24" x 18" On Sketch Paper
Book 13 Poster 13
A priestly view of David's reign is the way I remember this book.
I will try to keep this explanation shorter than the last one.
As Deuteronomy was a review of the first four books of the Bible, 1st and 2nd Chronicles are to me a review from Genesis up until now. That said, in the top left corner you can see just a touch of the creation clouds I drew in the first picture. The embryo, (2001 Space Odyssey Star Child came to mind), underneath that cloud develops as the genealogy of Adam and the sons of Jacob (Israel), the sons of David, the line of Hur, Asher, the descendants of Simeon, the genealogy from Reuben, the priestly line, the genealogy from Issachar, descendants of Benjamin, the sons of Naphtali, descendants of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher, the genealogy from Benjamin and King Saul, are all shown as the children or "sons of" in white. They also represent the growth and development of the people as they came from Egypt in baby steps and crawled across Jordan.
Then there was a review of the death of Saul and his sons which you can see towards the top wearing red centered around Saul falling on his sword. At the bottom you see David King of all Israel. Towards the middle left you see my representation of the battles fought by David and his men. Towards the center of the picture you can see the accident when the Ark was being transported. Close to it you can see the tent that was set up for the Ark and the altar of the offerings he made to atone for taking a census to see how big and strong he had become instead of what God had done for him.
Not only was the land divided by tribe as in Joshua (shown by the earlier assigned colors from the banners in Numbers), but all the people were divided into duties of service to the country and to the temple David was going to build for God through his son Solomon.
This has been the story from the beginning of creation, the fall, flood, Babel, Abraham, Isaac Jacob Joseph (whose sons inherit and divide the land), bondage, deliverance, holy sacrifice and holy service, the walking, wandering, and waiting, looking backward, inward and upward, securing the land and settling it, deterioration, deliverance, and depravity, religiously, politically, and morally, the guidance of God, the leadership of Samuel, Saul, and David, his rise, his transgressions and troubles they caused, one nation becoming two, and two nations becoming none, and Gods hand still working throughout it all.
2 comments:
This is unbelievable .... all the hard work you are doing ... in colored pencil no less. This project is amazing. I know the church is loving this.
It is fun for me to see people's reactions to the strange way I picture things sometimes.
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