Alpha and Omega Mural
Tuesday 6 September 2011 | 11:00 am | Laura -
On the far left –
Creation and the Garden of Eden is represented through the globe of earth surrounded by the tree, Adam and Eve and a few animals.
The Tree -
Represents the purity needed to stand before God (see description for this in my painting based on Is. 27:6) and how the consequence of a choice made at a tree (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Gen 3:6) in the garden affected the entire world.
The Lion and the Lamb and the reclining boy –
Jesus is called both the Lion of Judah (Revelation 5:5) and the Lamb of God (John 1:29) and we in childlike faith are invited to a place of intimacy with Him. It also a reference to Isaiah 11:6
The ark of Noah-
Just as the literal ark saved Noah and his family from death because if sin, the ark is a foreshadow of Jesus who would come as the Savior of mankind from sin. The ark in Genesis 6:14 describes the ark as being covered inside and out with pitch. Similarly in Exodus 2:3 – When she (the mother of Moses) could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it and laid it in the reeds by the rivers bank. This foreshadow of Jesus is of Him as Redeemer.
The ark of Noah … resting upon the mountain –
In John 12:32 – Jesus said “if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all peoples to Myself.” Also John 3:14- “And as Moses lifted up the sepent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up.”
The Rainbow – Genesis 9:17 – “And God said to Noah, this is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.” What was the covenant? Gen. 9:11-“Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
The Dove – Is a literal representation and a spiritual representation
The second time Noah sent a dove out from the ark in Gen 8:11 “The dove came to him in the evening and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.” In Luke 3:22, “the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove …”
The River –
Revelation 22:1 – and he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and the Lamb.
The Mountains … the mountain of the Lord -
Gen 2:14 – So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.” Psalm 121:1 “I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come?” (other versions say hills) There are multiple other references to the mountain of the Lord!
Field of Flowers …represents the harvest field –
Matthew 9:37-38 – “The harvest is truly plentiful but the laborers are few. Therefore pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
John 4:35b – “Behold I say to you lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest.”
The Children …represent the laborers in the harvest -
Mark 10:14-15 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
The Children …of many nationalities -
Revelation 7:9 – After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb
The Children …with Jesus –
Matthew 10:16 – And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.
The Children … with fire above their heads -
Represents the day of Pentecost – Acts 1:8a – “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” Acts 2:1-3 – ‘Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
The Cloud with three crosses –
Luke 23:33 “And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.”
The Cloud with three crosses … another life altering decision made at a tree.-
1 Peter 2:24 – (Jesus) “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness” Luke 23:34, Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”
The Butterfly …represents the Resurrection of Jesus –
Mark 16:6 – “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen!”
The Butterfly …represents our rebirth in Jesus –
Our spiritual – Romans 6:4 – “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life”
The Butterfly …represents the new life to come, The New Jerusalem –
Revelation chapters 21 and 22
The Open Bible … Jesus words to us –
“And behold I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me,
to give to each one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
-Revelation 22:12-13.
This is my Labor of Love –
that my work will bring reward when you return, Jesus.
Laura Jean Eubanks
Sept. 6 th 2011
