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GENESIS. Suffering. Head VI Francis Bacon (1909 -1992). GENESIS.
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GENESIS Suffering
Head VI Francis Bacon (1909 -1992)
2 Samuel 6:6-7 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it. The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there because he reached out his hand to the ark; and he died there beside the ark of God.
Hell Extract from the right panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights
When the Morning Stars Sang(from the Book of Job)William Blake (1757-1827)Job 38:3-7 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements--surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
C.S. Lewis (1898 – 1963) "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world” (The Problem of Pain)
“I am a more sensitive person, a more effective pastor, a more sympathetic counselor because of Aaron’s life and death then I would ever have been without it. And I would give up all of those gains in a second if I could have my son back. If I could choose, I would forego all the spiritual growth and depth which has come my way because of our experience, and be what I was fifteen years ago, an average rabbi, an indifferent counselor, helping some people and unable to help others, and the father of a bright, happy boy. But I cannot choose.”
Matthias Grünewald (c.1475-1528) The Crucifixion
God is love: and he enfoldethall the world in one embrace;with unfailing grasp he holdethevery child or every race.And when human hearts are breakingunder sorrow’s iron rod,then they find that self-same achingdeep within the heart of God.