The Bible In Paintings, #179: GOD INTERVENES, QUIZZES JOB

c. 2,200 BC | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[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).

[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

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan!

(((I love the Poetry in this part of the Book of Job!)))

[Red Badger]

This is an animation off the Pleiades over the next 400,000 years. Notice that they ALL MOVE AS ONE in the same direction, while everything else is moving in different directions!....................

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I always enjoy ogling these Seven Sisters.

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I do, too. God certainly knows how to make His case.

[Red Badger]

They were used by ancients as a ‘eye test’ to see how well a soldier could see..............................

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That is SPECTACULAR! Thanks so much for adding it to this thread.

[left that other site]

Indeed! :-)

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Didn’t know that. Had to resolve them individually then.

[Red Badger]

Yes, they didn’t become Messier until 1774.......................

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Is astronomy your hobby or your profession?

[Red Badger]

Neither, I just enjoy it.

I have a small amateur telescope I use sometimes on clear nights which we have very few of in Florida..........................

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And Florida doesn’t offer mountains for clearer viewing.

[Red Badger]

The 'highest point' in Florida is about 50 miles from here.

[Red Badger]

[jetson]

Nice

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You might enjoy this. I count two world-famous astronomers as personal friends: Hugh Ross, evangelist/apologist and author of the book above; and Allan Sandage, now deceased, Hubble’s protege and developer of the Mt. Palomar telescope (yes, we have actual mountains in California).

[spankalib]

22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?

Rev 16:21
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven,every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

a talent = @ 70 lbs.

Nothing could stand 70 lb. hailstones!

I like Tissot, but #17...I don't see any happy expressions there!

...for some reason, I don't know why, but Blake's work makes me squirm inside, it's...uncomfortable somehow.