Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Joel: apocalyptic and a DaVinci painting of the future

I had read Joel before, but I never took the time to admire the beauty of all of the descriptive images portrayed within the interesting Old Testament book of the Bible. It was both prophetic and current to the time and a call for a change.
The images covered by the book of Joel are unbelievable, as I read them I felt like I was looking at an actual painting. The more I read, the book was painting an image in my mind, that much like the word usage was beautiful. One image that really painted an image in my mind was,
"With a noise as of chariots
They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble,
Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces turn pale.
They run like mighty men,
they climb the wall like soldiers;"
I can just see a whole field of men prepared for battle, then surging towards another rushing down a mountain. Though this is a mighty image, I do not believe that is what the author was attempting to portray but instead it seemed he was using metaphorical language.
There are so many images in this book of Joel that could be used as a painting that could be thought of a classic, a work to rival DaVinci himself.

3 comments:

  1. That is awesome, I love how you describe Joel as of looking at a painting.

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  2. I love the passage you picked out. I think it really shows the poetic aspects of this book. Good thoughts Adam!

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  3. I agree! I've read it before too, but have never really thought about the imagery in it before. I loved this project because we can be creative and create the images that we see in the book of Joel.
    Good thoughts, Adam! :)

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