God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
Hagar in the Wilderness, 1835
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875)
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the Kings Valley, for he said, "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance." He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
Jerusalem, Kidron Valley with the Tomb of Absalom, 1886
Paul Chardin (French, 1833-1917)
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried from off the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.
The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829
Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848)
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. And rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
The Deluge, 1834
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
And He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands he blessed them. While He blessed them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
The Assumption
Follower of Correggio (Italian, 1489-1534)
Portrait of Simon, the Zealot
The Apostle Simon, 1618
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599-1641)
Jonah began to go into the city, going a days journey.
And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
And the people of Nineveh believed God.
They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
Repentance of Nineveh, c. 1840
John Martin (English, 1789-1854)
They brought the coin, and He asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?"
"Caesar's," they replied.
Then Jesus said to them, "Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's."
And they were amazed at Him.
The Tribute Money, 1630s
Jacob Adriaensz Backer (Dutch, 1609-1651)
Jesus said to him,
"I am the way,
and the truth,
and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
I am the way… St. John 14:6, 1963
Produced for the religious program of the United States Navy.
Joseph Binder (Austrian, 1898-1972)
Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
you may now dismiss your servant in peace.
For my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and the glory of your people Israel.
Simeon's Song of Praise, 1631
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The subject of this painting may be heresy. but it sure is a beautiful picture.
We see imagined, Mary's bodily assumption from earth to Heaven "at the end of her earthly life".
The Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1816-1819
Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758-1823)
"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
Miracle of the Multiplication of Bread, c. 1640
Vitus Heinrich (Netherlands, 1596-1652)
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joseph saw where he was laid.
Lamentation of Christ, 1904
Ferdinand Keller (German, 1842-1922)
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.
Christ and Mary Magdalene, 1890
Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905)
Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
Mountain Landscape with The Temptation of Christ
Jan Brueghel The Elder (Flemish, 1568-1625)
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, "All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"
The Temptation of Christ, 1847
Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld (German, 1788-1853)
And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
And I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth (Rev. IX-1), 1902
Henry John Stock (English, 1853-1930)
"Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
Christ Takes the Good Thief to Heaven, c.1750-1760
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (German, 1712-1761)
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis (1965)
Herb Lubalin (American, 1918 - 1981)
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Hamlet and the King
‘Pray I can not.–
My words fly up,
My thoughts remain below;
Words without Thoughts,
never to heaven go.’
Act III, Scene 3
William Quiller Orchardson (Scottish, 1832-1910)
We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall.
Fritz Wagner (German, 1896-1939)
The Dice Players, oil on canvas, 20¼ x 24 in. (51.4 x 61 cm)
The Lord of Hosts will be exalted by His justice,
and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,
and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
Painting by Edward Robert Smythe, "Sheep Grazing near Abbey", 19th century
Who is wise?
Let them realize these things.
Who is discerning?
Let them understand.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.
Asher Brown Durand
The Beeches, 1845
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1812, via Tate Britain, London
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Christ Triumphing over Death and Sin, circa 1615-1616
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Flemish