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civilization.
A view of the
HOW ART CIVILIZED THE ANCIENTS
Jeremiah 18 1The word which came to Jeremiah from the
LORD, saying, 2Arise, and go down to the potter’s house,
and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3Then I
went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought
a work on the wheels. 4And the vessel that he made of clay
was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again
another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
Here I understand that the potter is Father GOD. Thinking of our GOD as an artist
opened up to me an awesome thought in my understanding. Because we are created in
His image, humans are able to see beauty in the natural and to be able to imagine or
recognize a beautiful image in our mind. Is not art appreciation the start of civilization?
The doing of the work of art is our creation; be it photography, painting, sculpturing,
etc. A “bridge” if you can see it: between humans and the beasts.
The best news is that we are allowed to ask for and receive inspiration for our art
work and even supernatural skill to produce and perfect that which is a figment in our
imagination. My revelation is that during the middle ages those with only ordinary skills
were inspired to design and build magnificent church buildings, paint the objects of our
worship on the walls and ceilings for the edification of illiterate parishioners, and
compose and play or sing worship music that transports even the tone deaf to lofty
places of communion with Deity.
Exhibit A is the tabernacle in the wilderness that was given by GOD to the sons of
men with slave mentality to civilize them. GOD’s glory to be manifest in the material
fabrication on earth of a supernatural temple in the New Jerusalem that would model the
beauty of art in a multitude of perfected forms. And the best news is that craftsmanship
for the project was a supernatural impartation.
Exodus 31
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2See, I have called by name Bezaleel
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3And I have filled him with the
spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner
of workmanship, 4To devise cunning works ……6…I have given wisdom and in the
hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have
commanded thee;
To be continued as we learn to ask ABBA FATHER for whatever we desire.
To be continued.
