Phillip Medhurst presents 048/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 Rebecca Meets Isaac by the Way Genesis 24:65 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
Phillip Medhurst
Wisdom from a Gnostic Sage
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Phillip Medhurst presents 047/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 Abraham’s Servant Meets Rebecca Genesis 24:17 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
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By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
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Phillip Medhurst presents 046/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 The Offering of Abraham Genesis 22:12 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
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Phillip Medhurst presents 045/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 Isaac bears the wood for his sacrifice Genesis 22:6 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
Jul 13, 2016
The Apocalypse Revealed 14
As in the case of Abraham, faith – in a promise of immortality as yet visibly unfulfilled – is superior to obedience to the Law. While access to the Commandments was through the procreative line of Israel, faith involved a renunciation of all rights proceeding from membership of that procreative line – as in Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac and his faith in an implied promise of resurrection. The New Israel of the 144,000 sealed in Revelation are described symbolically as virgins undefiled by women. That is, they have renounced salvation by means of the procreative line. It is these who will reign with Christ on earth for 1000 years – that is, for a time equivalent to the post-lapsarian life-span of Adam, thereby putting right his flawed dominion.
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