The posts you find here are prophecies, presented in the belief that they are from God, in the context of 1 Thessalonians 5: "Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good." So if you find them of value, thank God, the God of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who sent Him into the world to save sinners, which was done by His death on the cross and His resurrection.

Prophecies were a feature of the early church and can be seen at times throughout church history. In recent years they have reemerged as a part of the Charismatic movement in many parts of the church. Please understand that they are not intended to challenge, replace or add to scripture, which must always be the test of what is said.

Please let me know what you think: I offer them in the belief that they will be of value to people, but conscious that I may be guilty of presumption.

Context

These prophecies were given as a result of visits to art galleries; specifically so far Manchester Art Gallery. Where possible I will include a link to a photo of the pieces of art which inspire them, but in many cases they don't seem to have made it onto the web.

To GOD be the glory.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Beauty pt2

Beauty is my gift to you - a reminder that I created the world good and I can be seen in moments of transcendence when beauty assails you. For you are in part spirit - did I not breathe into you - and so you respond to what is redolent of me.

And yet like all my gifts beauty can become a curse when it is pursued for its own sake. Such is the nature of pornography: the good that I have made entraps the viewer because they use it only for their own pleasure, and not as a gateway to look through to me. But such entrapment may occur in any fixation on what is good to the exclusion of me.

True fulfilment is only found in me - all else is "Vanity, vanity". But I have created my world for you to enjoy: do not be afraid of the good, only beware less the good becomes a gateway for the bad.

[I wrote this down soon after arriving at the art gallery, but having done so, I spotted

The Sirens and Ulysses

which shows Ulysses tied to the mast of his ship to avoid joining the unfortunates who have succumbed to the call of the sirens and as a result are destroyed because they only have eyes for their beauty  - see Wikipedia ]
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