Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Renaissance painting "The Blind leading the Blind" (1568) depicts this Biblical parable and leaves a wide field open for interpretation. In earlier paintings, the blind were typically depicted with eyes closed. Here, Bruegel gives each man a different ocular affliction,...
Jesus had been preaching the good news of salvation by faith and performing the miraculous signs of opening blind eyes to see, enabling deaf ears to hear, making the lame walk, and even raising of the dead. In other words, Jesus' mission and power unequivocally authenticate that He is the...
The difference, as can be surmised, is what Jesus is being described as “founding” or leading His followers into. In the previous post, the passage described His way of life, the faith He displayed for us to follow after. It is a faith of self denial, of self sacrifice, of full su...
As the commander in chief of the Israelite army, David should have been leading his men but, instead, he found himself facing a more formidable foe than the Ammonites. As David lounged on the penthouse of his royal palace, he saw a woman bathing on a nearby rooftop. Overcome with lust...
Phrases like “my brother’s keeper,”“the kiss of death,”“the blind leading the blind,”“fall from grace,”“eye for an eye” and “a drop in the bucket”—to name only a few—all owe their existence, or at least their popularization in English, to the KJV. ...
Right now, we seem to have in the US a situation of the blind leading the blind, with Godless liberals in control of everything, rather than it being a proper Christian society led by Godly Christian statesmen. The change-obsessed masses have lost sight of all the foundational principles and...
ll find Him a lot closer than you might think. You might even beBLINDto His presence right now, BUT He’s right there sitting or standing next to you…or walking beside you on the road you chose to escape. Even though we all go through seasons ofBLINDNESS,the good news is that ...
Another powerful example is Moses, who demonstrated faith by leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Despite his own doubts and weaknesses, Moses trusted God’s power to work through him. From confronting Pharaoh to parting the Red Sea (Exodus 14), Moses relied on God’s guidanc...
Bite the Dustfrom Psalm72:9, “They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.” (KJV) The Blind Leading the BlindMatthew 15:13-14, “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall...
Maybe not on purpose, because without understanding what is really true, we just have the blind leading the blind. I have seen far too many "religious" families suffering in crisis, which should not be happening according to the Bible. This is something Ben Franklin also observed in his day...