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    Art in the Bible ‘What ithe place of arin the Chistian lif? I ar-—espcialy the fine sof painting and music—sinply a way to bringin worldic ts through the back door? We know that poetry maybe eed 1 pte Godin ss, she pss and maybe even in moder hymns Bora sbout rupee or drama Do thee lave any lace inthe CChrnsan life? Shouldn't a Christian focus is pate seal on eligious things” alone and forget about ae and eure ‘The Lordship of Christ ‘As evangelical Chistins, we have tended to relegate at the ‘ey fhnge of if The res of man life we fs more iempor= tint. Despite our constant tlk about the Lordship of Chis we [pve narrowed ss scope ts wery small area of reality. We hve Imisanderstood the concept of the Lordaip of Chast over the ‘whole of mn andthe whe ofthe universe snd bave ov aken 9 ‘ethoriches that the Bible gives for ourselves, frou ves, nd {rou cure "The Lordship of Christ over the whole of ie mesns thar there are no Patni ates in Chistianity, no dichotomy or rary ms 576A CHRISTIAN vinw oF THE SIBLE AS TRUTH. tween he body nd the sou, God made the ody Wel the Sal aed dep forte whe um, Breen ‘en egimaey ci! for often ng so meade ie teen acing sul get vd and go to Have at they hag Trae noch about te whole nat “The Bie, boweves, make our things very der: (1) God sade the whole man: (in Chis the whole wan sree) iets te Lord ofthe whole man mow apd the Lar ef pe Srhole Christan iy and (i he fare a Chit comes bck thebody willbe aise from the dead an the whole mn wl ay {whole redemption, Therefore leew consider mor aly what ine ble an wore hoe eb unr the ordhip of Chest. Ie within is framework that we ae to ‘detad the ple ofan the Chetan ie "The conception ofthe wholeness of man andthe lordship of sane gene cn cy Spa none ah h ve "Ad God sad Lew make tan in ou tage, afer out Hrenat andi thom bore domtion oer be fsa er Sed ‘over tc birds ofthe heaves an ovr tect and over he nt, and over very eeping thing tht creepth upon te exh $0 'God created man in his own image. inthe, age of God rete he hic, male and femal rested thes” Fron the ery Sg het mn and yon, Sng cated nae sh of them), were given dominion (ondsip) overt trios afte sexed earth Tey were the cstv Ste nage of God and. esring that tage, were co bein care, 19 ted the Gade, to keep and praesent own Lod ‘Ot core that domaion was spied by the isto Spcetine Fal nd hone solange ol mata doe "Ye wena man comes ander the Mood of Csi, is whale capaceys man bretsioned. is souls saved, yes, buts ares ‘ind and body. Troe spray includes te Lorthip of Chest ver the ttl man “Fer awe ben prods in th past wha Christin understood this beter chan we ave in the la decades, Some yes go whent Seared to work out 1 Christan concep of eure, many P onnidered what was doing suspect Toy ft ha becatse was Interested in intl answer, Tmt ot be bib. Bat hk tad represents 2 ral poverty. It fl to understand tat it ‘Gin ely te, ten tavelves the whole man, cde Arta he Bible = hpi cen Chie dogma Sipe re: Gy a gma Safety es Re, i pe aia a Be ce gma el at ee lo glace crm te guises Sah eceacnmemen Ss pol dws oe ale eat og rea SOS cease re a ee ae Son ile Coy eo ase eae a eee coer wane il eh ef ee of Cy ool oe Steam eo cy Aa aes e Cath e e e sic ae Toomnial on ome Sty Teese 1 a Oe cen tae oe so SoD lal tm ta ea te SSRIS means mde Sin Cpt Bapeh etre ese sos cycler game Fane feces Cat By al cae ono ra tf jong fees Sr dourae eran hy vial rod Se eae pen ieee Me Sone eng om is ice aon sr pron ees oe Sates neem me cl Shes ope eal Groene SAG BS OS ee in ea le et ee serach ects rei See tae ry Ste ft secant yatta dee ee St ee Aenea cere Be thei al mee ee Pca ete ey Ba tes ote Ri Wi tacmea neg petal if ete cee Ce me SSSI) cg are aE ar ie {he a, More specially, some people say that the Jews had no fnterest in ae beease of wha the Seripeare sa inthe Ten Come Imandment- Bot thas jst what we caanot say if we red te Bible cael. Stil, because many Christine make di ch lenge, thir view deseves tobe conldeed snd answered snc ce isn ye Sige pate eerie tenascin ee oreo ea ers by cas temetoning bee ieraten adept piopent ty eset pees. ora eeeeem ata Seer ee miele seule Goer nate oes wan savage ole Se ame me eer an ote le maple le ee mean nee ce Seles Bote neni meme ice Sie ae yur ae eo ap ot adel neo ti eel ese nap pean ope cr Saints ear erent oa a eri ng ee STUY Senna eck Eaten ee: ate om SarAte Tt ming sp Se i ere ar te a Eileen oleic Sn auareenerradene Sree igiveetiargetster Sra le a ois coven ys Solitons Sete ssreuibica fiche decker arse sbanialeines ar raieen gash, Artaud the Bile ” to forth. Then Go sid, “According to all at show thes, he frie of the ermal, and the per ofall he faesings tot even so sal e rake Exe 259). Whee di the pa tern come fom? Ieeame from God. This reafirmed few vetses Inter where God wid “And ee tat thou make them air tet tery hich was shown thes the mount [or 5 the Hebrew yes "which thom wae cnused tose] (x 254. God Hise ‘eed Moses dhe pattern of he abemacle nother words, God twa he ace, nt man. Over and ove inthe scout of how the aberace to be made, ths pss appears "And thou sak mike." Thar, God tld Manes what to do in detail These ‘Wer commands, commands from the sine God who give the Ten Commandments. “What were some of them? We wil concztrate an those con ceed withthe art inthe tabernacle, the very place of worship. {iE Fat, we find this statement about the stim he Holy of Hotes: "Aid thou shale make two cherabin of gol, of beet ‘work shal thou make den, a the to cds of tbe mercy seat” (Ge Bl), What are cherbln? Mey are pat ofthe ange hort. Satis being commanded? Siply tsa work of i to be consrcted. What kindof are? Representational tin the round. ‘Autatuaryoftepresematon of anges ws tobe placed in the Holy ‘ot Hlliee—the pce where oly ances yse one man, dhe hgh would go-and it was tobe done by the command of God i" Some may say, "Ye, but hiss very pec Deese these ate ange ha are being pcre. Therein sr of religious subject initer I's noe ordinary at representing things on the eh” ‘True enough Bot we Bad St jot oui the oly of Hohn, [Empat arto be place "And thw aba mate a anlsice of SS sll oben wok sal th desi Be man stay hay teu, knobs ands ower, shall be of ‘one pec with it and there shal be six Branches going out of the de thercof three branches ofthe candice out ofthe nese ‘hereof and teee branches ofthe candlesick ut of teehee thrse cps ade ike slmong-Slssoms none branch,» knob and 1 ower sod her caps made ike slmond-bnoms in the euee ranch a knob ands ower so forthe sb branches going out oF the candle” (r.31-33, sid the desertion gos en, hus we have another wotk of as candlssek- At how nt decosted? Not with reprventtons of angels, but with representations of S80 A chnustian vinw op ri mistz as TRUTH rature—flowrs, Blossoms, ting of natralbeaty. And the teeta bein the tabemncl athe command of Godin he mid oF pee of worn ‘Lier in Exodar ve find this deseipton ofthe pies gx mente “An upon thesis oft toa sal sake pomeyaate se 2 SP an of cy ond te Se thea (Ee 2:8)" wen th prot went the ly ot Hels, be wast ake with hm on hs gars reprsenston finan, ying tit repeuniaton ote pres of Col Supe ery snes os commang apsnst aks oft "But here something fre oot hr trey pom sanate rered, bo thre pomeprantes were to be sume Sd eer Purple and scr cul be natura changes ff ow of pomegranate. Te npnton iat Sees fendom to make someting which gew ie inpetus fom ‘rare bar an be ferent om Sd tou om Be bought thee of ter wd don te malt “Phdrogrphic" nthe poor sae of phorgraphicl Ice mcs tne Bem hl Bok” teeing th asl scoonts oi hey were Upperry tar ons tha ad noshing Yodo wth daw ort ety, Ba we foes undcmtan tht when Ga comnanded hese work fatto Eo buie rome ait havo maken There are fv side wa Icserete yes, burs voles be eine’ eas of thing set eae In Exodus 379 wesc pen someting of thet tsi dee "Ande mde tro cherub of pl of beaten or made he den at she to tds of te mer ‘The chorabin on he ak di’ oddely apes oa ft sy. Somebody att et hand nyse had o work ot the tecnal problems The very ting that a modem at wae 1s wih tae aes had to wes wh We tall sx move ok thi te we daca he empl The Temple ‘The temple ke the tabemacle, wae not planed by man. Once ‘org the Sezipture sis ha te plan detived fot God. David, the chronicle sys, gave Solomon'“the pattern of al tat he had bythe Spin forthe various pas ofthe cere (1 Cron. 281 12, And verse 1 ead, “All hi sud Davi, have ben tad understand in writing fom the hand of Jehovah, even all the ‘works ofthis putern” Dav’ experince with God regarding Artaud he Bile oa the temple was no jut an uppe-tory eligi experience. Pat fis experince nvaved th popoational evelion of ow the temple thould be made. Dill knew how 1 build the temple Bese God told him, inc, Dav sd that God made Hn “undrstand nrg what he empl was look bike, We se not told by what meas this wring chs propotional revlon, ‘ame, but weate tld et Davi by ingpraton of Co had ech 3 ‘wing which gave him the pte ofthe bling "What, therefore, wat to be in the temple? Forse thing. the tezple as tobe filed with a work. "And be (Solo) ge ahd (covered) the house with precious stones for besaey™ Gren, 3) ses lth temple or coved wih reious stones bn. There as no papmati reson for Drews sone, They hud no tara porpore, God simply ‘aned beauty in the temple: God i intererted in bey. ‘Come with meto the Alps and loak ate snow-covered moun tas, Thre canbe no question. God i interested n ena. God ‘ade people tobe bes. And besuty has plac in the orship {fGod. Here nthe emple which Solomon bul under he ede Ship of God Hansel beauty was given an impeane pace, he chronicler goes ont sy ht Solomon “overs the house, the beams the thesold, and he walls een, snd the door thereat with gol and graved (carved) cerbim on the swab" @ Chron. 37 We aed above shout he cherbin i the Holy of Hote they were ati the round. Here i enring, bare rele ‘There was bavrelie everywhere you looked. And there ‘was also ati the sound: "And the most holy house he made tho cherie of image work (1 “Ten in vere: 16 and 17 we read, "And be made chaos in he ‘cal, and pu them on the tops ot the pla and he made 3 Frndsed pomegranates, and pt them onthe cai, And beset op ‘he pla before the temple, one onthe ight hand, and theo fon De lee Hl are ew eosin ol, They supported 8 architec! ih and had orion engine nee. They war tee oly Hun Gp hey hol etre things of bear. aly of thor columns were pore: finuts Gxtened fon cnine—are work upon art Wonk if we SEndrstand wha we ae reading here simply cakes oo Bath ssy, This something overubeimingly bert. "a? Chronic 4, we se told hoor Solomon made a huge akar and alo "len Se (a pool ob hts sbou en et 382 A chnistiAN VIEW OF THE BIBLE AS TRUTH in diameter and, scoring to some etimats, say bave hd the ‘pay offat under 0009 gallons, Unde tissu ane eling ‘pina "he kone of oxen, which dd compare round abot, ‘Be tenets, compusing the pea tound abou, ‘The onen were ‘icin eo rows, ast when i wan ca tod pon twelve ‘ken, thee looking oward the north and thre looking toward ‘he tes, and thee looking toward the south, and thre looking foward teas spd thesen vas set upon them above and all Gt Finder pares were inward (8 Chron 43,4) Here again epee fcoratonal atin he round paced inthe temples Angels are ‘rece bythe babe of cherub, nama nate ep ‘land in carvings of flowers an pomegranates, and srs “Sues represen in th fom of enone. Representa at ‘lor ls ws ree cel poe “To sone exten, ie could be si tht the oxen were factional sine shy help hee” Ba wat non woul he lowe Ing have “And the nen sa] was 3 Hand-eah thik Ae brim derof wat wrought Te the beim of 2 cip ike the Hower ot Hy (0-5), Ti aca wot fo be pan’ bt tobe Std hile gy tbe bei Tn 1 Kings 729, we have an addonal devs 1 come in the serpin of the panels once ten bes of brass in the tmp: “Andon he pac hat were Bewen th ledge wens xen, and eherabin God saying, Tih eren have Hons a my howe, ‘Srved ons oxen and cheb.” Not fr pragma uncon, Jon tor bey vase io malty he eo ‘othe temple For exp, 1 Kings 629 ead, "And he {Get all he wal of th hore round abou wih cated Spurs ‘of chrabim and palm wees and open flower, win snd ithe ‘ut Tissue mac ike whe web loked sabre, bt ‘rings into foe something adond. Here herbi. pat trot and lowers are pur togeter. nother words, we hae reee= ‘Sonal are of tht seen and he nscen wold 1 one ‘bev denim. gure of peck. Ceubin fave fam ad are al Tn fica ooking forward to ating them someday. Ye, ‘ve may well ak, “How can you make a representation of some Ting che aren word" The answer spe cny iGo {elnjou what hey look ike, The making of cherabin ts some Art and the Bite ~ thing 10 do with propositional reveaon. Eeeil for example, Saw cher ewice (Eek, 1-25; 12 3). There noting at Mi problemace in picturing chersbim i God shows you or tls Jot what they look ike "Weave how with the tabernacle the ars was equted to solve ‘eras techie problems, The same fr tr for te ate inthe ‘pl ath ii oforn the ng we em evan inv works that were 9 be im the empl) nthe lay ground Feweon Sueoth and Zeros ( Cheon 41), Just Michlan~ flo chipped with his hands the marke fom the great lalin eesner ao the Hebrew att cst he bronze parc geoe lhc, lice where the day was js ight to maka good {Eom fiom hip model. Those shrew anita wece ot dierent from men today, bot iv ntesame world spd have to deal with {llth sechnsa eles ofthe various forms of art Senor Art Solar hare enone wih hr ved pin ‘i te worship of Gol, wheter subject angel oF ae the, Ande at Sal ha wat Goce iseallyreligoes subjects are not necessary for art. The fatot sks ae Christan not that 8 noosa deal with ‘egos subject mater, Tt Keng 10 we lear something abou the eelr a of Solo- ron’ day for hare Solomon's tone deed, “Moreover {he king ade a great throne of ory, and overs i withthe finest geld. There were six eps t the one, andthe top ofthe throne was round baking and there were sta on eter side by the plac ofthe rest, andewo fons sanding beside the stays. And twelve tons stood there onthe one ide nd om the other upon the [Scape there was or the ie made in ay Kingdom (Kings SAE "Ey ie | end deci Ue ‘Would ket ave stm ths magnificent work of at-—"90"7 ‘vataid withthe ne gold” a guarded by ew lg By the ‘Sic ofthe throne and rele ions onthe staeway to te drone ‘Some shar who have wondered why the two fon ad the twelve sae mentioned separately have suggested tht the So Hos st te cop were alive ahd he oer weve were cast. We fot bese wheter tats the ease oF met ut ity jst {mapine tora moment: Image yours Solomon, sting up S34 A chnustian view or THE mince as TAUTHL there with the ewo Hons raring away on citer side of cchined securely, no doubt, but what 4 dhe! What apiece of seaule at) Jos’ Us oft ‘anyone el woubedconcesing the Bible and representation. al ats then be should conaider what the Bible eye abate aac serpent chat Moses ied wp nthe wilderness You wl real tne whl the chiles of ral were wandering the dor tr they complained to Manes sbow th ick of bread and ace ‘Becswe of their complaining, God thon sent “ery serpents mon ean hy he pop sd mich pal af ial ied (Num 21) So he sl eine to Moses cea, {ng that they had saned and ssling Mosca to pray tat God oul ae the serpents away. God then replied to Mos prayer "Make thee ery serpent, tds ipon spol and shall come {0 pas thar everyone that ten when he fukin apon ie stall iv (v8) Moses obeyed ts command and the wh looked upon the “serpent of brs ved “The string thing cha Jo ud th incident and his work of areas an lsat of is eomingersclidon: “And, a Moses, lined gp the serpent inthe wires, even so mast the Son of man be lifed up that whosoever belveth in him shuld not ‘eth bahav tral ie" Qn 3:6, 13). What ws essing Ebro’ A work of But thn perhaps someone wil ay, “Yes, but they smathed i Herckih broke fp in 2 Kings 184." That's tun ey God sgt Plated wih eras. Bt hy dl Hee Sash the Beaten serpent? “Ande esein] bre in pis the Brazen serpent th Moses had made, for ant thos day the hile of sel id burn incense fo Dade sash becuse ‘was a work of tr? Ofcourse no, beste God fad command ‘Moves to make it He smashed the work ofr Becnse men had ‘ade ian dl Wats rong wih epson rites bei rong wr Peony rele been concerned ths fi solely wih representation ar ‘eee le ard wih ra rr a Te os via pos, When we hs of posry nthe Bb, we dn Someday of asin But thes meh Jewish pouty he Arad the Bible eo her and otal oi opera special elo ls For ‘Shample, 2 Sumnuel 11927 is secular ode 9 poem by David to {he pave of Sal nd Jonathan a5 national bees. ‘tern Samuel we eto tha David wrote is pels under the lenership sod inspiration ofthe Holy Spi Divi, the son offee fete man whe tae pon igh, esas oft Gor ea ea beswes pani oid i sdk word warn enone (Sm 28,2) ‘Acts 225-3 confims the it that David wae a prophet. So we might parapase David ae ollows: "Ye, Lore a prophet. Twat frit of Gos. And how did wie? Well, wrote my pocey Uter the leadership ofthe Holy Spr." We tase noe thik that David was. prophet only when he wrote prose, for his pty is ‘scat inspired. Flow then can we any, or bave even the sghest, {clinaion to fel, that God despises poetry? Interestingly enough, we haven the Sepang, the Grek ver son ofthe Old Testament Scriptures that dates back o the second ‘or third cenary IC, record of psalm hat isnot or ible ‘There iss question of coune, whether tis aed palm of David, ‘burt sound ke David We do not need to nk tat everything ‘David wrote was “ingpited by God” the way what in the Bible fs inspite. So even ths is 2 genuine prim of David i probe shiyno mepved eat sense. Certainly not all atts God speaking 383 muse dough the arise. Rather, fs the “manisness” of {han that eestees The att gs man doesnot dasppesr, leaving {he mse lone to speak. We can conser the following pes from the Sopcast, therefore, to be David wing 3 piece of poetry a3 pice of poetry essa among my retin youngest my he soos. Hees ay ther abe DMylindromed ne inteament fy npr tapedpakery Redhat my Loe ‘Thetond mal He inshears eset his ESSE Oe a my Gh sheep. ‘Arse nine me wih the i fisting. Iiptraterwerebandore sd el, {thea dina ke sue nthe Tree or omc he Bane becared me yh iol Bertie icowe ord eked hi {nd emoved ead rm the hee sl ‘That certainly sounds lke David. David pctres hitselt 3 young boy out on the lsd tending hr heep. And what Goce do} Hei the ais. He ake pec of wood and shape toma Tharp: my Hands formed mesial Inroment Ae we shal See, he Bible syn shat Davida craftsman ter made te ase tent thr ere tae in the temple of worship. ‘Bot David was also a musician. His ger tuned a prey." ‘ikea man taning his violin, David prepare hi intrest for plying, The writing of poe, the making ofa bestfl ate ‘ent the tuning of that hana can be filled with Beaty David did all dese dings Spiral exeree tothe pre of Gad “There ie something excng here. Art cn be offered up before God. David sry, and who sal tel my Load” That "Whe shall el my Lord the made a beau steument, who wl Him at T tuned the pers. who will all Him thse {have woiten this poetry? Who il ll isn sbout my song?” Thea David tesponis, "The Lord Hinsl, He Himselfheare Nobody had to go 2nd tll God. God knew. So the man who rely loves God ould write his poetry. compose hi msi const his ‘sil estument, ion hs wats, pit his pte, even it ‘no mun ever saw them. Ie knows God looks upon ther, ‘So you might say to David, "Davis why dojou sing? Js amuse yoursel? Only the ile whte-ced sheep il est." And Davi wil ely, "Not atall. Fm singing and te God of Heaven tnd earth heats ny song: that's what makes iro worthwhile = ‘Aran, ofcourse, be putt te temple. Dutt dors have 0 ‘be put ito the temple im order to be tthe pase of Co ‘One of the most srking secular poems inthe bible the Song of Salomon. Many Chrmtns in the pst have et tht this poe fepresens the lve of Christ for his Church. The poem ca in et ‘elinereced inthis way. But we must never dace lly 0 the pice ofthis relationship. Ie depices he relationship between ‘Ghts andthe Church beease every proper relationship between At and he Bible a 4 iman and a woman sa illustration ofthe eltonsip berween ‘Ghrs and the Church. The fc is that God made the love of « man fora woman o he represnttionl of he love af God for His ‘rope of the Bridegroom for the brie, of Christ fr His Church ‘Borin the Song of Solomon God rakes poem that expresses in gett unphondl srenp he love of sme fort won anda Soman fr aman, and paces tin he Word of Go. This kindof jai the pals, canals represent something wonder Ei How beaut «pas to God ds poem alin one way. 33 plbcerment in the Bil paral to the see o scar ae we feed on So's ne, ba mote nln ee {hk poor pu ino the Sere a Srprare al iow ofent do Christan sink of sexual maces a something second-rate. Never, never, never should we do so, according to the Word of God. The whole man is made love Gods exh $spetof man's nates ob givens proper place, That ncades ‘esto eltionhp, tht wemendows reltonsip of one ma {o one woman. At the very begiming God brought veto man ‘Rove pocm in ths be Beata Soifyou res Young man ot ‘woman and you loves gi er you lve boy you may Iced write besos love postry. Don be asi And older lovers can love and writ love songs a well Thi 0 can Be a Pre God. Before pnsing ont other ar forms, 1 wou ike to simply rectnphanin that cven though uses diferent pote form Enplth docs, Hebrew poeuy demands uct iterery disp It fact, Hebrew posey is probably much harder to woe tan “AngloSexon poery. Ard js an ars cafaman, was fe ‘gue to work with preston ss he cast the bronze status ot {Sve he rch he wi of i tole 29 he Hee oct had tobe cael withthe tehnial aspects OF i poety [ive fr tcenical excellence Andi the srving for excllence comes 3 way to pre God foo aie asic is anther at form which the Bible does not gore, Ona the mon nase pices f xslt mua have Bente 00g the Hebrews sng afr they were rescue from Pharsoh's amy. Exodus 19 pier us tht song. Think of ts grest ost af Inclteshneds of thousand of people—gatheed om tbe fr ‘Sivofthe Rel Send gingan apo! songs work far And iin he prop, of aon took Sine inter hans ad al Se women vento arc with bre tnd with dances And Mira answered thet, Sing eto Jhonshy forte hath taumphed glory: the hore snd hier bathe {Brown ito the ses” (Bx 150, 2) Hse we have the men ‘Sogng the wate given in Ex. 151-19) anche wore ed by [MGESE sngg he cows: Think of thoy of Eeiverance fod coppraion, snd ink of whats sene this mustomaking must item "s Bot here rr abo masicin he empl. We told in Chron. le, 233 hat “four thousand pred ehova wh the stress ‘eich made sd David th wich praise.” Four thous ‘Bong rang ‘ost ftom 4000 a once, And the coc adds "nd 'bewsl divided them so cous [vison according to the sont of Lev: Gerson, Kabat, snd Mer” (6). Inher word David divided the singer Ineo pars, making hat Mold esa chon And a bres fh hall Bay ae ‘Seng alr communicaon, and al ory. rom the time of Herein comer» solve | love to picture ‘Herc had bad the temple leased snd the worhp reformed ‘econ tothe aw of God which had Bons side 9 ng, ‘Sed then, whe the sais were being offre, Hench at ‘Be Leni the house of jowah wi mb, wat paltry ‘wid ars (nor ee vats iru), ncodng foe ‘ommandment of David, and of Gad te Kings ses at Nee {han the proper: rao was the commandment of}chovah by Mis Frophes nd the Levis ood whe eames of Divi, fd the rts wih the trumpets” @ Chron. 22.25, 2). Then ‘Hes commanded tat he oferings be burt pn he a: "And when the bret offering beauty the song af ehh been tio, andthe tampes, together with henna ot Dot, ing ofa And all he Ssacety wortipped, ad he Gger “nd the tampeters sounded i ht consnced. tl the ime offing was Enishi (v.27, 28) A tremendous use of Set again ace cmd of od ah ie Prone. TTappose my fivorie pace of musics Handel’ Degen Te aun’ Thave 3 record of th mani (Fontana $7501), a (2S aS mets et ob led ot ‘rant tl yout marrous. ve play the grooves if of Every tine Yvead ths son in 3 Grice Thnk of te Ar oud he Bible 0 PE eee at, am ol et st weg te sg ere tt ee a fa le ee a Sepa ee ea Sener Eee came me Gel sek ge glae Gols comin when Ju eo sedating lyon eat seems ge in ec rd i age See ee & "baci shat wis ed he all of be nar eee te at wettorie eo Renanby De she a ae See a eres Sam ir ong onde er oes a aS sommes ek ah, A comme at rat geave pam ood Say eh usin weirs wee a Pua Dect ox man te Spar Te fx ESOC Teal tan mee See cred ea oe ae cane Se pete etry eae a ree ta ae sor apie ae ges en ibe ame eherendtig Geena Spe Se pdt 2 alt seg ee te ne koma SESH grap atten tee Se HS tee ae aioe Sate cei do en 2 ba Sako ee eeu peta ed eer ae see ae a Ph ae er ee ae mene cee a ln tee SOM a Beet re See a ar Sopecen carseat ee ag ae 390 A CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THE BIBLE AS TRUE “The second ar form, the dance, is mentioned in Palin 1493, in which Ite is encouraged eo pie Godt "Let chem prs hs amet the dance; x them sig prases wo him with he imbel nd harp” Some may reply, "Wellin te margin of my Bible e ‘Sys dae maybe is the dance, but ater the pipe" ad ike {he batter” But that is notte best tansition, Pein 1504, ‘Sys “Praise bimn wih dhe Gimbel and dance; praise in wi, ‘lage inseument and pip. Praise him upga the lod cymbal ‘rast him spon the high sounding cymbal” “Two hore porson ofthe Bible show hat God was pleased swith ope dancing. Exodus 15:20 say thet Miriam a prophets ‘went out “ith umbres and with dance” And in? Some (14-16 wear told, "And David danced before Jehovah with ll Tis might and David was girded witha lien ephod.” Imagine David binging the 2k of God into is yma very hgh moment {nde among the Jes. Theat which had bots ouie the ty is tow being brought iy and David i filled with joy st he worse God. rsninteretng, bythe way, dat David was cloded with sn ‘phod This means a e wat not dancing naked ss was comvon ‘ong the heathen. Nonetees, when Davis wife saw ise Sid ike i. 16). Yet God liked it and David's wife was re proved for rproving Dad Anand Hoeven Revelation 152, 3 reads, “And I saw, 2 it wee, a sea of ghss ‘mingled with Ge, and hem hat ad poten te victory over the ‘bese and over is image, and veri mar, and fom the nurse erat his mame, standing on che sa of gs, having the harps of Gos and hy sing he of Mon the evant of od nd thesong ofthe Lamb, saying, Great and marvlour ate thy works, ad Gd Almighy ot dra thy ws tna King ofthe ges." Art docs bor sop a te gate of Heaven. Art forms ae Gfevied right into Heaven. there any Platonic sepurion bet) Noa be In the ar maseum at Neuchatel are three great murs by Pal Robert which or over eighty yearshave bore estimony oll the ‘People of Newel that Ct coming again, One ofthe me [sess to he fat that Christ har eltontip to gree nother tothe fae that Chr ass relsonship fo mary. Bt {he third ope isthe grees. Te depicts he telaonshp between ‘Chis the nelle ie, nd he as. Pal Rober, a Swiss ast At and the Bible 1 who was 2 rel man of God, understood this relationship very cn nthe backround ofthis mural he pictured Neuchatel the ake cence Snead even thet mein wc onan {fe mural Un che foregrosnd wea the boom 3 great dragon Semel the a Unda he eo i ead Jy, the pornographic and the reblious. Neu the top Jes i SElcomity nthe thy with cnless hws. On tee een ESOIRT siya onthe sry ae young and ew than and wore carying the symasof te vatius forms of st chir,e aoFrth Andy a ig hem up and sway fom the dagen to pert then t Chas {Ginuc& coming down to accept them, Pol Robert understood Scripture fo beer than many of ws. He sw tht ate second ‘Soming te Lordship of Chat wil lade everything, "Ba uo knew that these things set be ad up to the rave of God and the Lordship of Chita the second coming, {hen we should beoeing them to God now. tn the same pete be porryed the cy of Neuchatel the beatified the at ‘muscu ef the ae museum of Neuchatel and works of at ENGEL othe ae of Cen, Torey oft fates ‘eaing for the preset! ‘Doe undrsind the feedom we have under the Lossip of Chest andthe norms of Scpeare! decree pat of ou ie ‘Scie fo Christ Chr he Lord of or whale ie, od the ‘Ghz ile should prodace not only ruh—amingtath—but Si Baur. cHarrer two I Some Perspectives on Art | Al of us are engaged daily with works of ae, even if we are i] ‘ether profesional or smut att, We seal books, we iste | { muse, we look st pcs, we amie flower srgements ‘Aras am sng the word, does nor neo “high that ‘i ‘spain, sealpeare, postr. duel musiobar di the more popur expense tbe nov the thse the cnems and pop Fee I ces very alin wit Can Iie self should be oue geste york of ar. Even forthe great Aris, the most cuca work ofa iif oe That follows, 1 wish to develop » Chistian perspective on at in general. How should we ay eestor and ejoyes of best fomprehead and evaluate There te, I bteve, a lest leven

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