Cripple Creek, Colorado
Changing your point-of-view has the ability to radically change a photograph. The light changes when the subject is looked at from a different angle. Details change when you move in closer as is the case in this picture.
John's picture of heaven in his revelation has both a distant and intimate quality to it.
"And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal." Revelation 21:10 English Standard Version
John stands on a high mountain and see this holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven. He gives us the big picture, a picture that in all reality we can't comprehend and which he struggles to describe for us.
His language is that which we understand. It is the language of intimacy, of precious jewels that we give to each other to express our love. Though he stands at a distance when he sees what God has prepared for his people, he desires that we not be distant from the vision.
His picture draws us closer to what awaits us. What is waiting is an intimacy with God that we've never experienced. This intimacy is not merely a jewel hung around our necks, it is a jeweled city that will become our home.
This picture which John sees is like a man on bent knee opening a jewel box with a ring for the woman who has captured his heart. Through Jesus, we have captured God's heart and he can't wait to open the box of heaven for you and me.
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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14Douglas P. Brauner. ARR
John's picture of heaven in his revelation has both a distant and intimate quality to it.
"And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal." Revelation 21:10 English Standard Version
John stands on a high mountain and see this holy city of Jerusalem descending from heaven. He gives us the big picture, a picture that in all reality we can't comprehend and which he struggles to describe for us.
His language is that which we understand. It is the language of intimacy, of precious jewels that we give to each other to express our love. Though he stands at a distance when he sees what God has prepared for his people, he desires that we not be distant from the vision.
His picture draws us closer to what awaits us. What is waiting is an intimacy with God that we've never experienced. This intimacy is not merely a jewel hung around our necks, it is a jeweled city that will become our home.
This picture which John sees is like a man on bent knee opening a jewel box with a ring for the woman who has captured his heart. Through Jesus, we have captured God's heart and he can't wait to open the box of heaven for you and me.
Join the conversation at Praying With the Eyes on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/groups/173881749421231/
(Click on picture to enlarge.)
Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-14
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