Life is Eternal. Post a Scene from the Old Testament. (please)

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So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck ( 1 Samuel 17:50)

David defeats Goliath by Giacomo Palma

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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. (Genesis 3:8)

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Numbers 22: 28: Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”

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Jephthah made a vow to the LORD: "If you give the Ammonites into my hands,whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the LORD’s, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering."Then Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into his hands . When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. (Judges:11)

Jephthah’s Vow , The Martyr by Edwin Longsden Long , 1885

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Here’s an Old Testament scene in a unique setting. This mosaic of Moses with the Ten Commandments is under a dome looking down on the grave of entertainer Al Jolson at Hillside Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch to every pair of tails (Judges 15:4)

This miniature painting comes from the Vatopedi monastery in Greece. It is over 1,000 years old .

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I see my distant ancestors were among the first out of the ark. 😉
 
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Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. "Get out of here, baldy!"He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. (2 Kings 2)

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Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let anyone get away!” They seized them, and Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered there. (1 Kings 18)

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"Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep with him and preserve our family line through our father. (Genesis 19:32)

There were some rum dos in the Old Testament . 🤨

Lot and His Daughters by Jan Matsys , 1565

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Rob2 said:
There were some rum dos in the Old Testament . 🤨
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Indeed! From the Book of Judges, chapter 19, the Levite and his Concubine, by Daniel Thivart, 17th century. (there are several more gruesome depictions of this particular story, but I chose this one)

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Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command.So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. (Leviticus 10)

The Two Priests Are Destroyed by James Tissot

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David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and brought back their foreskins. (1 Samuel 18:27)

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The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. (1 Samuel 4:11)

Fresco of the Philistine captivity of the ark in the Dura-Europos synagogue

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From the Suffering Servant teaching in Isaiah 53:6: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

Prophet Isaiah by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

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That man is holding a jawbone. Could it be Samson? His hair is not very long, though.
 
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. (2 Kings 2:11)

Elijah and the Chariot of Fire by Guiseppe Angeli

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The painting of Lot and his daughters, painted in the 1500’s – the daughter’s knowing gaze at us, the viewers, is astonishing! She’s looking at us, just KNOWING that we’re seeing exactly what she’s up to, and telling us that she’s going to do it anyway. Genius.
 
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The painting of Lot and his daughters, painted in the 1500’s – the daughter’s knowing gaze at us, the viewers, is astonishing! She’s looking at us, just KNOWING that we’re seeing exactly what she’s up to, and telling us that she’s going to do it anyway. Genius.
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One has to wonder—the girls grew up in Sodom and Gomorrah, surrounded by all sorts of sexual license, Lot was the only righteous man (ie head of a family).
I mean, seriously, who thinks up a plan like this?
If these were the shenanigans the Lot Family got up to, what were the townspeople up to???
 
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