The Bible In Paintings: THE GOLDEN CALF, Part 1

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

E X O D U S
CHAPTER 32

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”

Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

Aaron built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.” So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ ”

Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.

He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’ So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"The Adoration of the Golden Calf"

2
FRANS FRANCKEN II
"Worship of the Golden Calf"

3
BILL BELL
Source

4
TINTORETTO
"The Worship of the Golden Calf"

5
JAMES TISSOT
"Golden Calf"

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FRANCOIS PERRIER
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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NICOLAES CLAES CORNELISZ MOEYAERT
"Worship Of The Golden Calf"

8
JAN STEEN
"The Worship of the Golden Calf"

9
HENRI-PAUL MOTTE
"The Israelites Dancing around the Golden Calf"

10
Venetian Master
"The Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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ANTONIO MOLINARI
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

12
Dutch School
"The Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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ANDREA DI LIONE
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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ANDREA VACCARO
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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ANDREA DI LEONE
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

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CLAUDE LORRAIN
"The Adoration of the Golden Calf"

19
RAPHAEL
"Adoration of the Golden Calf"

20
MARC CHAGALL
"The Adoration of the Golden Calf"

21
ARTHUR BOYD
"The Golden Calf"

22
DASHA DELONE
"Worshipping the Golden Calf"

23
CECIL B. DEMILLE

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ALEXANDER IVANOV
"The People of Israel Worshipping the Golden Calf"

25
HENRI MEYER
"The Golden Calf"

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VIDA KHADEM
"The Golden Calf"

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To be continued…

[Hebrews 11:6]

Human nature doesn’t change....

Upon reflection, let me clarify: human nature is the same now as it was 3500 years ago.

Not much, and never permanently.

But, and this is the most important fact in the universe, God does indeed change a human's nature permanently upon becoming born again, regenerated:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
Galatians 2:20

[xp38]

Same with 25 and 26. 25 has Paris with the Eiffel tower in the background and 26 has what looks like modern lit up office towers.

[SisterK]

the Wall Street Bull is a funny surprise
very clever

[Hebrews 11:6]

deep bow