The Bible In Paintings: "GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH"

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Sculptures•Tapestries•Windows

G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

NOTE: The Hebrew phrase translated as
"the heavens and the earth" (shamayim erets)
indicates the totality of creation:
all Matter, Energy, Space and Time,
including our solar system's
sun, planets and moons.

New International Version ©1984

1
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Ancient of Days"

2
JAMES TISSOT
"God Creating the World"

3
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIMA DA CONEGLIANO
"God the Father"

4
BILL BELL
"Creation of Universe"

5
BILL BELL
Source

6
NASA
"Pillars of Creation"

7
NASA
"Hubble Extreme Deep Field"

8
JOHN MALONE
"Glory of the Creator"

9
JEREMY SAMS
"In the Beginning God"

10
GRAHAM BRADDOCK
"In the Beginning"

11
HECTOR GARCIA
"The Light Overtakes Darkness"

12
CHRISTIAN SIMONIAN
"The Big Bang"

13
PET SERRANO
"The Big Bang"

14
STEVE K
"Fractal Genesis"

15
JACK ZULLI
"My Big Bang Theory"

16
KAREN JANE JONES
"In the Beginning"

17
POL LEDENT
"Big Bang"

18
CMG Design Studios
"Creation"

19
Rainbow Artist ORLANDO L
"Big Bang"

20
CHARLES STUART
"Big Bang"

21
LAUREL ADAMS
"My Big Bang"

22
JO SMOLEY
"The Big Bang"

23
BRUCE NUTTING
"Big Bang"

24
GRETCHEN TEN EYCK HUNT
"Big Bang Theory"

25
MIRELA VELICHKOVA
"Big Bang"

26
EVE ALLAIN
"Big Bang"

27
TONY PANG
"Big-Bang"

28
MARIES JOSEPH
"The Beginning"

29
ELI ANA
"The Creation"

30
BRUCE NUTTING
"The Big Bang"

31
CAROLINE STREET
Source

32
DALE BARGMANN
Source

33
Source

34
MICHELANGELO
"Creation of Sun, Moon and Planets"

35
JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
"Creation of Heavenly Bodies"

36
GIUSTO DE MENABUOI
"The Creation of the World"

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37
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
"Angel Informing Moses of the Creation of the World"
Painting Design for a Stained-Glass Window

38
The Window Itself
Source

[Hebrews 11:6]

R E S O U R C E S
Read GENESIS 1 in full
Hear MAX McLEAN reading it
Hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
Read J-F-B's COMMENTARY
BIBLE TIMELINE

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[Hebrews 11:6]

STARTING TODAY, here is
a new series presenting
The Bible In Paintings:
beginning in Genesis, and
heading toward Revelation.
May the Lord use it to bless you,
again and again and again….

[null and void]

Ta-dah!

[Scarlett156]

Yay! :)

[OKSooner]

Thank you.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Journey of ten thousand leagues begins with but a single step....

[Sirius Lee]

Thanks! These paintings deserve a worthy soundtrack. I can think of no better than Haydn's "Creation", with each movement representing a "day".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIpSNMQZH9M. Haydn - The Creation / Die Schöpfung (with Annette Dasch & Thomas Quasthoff)

[Hebrews 11:6]

We’ll cover more “days” tomorrow and Wednesday, and I’ll check that in the meantime. Thanks.

[Red Badger]

[Spaceman49]

Re the “Big Bang” .. . the Bible says that, “darkness was on the face of the Deep” .. . and God said, “Let there be Light” ( Gen 1:3 ) .. .

I saw some scientific article last year which stated that the expanding universe was DARK after the Big Bang for 500 million years BEFORE the LIGHTS CAME ON !

Now .. . just HOW did Moses know THAT !?!

God bless you and have a GREAT 2022 !

[etabeta]

We are blessed to have this new start. Thank you!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Depends on where you were observing from. I will present the Bible’s simple explanation in tomorrow’s thread, so I’ll defer further discussion until then.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thank you, Alba.

[stars & stripes forever]

RE: SOUNDTRACK

The same thought crossed my mind as I scrolled through the magnificent collection of GOD’S Creation.

May the LORD bless your efforts as you pursue this new series of Biblical paintings, Dan.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thank you, Debbie.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Moses must have had a good Agent.

[Phinneous]

I enjoy many of the conceptual paintings. Fun fact- Orthodox Jews do not draw (certainly not “images” of G-d Himself but also) the faces or artists’ renditions’ of the faces of Biblical figures. Even our childrens’ books always show them from the back, or obscured, like Mr Wilson from Tool Time.

[Red Badger]

Yeah, but the commissions were horrible, but he made up for it with the movie deal......................

[Red Badger]

It’s that Third Commandment thingy..............

[Captain Compassion]

Wonderful.