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Published: 2014-10-15 03:36:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 975; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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Genesis 3 :1-5Project for a teaching in our church. Nice to be able to use a slightly comic booky style.
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I don't interpret the Bible literally, but I've always imagined that if the creation account(s) were\was in fact literal history rather than metaphorical parable, then the serpent would've looked like a majestic and regal Chinese dragon.
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Good thought!Β I considered that myself but, my problem there is that in a lot of Chinese lore, the dragons are more benign to man.Β That's kinda why I went with a more Western dragon, since mythologically speaking, they've been more historically ambivalent and antagonistic toward man.Β
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Even then, it'd make more sense to have the dragon look beautiful and regal. I doubt Eve would've trusted a creature as scary and evil-looking as this.
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So I've been told.Β Β
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I love this interpretation of the serpent.Β
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First of all I wish to say, what picture is amazing. Indeed before God cursed him, it has legs and hands.Β But I think what this guy is too huge for snake
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Well...you may be right.Β I was aiming for something more komodo dragon sized.Β I might not be exactly to scale.
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This is good stuff. I can't imagine what church is using this for teaching though. I get kick back on basic bible stuff like Isaac getting sacrifice.
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Seriously?!Β It's a small non-denominational church, with apparently, liberal views on art(thank goodness).
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I cant fathom that church existing!
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Oh I don't know...they added this to the Christian group here on DA after all.Β
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Epic!!! Β I love it. Β This is the first time I've seen the serpent presented in a way other than a little garden snake. Β The overall atmosphere in the background really adds to the mood.
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Thank you, I've always thought of the serpent as something a little larger, (with the legs and all ),Β something that foreshadowed the dragon in Revelation.
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I read some of the writings of Josephus (a Jewish historian) and from what I remember, Jewish tradition teaches that the serpent did have legs. It lost it's legs when God cursed it to slither on it's belly. Β Who knows if that is actually true or not, but it does spark creativity in the imagination.
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