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Thanks again for sharing these...

My pleasure. Go ahead and help yourself to several, although I don’t do gift-wrapping.

LOL Thank you again kind sir...

Actually, I could wrap them, but I don’t think you’d care for the result.

Wonderful statue at #1, love the expression of joy and thankfulness on his father’s face as he lifts his eyes to God.
#2 by Jan Steen, artist of the Dutch Golden Age. Superb handling of color. He was also known for the humor and moralizing he injected in everyday life scenes.
#10 Copping
#12, remarkable painting by the Russian artist.
#17, Semiradski, Polish artist encountered before on this thread. He became well known for his scenes of the New Testament.
#18 Tissot
All stained glass windows. Well done, Dan!

Good Morning Dan, and a glad Sunday to all.

Many beautiful works- among the favorites;
#10 Copping
#12 Losev
#18 Tissot (love the bystander’s expressions)
#21 Drouais

Thank You Dan, and welcome to all gallery visitors!

Thank you, Alba. Just having fun....

Happy Lord’s Day, Leon.

Good Morning, Dan. :-)

Always a blessing to me to receive your greeting, Mary-Lou.

Read something interesting about this once that goes to show that Christ lowered himself in order,to forgive all,of,us “abusers of his grace”, we,too went our own way, with no regsrd for the one who gave us life, and spent all that we had until one day we reached the “end of ourselves”, and reached out for help efen though we knew we didnt deserve it because of how we treated our father, our creator...

The son, an abuser of grace, had disgraced the father, and according to Jewish law, and the townspeople would usually get involved and stone the disgracer to death if the person were found guilty of gross disgrace, because the disgracer would have brought shame not,j7st to his family, but to the whole village, according to Kenneth Bailey, a scholar of Luke’s parables.

The father knew this, and before the townspeople got to the son, he ran (something that was considered undignified and shameful in jewis h culture evidently) out to meet his son with open arms of forgiveness, in order to shield his son from the mob. the father lowered himself by running “shamefully” out to protect the very son who had abused his grace. He did so willingly because he loved the son so much, just as christ loves us so much .

Interesting. Thank you, Bob, for adding that perspective.

Bob, greatly appreciate your post; very interesting ideas.

Thanks. When I read about the Jewish law and what they “could,have done” to,the son if theynhad found him guilty, which they no doubt would have, I likened them to the evil one, the accuser, who stand and points out our sins and condemns us before,God, but God says that we are forgiven in front of all the accusers, just like,the father of,the story does, only the father did so at great risk, knowing the townsfolk might turn on him too, but he counted the cost, lowered himself “by running”, and ran tl forgive eagerly, jusy like christ does when we come to the end of ourselves.

Just gave the parable a whole nother level of intimate-ness between myself and the saviors willingness to eagerly run to us in forgiveness with joy in his heart.

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“... jusy like christ does when we come to the end of ourselves.”
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I remember that day...