He Was In The World....

He Was In The World....

Joh 1:10: He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
Joh 1:11: He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Joh 1:12: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Joh 1:13: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Joh 1:14: And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Joh 1:15: ¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Joh 1:16: And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Joh 1:17: For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

I was working with a combination of an image I got several years ago from a newspaper story about the shroud of Turin. The original image was very poor and I had to recreate the face using the newspaper image as a model. Then I worked with I worked with Micrografx, Photoshop and Apophysis to create the finished work. I experimented a little and got several works that I really like. I hope you enjoy them.

Although we do not know what Christ really looked like because the Hebrew people did not draw or paint images of anyone because it was against their religion, we do have ideas we have formed based upon legend and theories that have been passed down through time and have become a generally accepted image that comes to mind when we think of Christ.

This series is inspired by scripture from the Holy Bible. This is the fourth of nine in the series. Scripture tells us that God became flesh and dwelt among men and they did not realize He was God in the flesh.

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