#biblical

[illustratus]

The Formation of Eve by Gustave Doré

[tajcox]

[tracinggodsstory]

Hagar is Comforted by a God Who "Sees" and "Hears"

After Hagar was forced to leave Abram and Sarai’s house because of the ongoing mistreatment and oppression from Sarai, in the second half of Genesis 16, “The angel of the Lord” found Hagar near a spring in the desert and encouraged her. 

This is the first time in the Bible that, “The angel of the Lord” appears. Although there is some puzzlement between the connection between “angel of the Lord” and God, it is interesting to note that “angel of the Lord” only appears in the Old Testament. It is also intriguing that the “angel of the Lord” in this passage (and in others) talks with authority as if it is God himself, “I will so increase your descendants.” Furthering this connection, in verse 13, Hagar says, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”

In her collision with the Lord in the desert, Hagar learns that the Lord both “hears” and “sees” her sorrow. 

The Lord found her wandering in the desert (a place of desolation throughout the Bible), running from oppression. He sought her out, saw her, spoke to her, and encouraged her. 

God is a god who “sees” and “hears” the cries of the oppressed. This is one of many, many times, we will see God’s heart for the broken, victimized, and oppressed.

[cuprumbao]

angel plumbers

[sticksandsharks]

demonology // angelology

names & bases in image description.

some sticker sheets I hope to have for MCM London later this month!

[cadaverkeys]

please please please talk about christian art history and the meanings behind how halos are depicted

[DISCLAIMER: I was raised Roman Catholic and I studied Religious Philosophy/Italian Renaissance Art- I am not associated with the Catholic church currently but I have interest towards keeping information accurate and effective in this field.]

[saintavangeline]

Detail shot from Roberto Ferri’s “The Last Judgement”

[dragonmouth]

Supreme and Fallen

[splittersplack]

"Satan in Council" by Gustave Dore, 1868. Engraved illustration for Milton's "Paradise Lost".

[teal-sharky]

So, you know that whole mythos with Lilith as the original pre-Eve woman, who was actually the true equal to Adam, made of the same clay as him, and who was later replaced by Eve who was instead designed to be his subservient complement, crafted from his rib?

::Takes another fat rip of her vape pen::

Do you think Lilith had a girldick?

[prodboycat]

jesus touch by alexei shulgin & aristarkh chernyshev, 2014

[illustratus]

Chaos watches as the Rebel Angels are thrown into Hell (Milton's Paradise Lost)

by Gustave Doré

[tajcox]

[it-be-what-it-be]

Catholic Cabinet of Curiosities

@ perse.phon on Instagram:3

[beautyandlifestyleblog86]

Amen!!! ✨✨✨

[danskjavlarna]

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It's a revelation: my collection of vintage biblical imagery.