Who was the daughter of Zechariah?

        ABI (II Kings 18:2), daughter of Zechariah, wife of Ahaz, and mother of Hezekiah, King of Judah.
       Following her name and that of her son is the significant phrase, "And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord," a phrase repeated often in Kings and Chronicles in the lists of queen-mothers.
       It is a credit to Abi that her son removed the high places of sacrifice and broke images, because he trusted in the Lord God of Israel.
       Abi's husband, Ahaz, eleventh king of Judah, was a wicked king who despoiled the Temple and set up altars for idol worship. The fact that her son destroyed these sheds some light on the mother's character.
       She is called Abijah in II Chronicles 29:1.

What did Jesus do for the widow of Nain?

The widow of Nain, given a priceless gift.

       The widow of Nain's son (Luke 7:11-19) was the first person Jesus raised from the dead. It was after He and his disciples and a multitude following Him had left Capernaum and had entered the village of Nain, which lies on the lower slopes of the Little Hermon.
      When Jesus came to the gate of the city, "Behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her."
      Luke goes on to relate that Jesus had compassion upon her, as He always did upon women in distress. No one asked Him for help, but walking up to the widow Jesus said, "Weep not." Such words were not a feeble effort to console her. They had a deeper meaning, as she was soon to learn.
      He came and touched the bier of her son and spoke to him, "Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." And the young man who had been dead began to speak. Though Luke does not give us a definite picture of the mother or express how she felt when her son was raised from the dead, the one graphic stroke is sufficient: Jesus "delivered him to his mother."
      The most amazing phase of the healing of the widow of Nain's son is that all who had witnessed this miracle "glorified God," saying a great prophet had come among them. And they recognized that Jesus was a far greater prophet than had been Elijah, who had raised from the dead the son of the widow of Zarephath. Elijah had raised her son after he had gone into a room alone and prayed for the boy. But Jesus healed the son of the widow of Nain instantaneously as a bewildered crowd looked on.

Who Was The Widow With Two Mites?

The widow gives, even though she is poor.

       The widow with two mites (Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4) has given us one of the most meaningful short stories in the Bible. During the last Passover week of Jesus' life on earth, this poor woman entered the Court of the Women in the Temple at Jerusalem and cast into the chest there her two mites, hardly enough to buy a loaf of bread.
       Streams of visitors were in the Holy City through the seven days of the great annual Feast of the Jews, and this woman would have passed unnoticed, but devotion like hers could not escape Jesus' notice. Her sacrifice appealed to Him, and He preserved her story in the safekeeping of His praise. Both Mark and Luke relate it.
       Luke tells that in praising her generosity Jesus said, "This poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had." (21:3-4)
       The cash value of her gift compared to the gifts of the wealthy was hardly enough to notice, but the devotion behind it was another matter. That devotion, beginning there and spreading throughout the world, has built hospitals and helped the needy, fed the hungry and encouraged the imprisoned. Today the world knows more about the poor widow than about the richest man in Jerusalem in her day.

Who Are The Women In Revelation?

Women of The Apostolic Church Are Symbolic

        Women in Revelation represent apocalyptic symbolism, to which the key has been lost. In Revelation 12:1, we have "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." The text continues, "And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered" (Rev. 12:2). In this same chapter, verses 13-17, there is more about how Satan persecutes the woman.
       In Revelation 17, reference is made to "the great whore that sitteth upon many waters ... a woman upon a scarlet colored beast . . - THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS . . . the woman drunken with the blood of saints . . . the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her." All again represent apocalyptic symbolism and must be interpreted spiritually.
       In Revelation 18:7-10, a queen is mentioned. This refers to the wicked city of Babylon and her destruction.
       In Revelation 19:7-8, emphasis centers on "the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." Mention is made again in Revelation 21:9 of "the bride, the Lamb's wife." All of this imagery of the Lamb's bride, most scholars concede, centers around the ideal Church and its final glory. Other interpretations have been innumerable.

Who are all of the queens and consorts listed the Old Testament?

This listing of 25 Queens includes reigning queens and consorts found in the Old Testament.

1. Abi
2. Ahinoam 1rst
3. Artaxerxes' queen
4. Athaliah
5. Azubah
6. Belshazzar's mother
7. Esther
8. Hamutal
9. Heph-zibah
10. Jecholiah
11. Jedidah
12. Jehoaddan
13. Jeroboam's wife
14. Jerusha
15. Jezebel 1rst
16. Maachah 3rd
17. Maachah 4th
18. Meshuilemeth
19. Nehushta
20. Queen of heaven
21. Queen of Sheba
22. Tahpenes
23. Vasfiti
24. Zebudah
25. Zibiah

Who are all of The queen-mothers listed in The Old Testament?

This listing includes 21 queen mothers of kings, the kings' names are in parentheses.

1. Abi (Hezekiah), 
   
2. Athaliah (Ahaziah)
3. Azubah (Jehoshaphat)
4. Bath-sheba (Solomon)
5. Belshazzar's mother
6. Hamutal (Jehoahaz, Zedekiah)
7. Heph-zibah (Manasseh)
8. Jecholiah (Azariah or Uzziah)
9. Jedidah (Josiah)
10. Jehoaddan (Amaziah)
11. Jerusha (Jothan)
12. Jezebel (Ahaziah, Jehoram)
13. Lemuel's mother
14. Maachah  3rd (Abijah)
15. Maachah 4th (Asa)
16. Meshuilemeth (Amon)
17. Naamah  2nd  (Rehoboam)
18. Nehushta (Jehoiachin)
19. Zebudah (Jehoiakim)
20. Zeruah (Jeroboam)
21. Zibiah (Joash or Jehoash)

Looking at life through different glasses...

"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD,
plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
Jeremiah 29:11

    

Description of Illustration: A man looks through the wheels of a bike instead of regular glasses, this implies that his point of view is unique, unlike many others. greyscale, hand-drawn illustration, 3 scriptures are included...

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways,
 declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
 so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9

"As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.
 For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."
2 Corinthians 4: 18

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"E Pluribus Unum"

Description of Illustration: American eagle with flag shield and scroll "E Pluribus Unum" which is the national motto for the United States of America "Out of Many, One", House of Congress building, hand drawn illustration both the American flag and the Christian flag illustrated, greyscale

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7 Important scriptures that describe what faith really is...

7 Important scriptures that describe what faith really is... - from the New International Version of The Bible

1. What faith is‚"Substance" and "Evidence" of the unseen - Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews. 11:1 
2. Without faith one cannot come to nor please God - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Hebrews 11:6 
3. Faith comes by hearing the word of God - Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. Romans 10:17 
4. It is according to our faith when we believe the truth - When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you" Matthew 9:28, 29
5. It is not according to our faith when we believe error - Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.” Genesis 37:31-33 
6. Jesus prayed that Peter's faith would not fail him - But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”Luke 22:32 
7. The faithful are God's friends - And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. James. 2:23
   

from Tyndall...

Mothers guard your children...

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is
 old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6 ESV

Description of Clip Art: scriptures, mother guarding her child from danger, child dependent on mother's caution

"Arise, cry out in the night at the beginning of the night watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
 Lamentations 2:19 ESV

"And these words that I command you today shall be on
your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children and
 speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk
 by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be
as frontlets between your eyes." Deuteronomy 6: 6-8

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Questions About Art Ministry or Religious Art in General:

        These questions and answers are here because I worked for many years both exhibiting in and orchestrating religious art exhibits in area St. Louis churches.

1. Must an art ministry be run by an artistic person?
2. Are there artworks that shouldn't be exhibited in a church art show?
3. Should artists be allowed to sell their work out of a church?
4. Where should people hang a church art exhibit?
5. Is your art ministry . . . Christian?

Questions About Art and Christianity:

      Believe it or not, I do get questions about these topics both through the mail and in person from believers etc... I figure it comes with the territory and is also my obligation to answer according to my faith as a Christian artist.

1. Is painting Jesus the same as committing idolatry?
2. Do the volunteers at your blog believe in salvation by works?
3. What did Jesus look like? 

Questions About The Web or This Blog Specifically

  These are the Q&A most frequently asked through the email that are not related to copyright inquiries.

1. What do I believe? or What is my statement of faith?
2. How to add clip art to a blog post within legal boundaries stated per collection?
3. Is the clip art found here original to the site?
4. How can visitors help this blog?
5. What has happened to our older Christian clip art collections?
6. Is linking to those who do not link back important?
7. Is it better to open a free blog software for our church than it is to create regular internet web pages?
8. How often should people blog in order to have a successful blog?  
9. What are the mistakes pastors make as website owners? 
10. Do you have any suggestions concerning return links? - what to think about before asking... 

Ship At Sea

Description of Illustration: large ship in color, ocean waves, sails of a ship, mariner, nautical, flags, sailing on the ocean, the church as a ship, ship at sea is symbolic of Christian church

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Remember your Creator...

Description of Illustration: scriptures "Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, Or the golden bowl is broken, Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, Or the wheel broken as the well. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it." Ecclesiates 12: 6-7 and "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of you were taken; For dust you are, And dust you shall return." Genesis 3:19, A monk studies his scriptures. He points to a human skull which represents mortality. A city behind him and scroll rests at his finger tips; he rests on a cobbled road.

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Joshua Clip Art Index

Clip art samples from the Book of Joshua Index below.

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link back to http://christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

Sometimes multiple scripture using the same image are uploaded onto the same page. Keep looking on the post and you will find that there is a scripture from the Book of The Bible it is listed under here.

1. A family that reads the scriptures together... - Joshua 1:8
2. Basket with spring yellow yarrow and ivy - Joshua 1:9
3. Joshua 1:9 - Series: Make My Point
4. Scriptures About Ancestors - Joshua 24:22
5. Rahab Strikes a Deal - Joshua 2:9
6. Rehab Hides the Spies - Joshua 6: 1-6
7. Joshua 24:15 - ribbon banner designs
8. Walls of Jericho - Joshua Chapter 6
9. Carrying the Ark Of The Covenant
10. Baby thinking hard... - Joshua 1:9
    

Questions and Answers About the Book of Joshua:

• How Are We to Interpret the Miracle at Ajalon?

The Book of Joshua by The Bible Project

Page last updated August 5th, 2023

Philippians 1:6 Framed

Description of Clip Art: scripture "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" Philippians 1:6, butterfly frame, berries, vines, drawing in pencil, greyscale, transparent background

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La Anunciacin de Ntra. Sra.

Description of Clip Art: text translation "The Annunciation of Our Lady, lily, angel, halos, The Virgin Mary, Easter, Lent, Spanish text, black and white drawing

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Deuteronomy Clip Art Index

Clip Art Samples of Illustrated or Illuminated Scriptures from Deuteronomy.

 

All graphics/illustrations/clip art on this web journal are free to download and use for personal art projects, church related hard copy or webpages. Images are not to be redistributed in any other collections of clip art online. Please include a link back to this web journal if you use the materials for web articles. Link back to http://christianclipartreview.blogspot.com

Sometimes multiple scripture using the same image are uploaded onto the same page. Keep looking on the post and you will find that there is a scripture from the Book of The Bible it is listed under here.

1. God Goes With You - Deuteronomy 31:6
2. Real strength is in the Lord... - Deuteronomy 33:27
3. Scriptures About Lepers - Deuteronomy 24:8-9
4. Scriptures about false witness or testimony... - Deuteronomy 5:20
5. Scriptures for those without a home... - Deuteronomy 15:7-8
6. Cherubim Know He Is Holy... - Deuteronomy 6:4
7. Christ's Temptation... - Deuteronomy 8:3
8. Young scalawags and scripture - Deuteronomy 6:7
9. Fruits for Celebrating Tu BiShvat - Deuteronomy 20:19
10. Give Generously - Deuteronomy 15:10
11. The Words Which - Deuteronomy 1:1
12. Deuteronomy 6:5
13. Vintage Mite Boxes Shaped Like Churches - Deuteronomy 16:17
14. Deuteronomy 24:21
15. Deuteronomy 32:18
16. Deuteronomy 10:17 
17. Mothers guard your children... - Deuteronomy 6: 6-8

The Book of Deuteronomy by The Bible Project.

Index page last updated on November 25th, 2021

Won't swallow his medicine...

Description of Clip Art: father, mother and grandmother try to feed a crying baby medicine, a spoonful of bad tasting medicine, parlor setting, old-fashioned illustration of tantrum over medicine

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Nautical Dividers

 Description of Clip Art: maritime themes, things seen at sea, ocean genres, animals or fish that live in the ocean, whales, ships passing in the night, I will add more here as I find and restore these...

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Bird Dividers

 

Description of Clip Art: page dividers in bird themes: Peacocks, Swans... I will add more of these as I find and restore them.

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New Life Scriptures + Butterfly

"And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new."
 Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
 Revelation 21:5

Description of Clip Art: butterfly motifs with scripture about new life, framed scriptures 

"I have been crucified with Christ, It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.
 And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved
 me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20

"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into
 man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from
the beginning to the end." Ecclesiastes 3:11

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to
 his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope
 through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..." 1 Peter 1:3

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Honeymooners...

Description of Clip Art: Vintage illustration of a just married couple., bride and groom, top hat, flowers, white gown, wedding

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For the incarcerated...

Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me
 because of your goodness to me. Psalm 142:7

Description of Clip Art: prison bars, prison cell, prisoner, convict, incarcerated, jail cell, behind bars, scriptures about prisoners from the Book of Psalms in specific, vintage photograph

May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with your strong arm preserve those
condemned to die. Psalm 79:11

Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. God settles the
solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched
land. Psalm 68:5-6

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The Daily Commute...

 Description of Clip Art: black and white clip art, plus three color versions, this could be a bus, subway or trolly with commuters, silhouettes of people riding to and from work in a business district

The original silhouette in black and white.

The commute during early morning hours; the sun is rising, the sky is pink and violet.

The daily commute during the afternoon on a sunny day with white wispy clouds.

Commuters riding in the evening as the sun sets in orange and yellow.

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The Mardi Gras Dance Party

 

Description of Clip Art: black and white clip art, part lanterns, couples dancing, masks, tree, bench, gift, lovers, costume party

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Formal Dance

Description of Clip Art: couples dancing, formal dance, prom, fancy ball, tuxedos, bow ties, black and white clip art

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Jesus Grew and Grew

Description of Clip Art: Holy family, Nativity, Jesus in the manger, shepherd, Joseph and Mary, Jesus helps his father, carpenter, wood shop, axe, halo, text "Jesus Grew and Grew", Jesus as a child

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Bible Key in Liturgical Colors

Bible key in black.

Description of Clip Art: black and white and liturgical colors: blue, gold, red, green, purple, keys combined with the Holy Bible, Bible Keys, text "Holy Bible

Bible key in blue.

Bible key in gold.

Bible key in green.

Bible key in red.

Bible key in violet.

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