The Bible In Paintings, #145: "HEAVEN OR BUST!" ELIJAH'S FIERY CHARIOT-RIDE, Part 3

Bing Images ^ | c.2200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

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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 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).

[Red Badger]

Well, at least it was ‘Green Energy’...................

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……... .

P r e s e n t e d . . F o r . . Y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

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And no animals were harmed.

[Red Badger]

Angels had to use a ladder.......................

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As in Jacob’s dream.

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

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Howdy, Mary-Lou! Top o’ the maurnin’ to ya, aand the beyst o’ the reyst o’ the daay.

[left that other site]

Howdy, Mary-Lou! Top o’ the maurnin’ to ya, aand the beyst o’ the reyst o’ the daay.

Thanks for honoring my Irish Heritage! Now, for my First-Nation heretage you can just say "Hoka Hey!" :-)

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Hoka Hey!

[stars & stripes forever]

ELIJAH’S fiery chariot-ride...

Fitting sendoff for a mighty man of GOD.

[stars & stripes forever]

Enjoy your humor. Wrong flight. LOL

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Dan you got there lastest with the bestest! (apologies to NBF)

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

"God save all here!"

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And what a way to go--but it's very likely he'll be back: on the Mount of Transfiguration, of course, but also as one of the Two Witnesses.

If God decides to honor Elijah by translating him directly to heaven without dying, a fiery chariot seems in retrospect to be just the vehicle. But why Elijah and not, say, Noah, Job, Abraham, Moses, Ruth, Samuel, Elisha, Isaiah, Daniel...?

[etabeta]

Glad to see Nicholas Roerich (#81) included. Always admired the mysticism of his paintings of the later period of his life and the transcendental feelings experienced through them. And thank you for the beautiful Italian carvings.

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I’m easily confused. Just doing the best I can, with what I have to work with.

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Passes inspection, then. 24-hour pass?

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My take on Roerich’s is uneducated, but here goes: I thought it audacious. The fiery orangeness of the sky almost completely obscures the main topic of the painting. One almost has to search for the chariot far away, up in the corner. Roerich made us dance to his tune.

[etabeta]

Indeed. Here is another with a flaming sky:

https://www.facebook.com/roerich.museum/posts/roerichs-sophiathe-wisdom-of-the-almighty-shows-saint-sophia-flying-through-a-fl/1439669899567316/

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