God is a Person-- Gen 1 God speaks; God sees; God thinks, hears, understands, acts

• John 4:24

24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

God has three personalities, each of which is called “God”:

Matthew 28:1919 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

God is Powerful

• Gen 17:1

• I am God Almighty

In the Beginning, God Genesis 1,2Day 1: LIGHT and darkness,Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Day 3: Land and Water

Day 4: Stars and Planets

The Starry Night, Van Gogh,MoMA, Post Impressionist

• Day 2: Water and Sky• Day 5: Creatures of the Sky and Water• Day 6: Creatures of the Land and Man• Peaceable Kingdom• Hicks, 1834 National• Gallery, Washington

Day 5: Sky and Water

Job 31 “where were you when I made

• Psalm 90:22 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

God is Eternal

God is Everywhere and Knows Everything

Jeremiah 23:23-2423 ‘‘Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, ‘‘and not a God far away? 24 Can anyone hide in secret places so that I cannot see him?”

But can you Imagine…God is Love

• John • “Can a Mother

forget her child? A Mother may forget her child, but I will never forget Israel”

• Raphael, Uffizi, Madonna of the Chair

Holy

Isaiah 6:3.3 And they were calling to one another: ‘‘Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy”By Reginald Heber of Hodnet

Hall

“Holy, Holy, Holy” #238Words, Reginald Heber, 1826; Music John Dykes, 1861

• Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

• Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,Perfect in power, in love, and purity.Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Just

Psalm 89:1414 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

Judgment and The Last Things

Memling, Northern Renaissance,

The Last Things

John Martin, The Fallen Angels Entering Pandemonium from Paradise Lost

John Martin, The Evening of the Deluge

Martin, The Great Day of His Wrath

John Martin, English Romantic, The Last Things, Tate

Martin, The Plains of Heaven

Carra, The Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 1908, Futurist

Edward von Steile, 1850’s, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Bosch, The Last Judgment, Vienna, Academy of Arts

Early Renaissance

Christus, The Last Judgment, 1452 Gemaldegalerie, Berlin,

Early Renaissance

• “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” #528 Thomas Ken

• “The spacious Firmament on High” #666, Joseph Addison

• “Take my Life and let it Be” #612, Frances Havergal