New Testament Word & Image: Romans 8:18-23 & ROA



ROA mural in Atlanta, Georgia for the Living Walls Conference

Romans 8:18-23

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.


ROA mural in Gambia, Wide Open Walls

For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.


ROA mural in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Painted in 2011 in the Range of his Exhibition: "Transit",

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.


ROA, mural in Orebro, Sweden

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.


ROA, La Tortue, mural in Torino, Italy


Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body

ROA mural in Gambia, Wide Open Walls

Old Testament Word & Image: Genesis 2:7-9 & 3:1-7 & Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel

The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

Genesis 2:7-9

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

 

The Creation of Eve, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel

 

Genesis 3:1-7

Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; ³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

The Fall of Man, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel