The Bible In Paintings, #153: ISRAEL REJECTS GOD, SO GOD BANISHES ISRAEL

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

[Hebrews 11:6]

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P L E A S E ….. N O T E :

This text is GOD'S SUMMARY of how Israel rebelled utterly against God, and then in turn how He rejected and banished Israel. It is IMPORTANT, so each element demands full coverage.

However, because there is little art available,
I am illustrating it here on an A.W.W.I.C. basis:

Any Which Way I Can!

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ISRAEL
REJECTS
GOD,

SO GOD
BANISHES
ISRAEL

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2^nd
K I N G S
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New International Version, emphases added
Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible


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C L I C K :

To read 2^nd KINGS 2-6 in full
To hear MAX McLEAN reading it
To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
To watch an ANIMATION of 2^nd Kings

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CHAPTER 17

1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. 2 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea. 5 The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege to it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 8 and followed the practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. 9

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The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

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by B MELUSINE MIHALTSES
"Visions of Asherah"

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by STEPHANIE R WINTERSRAVEN
"Forgotten Divine Feminine Asherah"

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11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols, though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”

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13 The Lord warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”

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14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

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16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,

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by NICOLAS POUSSIN, 1629
" Adoration of the Golden Calf "

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by GERRIT DE WET
" The Adoration of the Golden Calf "

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by JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD, 1752
"Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol"

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by JAMES TISSOT
"The Golden Calf"

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and an Asherah pole.

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They bowed down to all the starry hosts,

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by VINCENT VAN GOGH, 1889
"The Starry Night"
"Starry, Starry Night" - Don McLean

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by Hubble Space Telescope
"Ultra Deep Field"
THE MOST REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPH EVER TAKEN. Astronomers wanted to find out how many galaxies make up the observable universe (the average galaxy contains 200 Billion stars = 2x10¹¹). They picked a tiny area—the equivalent of looking through a drinking straw, 1/16 the diameter of the moon—which appeared completely dark with no foreground stars, and they let the camera gather light for eleven days.

This is what they found. Aside from one foreground star, every single object you see is a galaxy—the big ones are "close" to us and the tiniest are 13 billion light-years distant. As a result, astronomers extrapolated to estimate the total census of galaxies at 400 Billion—4x10¹¹. With 2x10¹¹ stars per galaxy, the total number of stars is 8x10²² = 80,000 Billion-Billion =
80 Sextillion stars: 80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

How Great Thou Art! A revealing side-note: there are few atheists and agnostics among the world's 10,000 (1x10⁴) astronomers, because they look back in time through their amazing telescopes all the way to creation and see the full array of What God Hath Wrought. By contrast, the world's 3 million (3x10⁶) biologists largely do not believe, because they are studying only God's seventh day, when He has ceased altogether in creating new species.

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and they worshiped Baal.

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"Idolatry with Baal-peor"

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by JAMES TISSOT
" Baalites "

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17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire.

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They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers, until he thrust them from his presence.

21 When he tore Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king. Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin. 22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them 23 until the Lord removed them from his presence, as he had warned through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.

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by JAMES TISSOT
"The Flight of the Prisoners"

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by RAY CHARLES
"Hit the Road, Jack"

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Preview of
COMING
ATTRACTIONS

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,
ASSYRIANS
vs. HEZEKIAH

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R E S O U R C E S

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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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

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Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 152 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you

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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

A r t Q u a l i t y

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.

Often, 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.

T e x t S e q u e n c i n g

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!

P a c i n g

The 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).

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!

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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
Dan Lewis
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[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).

[Red Badger]

They must have been Democrats.................. Weiner, Toobin, Epstein, Clinton, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden...............

[Hebrews 11:6]

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

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

[Hebrews 11:6]

Whatever..................

[golux]

A very inspired and new take!

I love it.

Excellent!

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Well done on a difficult assignment.

[Red Badger]

Hopefully God will banish them!..................

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks. I tackled the 1Chr.16 passage yesterday that I requested prayer for, and I think it succeeded. You’ll see it in a week.

[Huskrrrr]

How must God view our society today?

[left that other site]

I KNEW the PP Pic was coming.

Even so, it was still STUNNING and DEVASTATING.

[etabeta]

To wash away those images from my eyes: The Knights of Christ - Detail from the splendid Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck, 15th c.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Had to do it—had no “choice.”

[Hebrews 11:6]

You’ve still got it.

[etabeta]

Yes, thanks to you.

Probably you already know that Sunday evening we will have Christmas with THE CHOSEN.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7J65DhhEcg

[Hebrews 11:6]

How must God view our society today?

Yours is an important question. Today's society is no different in kind from any other era's. The details differ: widespread abortion, feeding Christians to lions, flaying prisoners alive, Inquisition torture and auto-da-fé, the Holocaust. Read Foxe's Book of Martyrs, if you have the stomach for it.

But every society is composed entirely of desperately depraved sinners, a minority of whom get redeemed and begin sanctification. What boggles my mind is how God views every single stinking thought, not to mention the diabolical deeds, of every putrid person. It must be like swimming in a cesspool for Him.

He knew that would be the case before He ever created the world--and went ahead anyway. He had a Plan....

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes—I believe they’ll include Dallas’ short nativity drama. it’s a good one.

[spankalib]

That Hubble photo of galaxies...always makes me think...

If you counted one number per second, how long would it take you to count to 1 million?

11 days, counting 24 hrs. a day.

How long to count to 1 billion?

30 years!

A trillion? = 30,000 years!

The immensity of God's creation is imponderable! (Not that poets, artists, writers and thinkers throughout the ages haven't stopped trying!)

I believe there are other created beings. Beings who didn't fall to temptation and sin...we are the only ones in His creation who fell into sin and we are being watched...as His plan for the universe unfolds before their wondering senses.

Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Worlds, plural, more than one. Then:

Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

I don’t think He created the other worlds in vain either – he formed them to be inhabited as well.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Perhaps more responsive to your excellent question is the comparison Eric Metaxas drew between today's society and 18th Century England's in how to treat the poor (given during his 2012 National Prayer Breakfast address, based on his wonderful biography of William Wilberforce, Amazing Grace, released contemporaneously with the film).

In today's society we argue about whether helping the poor should be funded publicly or privately. In England and Europe in 1800, there was no thought given to helping them at all. It was Wilberforce who changed that by leading the fight to abolish slavery in the British Empire.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Often I use this analogy to help people really grasp what a billion is: when you're thirty years old, your heart has beat a billion times. I'm now at 2.35 billion (2.35x10⁹), and it's wearing out....

I believe there are other created beings. Beings who didn't fall to temptation and sin

Then you would find fascination in CS Lewis' Space Trilogy. The middle book, Perelandra, describes Satan's temptation of Venus's Eve. Rather than the Bible's brief two-paragraph report of our Eve's temptation, Lewis conjures TWENTY PAGES of Satan's arguments and Eve's responses. It is easily the best writing I have encountered this side of Romans, and his biographer said Lewis considered it his very best book (although his "favorite" was the sequel, That Hideous Strength).

[spankalib]

I’ll put re-reading the trilogy on the calendar!