The Bible In Paintings: MANNA and QUAIL! GOD FEEDS HIS PEOPLE

Bible; paintings; art

[who knows what evil?]

I am just about as blessed by God right now as I have ever been...Praise His Name!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Wonderful! Celebrating with you....

[Hebrews 11:6]

As always, thanks for replying.

[Bob434]

Number 18 Tieplolo, is that a Roman soldier on the horse?

[spankalib]

When I first moved to Texas (from the east), I'd take the family to the Mexican Inn...cheap, plentiful, could feed the family of 4 for 20 bucks.

I always thought they needed to rinse their dishes better, haha...

One day a lady plopped a bunch of cilantro on the grocery check-out conveyor...I got a whiff of it & realized, "so that's what that smell is!"

Yeah, it's a genetics thing.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Doesn't look Roman, per se, but his presence in the scene seems completely ascriptural and incongruous.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Too bad, John. It's wonderful stuff. I even bought a bottle of cilantro flakes to sprinkle.

[delchiante]

This is a topic where there is no right or wrong clothes on the subjects.

Any get to eat the manna for the last 2,000 years of wilderness travel..

Nice pieces

[Hebrews 11:6]

It’s interesting to me to ponder what, if anything, God will provide as our daily fare in heaven....

[rusureitflies?]

I’d say a number 16, that’s quite a hefty lady. I think it’ll take a lot of mana keep her going…..

[punknpuss]

Thank you for your diligence in finding these pictures/art work. I love the reminder that God will provide especially in these uncertain times.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Incompetent artists are presented here as long as they don’t do violence to the text. Your reactions may vary.

[delchiante]

There’s some who have said if they didn’t have ________ in heaven, then they didnt want to be there..

I’d like something made by mom again.

And something made by great great great great relatives I never met

But bread would be the best bread made, right?

A little bread and some butter, or some oil, can be a happy meal too..

[Hebrews 11:6]

You are very welcome. It is entirely my pleasure.

I love the reminder that God will provide especially in these uncertain times.

On this thread, so far, we have yet to focus on that central theme of this incident--until you. Thank you for zeroing in on that which is most needful.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Whatever God lists on heaven’s menu will be perfect for us.

[Ezekiel]

Whatever God lists on heaven’s menu will be perfect for us.

Just a week or two ago I came across an eye-catching entry in my Roget's International Thesaurus (4th ed., 1977).

I didn't format the words that were printed in bold in the book ("those most commonly used for the idea at hand"), as HTML gets a bit tedious at times.

Otherwise the list is as-is, .3 in full in the order presented. The bold is mine, as a reflection of your post [which is what brought the entry back to mind].

785. AID

.3 support, maintenance, sustainment, sustentation, sustenance, subsistence, provision; keep, upkeep; livelihood, living, meat, bread, daily bread; nurture, nourishment; mothering, care, tender loving care, TLC [informal]; manna, manna in the wilderness; economic support, price support, subsidy, subsidization, subvention, endowment

Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Take manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

[Hebrews 11:6]

To you, me and billions of humans, God is the God of TLC.

But the majority of humans agree with what a person said to me this week:

I tried to like God, but every day i just get more and more mad at this supposed GOOD GOD who just allows every day suffering, cruelty, hopelessness.... people only pray to him when they get cancer or depressed...if he was good he wouldn’t allow it in the first place.

I replied:

Your well-stated objection is the classic one: If God is good, why does He allow evil and suffering on this earth?

I'm not going to try talking you out of your viewpoint. Instead, I leave you in the Holy Spirit's care, and I will continue praying for you as I have since you first came to my attention nearly a year ago. You remain on my prayer list.

I end with this observation. God is in the final stages of His project to eliminate rapidly and entirely all evil and suffering: there will be none in heaven. First, though, all the billions of humans who will populate heaven must be born and have their chance to trust Him and His provision, Jesus' atonement, for their salvation. My prayer is that you, ultimately, will join us.

God's greatest miracles are when He transforms and regenerates hearts, as He did for us.

[Ezekiel]

Those fixated on darkness and despair are free to move on then. Maybe they'll even choose to brighten someone's day while in search of the light. :)

God is the God of TLC.

Sounds like a business plan:

There is one other entry for TLC:

533. CAREFULNESS

(Close or watchful attention)

.1 NOUNS carefulness, care, heed, concern, regard; attention 530; heedfulness, regardfulness, mindfulness, thoughtfulness; consideration, solicitude, loving care, tender loving care, TLC [informal]; circumspectness, circumspection; forethought, anticipation, preparedness; caution 895.

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The three Persons of the Godhead were loving and caring for each other before they ever created any beings. They imagined and created the care of others--your neighbor as yourself--because it is their essence: God is love.

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