What books of scripture have the most vivid images? I nominate Ezekiel

[whirlingmerc]

And my favorite would be a tie between the 'hair travel' to Jerusalem vision
and the storm with the throne driven chariot with wheels in wheels


Ezekiel hard words for hard times

 

[Sunstone]

The imagery of the Bhagavad Gita has stuck with me the longest.

 

[whirlingmerc]

The imagery of the Bhagavad Gita has stuck with me the longest.

Can you give an example? I am not familiar... but I think something about a chariot driver who is really Krishna?

 

[Sunstone]

Can you give an example? I am not familiar... but I think something about a chariot driver who is really Krishna?

Yup. That's the basic scene. Arjuna's chariot driver is Krishna.

You might be familiar with the words, "If a thousand suns rose in the sky at once, their radiance would be like that of the Mighty One".

 

[sun rise]

The imagery of the Bhagavad Gita has stuck with me the longest.

There are some very strong images to be found including this one:

 

[sun rise]

And the Ramayana

 

[Ellen Brown]

And my favorite would be a tie between the 'hair travel' to Jerusalem vision
and the storm with the throne driven chariot with wheels in wheels


Ezekiel hard words for hard times

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I was rather impressed with the flying machine in Ezekiel.

 

[exchemist]

I've always thought the Gospel image of the camel and the eye of the needle is pretty striking.

 

[whirlingmerc]

I was rather impressed with the flying machine in Ezekiel.

The 'flying machine' is indeed the opener and comes back again about 10 chapters in

Ezekiel having to go for a swim in what starts as a trickle from the throne and then a river
and then the river goes to the dead sea and makes it alive is a good one as well

Ezekiel : hard words for hard times

 

[whirlingmerc]

I've always thought the Gospel image of the camel and the eye of the needle is pretty striking.

Some say "the eye of the needle" is a narrow gate of the city where a rich person would have to take off the bags on the side of the camel to enter.... I'm not sure that isn't watering down the picture though

 

[Ellen Brown]

The 'flying machine' is indeed the opener and comes back again about 10 chapters in

It fills me with ire that many religious authorities try to explain that away as gas pains, or too much Hashish.

 

[The Anointed]

I nominate the books of righteous Enoch.

 

[exchemist]

Some say "the eye of the needle" is a narrow gate of the city where a rich person would have to take off the bags on the side of the camel to enter.... I'm not sure that isn't watering down the picture though

Killjoys!

I've always taken it as evidence that Jesus had a sense of humour. At any rate, I like to think He did.

 

[Samantha Rinne]

In Acts, they have Peter's Vision of a table with unclean foods.

Somehow the table winds up sounding like this.

A sushi conveyor belt. But with non-kosher food.

Well before they understood what a conveyor belt was.