GENESIS
Suffering
Head VI
Francis Bacon
(1909 -1992)
GENESIS
2 Samuel 6:6-7 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah
reached out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen
shook it. The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God
struck him there because he reached out his hand to the ark; and he died
there beside the ark of God.
Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch
(c.1450-1516 )
Hell
Extract from the right panel of
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hell (again)
When the Morning Stars
Sang
(from the Book of Job)
William Blake
(1757-1827)
Job 38:3-7 Gird up your loins like a man,
I will question you, and you shall declare
to me. "Where were you when I laid the
foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you
have understanding. Who determined its
measurements--surely you know! Or who
stretched the line upon it? On what were
its bases sunk, or who laid its
cornerstone when the morning stars sang
together and all the heavenly beings
shouted for joy?
C.S. Lewis
(1898 – 1963)
"God whispers to us in our
pleasures, speaks to us in our
conscience, but shouts in our
pains: It is his megaphone to
rouse a deaf world”
(The Problem of Pain)
The Scream
Edvard Munch
(1863 –1944)
“I am a more sensitive person, a more
effective pastor, a more sympathetic
counselor because of Aaron’s life and
death then I would ever have been without
it. And I would give up all of those gains in
a second if I could have my son back. If I
could choose, I would forego all the
spiritual growth and depth which has come
my way because of our experience, and
be what I was fifteen years ago, an
average rabbi, an indifferent counselor,
helping some people and unable to help
others, and the father of a bright, happy
boy. But I cannot choose.”
Phnom Penh Killing Fields of Choeung
Ek
Matthias Grünewald
(c.1475-1528) The Crucifixion
God is love: and he enfoldeth
all the world in one embrace;
with unfailing grasp he holdeth
every child or every race.
And when human hearts are breaking
under sorrow’s iron rod,
then they find that self-same aching
deep within the heart of God.
GENESIS