Exodus 9:3-4
The Fifth Plague of Egypt.
Illustration from a painting by J.M.W. Turner - The Fifth Plague of Egypt, 1800
Exodus 2:1-3
Moses' basket placed in the reeds.
When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank.
Genesis 50:18-20
His brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God?
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
Genesis 49:11 Israel's Promise to Judah.
He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Genesis 28:10-12
Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!
Genesis 26:4-5
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 18:4-12 Sarah Laughed.
"Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on— since you have come to your servant.”
So they said, “Do as you have said.”
And Abraham went quickly into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quick! Three seahs of fine flour! Knead it, and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man, who prepared it quickly. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. And he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.” The Lord said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out, and my lord is old, shall I have pleasure?”
Abraham Serving the Three Angels by Rembrandt.
1646 oil-on-panel painting.
16cm × 21cm.
The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed.
From a painting by possibly my favourite artist of all time, Ivan Ayvazovsky (1817–1900) - Descent of Noah from Ararat, c. 1889, oil on canvas, 130cm x 215cm.
Genesis 9:14-15
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind.
Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
Genesis 2:23
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
From an oil on canvas painting by Auguste Levêque (1864-1921), ‘Hymne d'Amour’ (Love Hymn), 1901
Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Were it not for the fall, we would have filled the earth, and subdued it, being the true image bearer of God on Earth - His human family, working the earth in it's fullness.
This remains our destiny in the new earth, when His Kingdom comes.
Genesis 17:4-5
Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away... And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
'The Last Judgement' by John Martin.
The first element of the triptych, The Last Judgement, is the central piece, intended to be displayed between the peaceful landscape of The Plains of Heaven to the left and the turbulent scene in The Great Day of His Wrath to the right.
Revelation 19:11-13
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
Thank you to @PilgrimIntoWord for use of their amazing original artwork!
Revelation 14:1-3
Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Illustration from a beautiful wood engraving entitled Book Of Revelation, XIX, (1-8), Meeting of the Kings in Heaven by Victor Delhez, undated but understood to be 1950-60. How wonderful this would be in high-resolution.
Revelation 12:7-9
Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
This 2.8m x 2.2m painting is The Fall of the Damned by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620.
The British Museum hold an extraordinary sketch/study in black and red chalks with a grey wash. It is assumed to be the work of a studio assistant, which Rubens went over with brush and oil colour.
Revelation 12:1-4
And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth.
From a watercolour painting by William Blake entitled 'The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun' held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
This is one of four studies on the subject painted by Blake between 1805 and 1810.
Revelation 6:12-14
The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up,
and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
This painting is by John Martin and titled 'The End of the World' - or commonly known as 'The Great Day of His Wrath', 1851-53.
It is the rightmost part of his triptych The Last Judgement which also comprises 'The Plains of Heaven' and 'The Last Judgement'.
Revelation 6:7-8
And I looked, and behold, a pale horse!
And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him.
Death on a Pale Horse, by Benjamin West, 1817.
Revelation 6:1-8
The leading horse is white.
The second horse is red.
The third one is a black.
The last one is a green.
Picture taken from Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by artist Viktor Vasnetsov, 1887.
Text is from the song The Four Horsemen by Aphrodite's Child, 1971.
Revelation 3:15-18
To the Church in Laodicea.
I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
Revelation 3:10-11
To the Church in Philadelphia.
Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
