Lectionary for Ya'akov

Paradise Lost: The Creation of Light by John Martin,  1824,  Cleveland Museum of Art . Explanation of the art . Ancient of Days frontispiece from Europe a Prophecy by William Blake, between 1794 - 1821,  The Fitzwilliam Museum , University of Cambridge. This art was inspired by the KJV translation of Proverbs 8:27 . The Trinity Троица by Andrei Rublev, 1425, Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, Moscow. This is the most famous of all Russian Orthodox icons. The Creation by James Tissot, circa 1896 through 1902, Jewish Museum, New York City Additional artwork I just can't leave out completely:  The Garden of Earthly Delights (Exterior painting is the Creation of the Earth) by Hieronymus Bosch,  Creation illustration from Martin Luther's 1534 translation of the Bible by the workshop of Lucas Cranach,  The Creation of the World and  The Creation of Man by Marc Chagall,  Les Sept Jours de la Création by Macha Chmakoff, Da...

Pentecost by El Greco, circa 1600, Museo del Prado   Pentecost by Peter Koenig, 1964, please see the artist's website The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel, circa 1568,  Collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Building the Tower of Babel by James Tissot, circa 1896-1902,  Jewish Museum Other songs for this week:  One Bread, One Body   Shine, Jesus, Shine    Spirit Of The Living God   We Are One in the Spirit Genesis 11:1-9 CSB The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary. As people migrated from the east, they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make oven-fired bricks.” (They used brick for stone and asphalt for mortar.) And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.” Then the Lord came down to look over the city and the tower that the humans wer...

The Ascension by John Singleton Copley, 1775,  Museum of Fine Arts Boston . Please note that I do NOT believe that this depiction is biblically accurate. See more commentary on this below. You can find more depictions that have shaped Western beliefs about the Ascension here . The first song that popped into my head for today is Yo Te Espero by Chuckie Perez. I think that Ascension Sunday is a great day to anticipate Christ's return. This song is in Spanish and English and Spanglish. Another song that speaks to me for Ascension Sunday is Soon and Very Soon by Andraé Crouch. Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise also fits with the day. Crown Him with Many Crowns Lift High the Cross But You Shall Receive Power to memorize one of the verses Acts 1:1-14 CSB I wrote the first narrative, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up, after he had given instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After he had suffered, he also ...