God; the horses, power and speed; the chariot, safety and protection. It must have made a profound and lasting impression on Elisha whom God chose as the spiritual heir to Elijah.
We can look at his ensuing life and see that his zeal for the Lord never faded; moreover, his innumerable miracles (my next mini-series is titled "Elisha's Many, Many Miracles") testify eloquently that God seemingly never left Elisha.
“We can look at his ensuing life and see that his zeal for the Lord never faded; moreover, his innumerable miracles (my next mini-series is titled “Elisha’s Many, Many Miracles”) testify eloquently that God seemingly never left Elisha.”
For those who count (numbers guy here!) Elijah had 7 major miracles, but Elisha had 14.
A double portion of the Holy Spirit indeed!
I’ve illustrated the vast majority—I imagine there are various ways of counting. Mini-series probably starts Wednesday.
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