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modern-day-outsider — submission =/= weakness

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Published: 2018-08-02 23:50:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1518; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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"Praise the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His Word. Praise the Lord, all His heavenly hosts, you His servants who do His will."
~Psalm 103.20-21


For whatever reason, I've lately become fascinated with scriptures about the heavenly hosts - particularly the archangels:
Gabriel (left) - God's greatest messenger, and Michael (right) - the commander (after Him) of the heavenly armies 

And the other day I found myself reading some research articles about them and something that I absolutely loved was a particular quote I gathered from one of them:"Despite his great power, Michael [in particular] is still in total submission to the Lord. His dependence on the Lord’s power is seen in Jude 1.9... taking into consideration the strength of Michael the archangel, his submission to God is all the more beautiful."

And with that God gave me a vision of the image above and spoke so clearly to my heart about the true beauty and strength that comes from being in total submission to Him.
So often atheists and third wave feminists argue that submission in any way, shape or form (whether it be to a man or a 'higher power') is a sign of weakness or personal defeat/depreciation, but Michael (right) and Gabriel (left) are living proof that this is absolutely not the case whatsoever, and it fills me with such courage and confidence knowing full well that submission to Christ and His power is the ultimate form of strength in the life of the believer <3

So I hope everyone enjoys this piece!

May the Lord bless and keep you all and yours, and may His love resonate within your hearts! 

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Comments: 13

Sketchman147 [2018-08-04 01:00:22 +0000 UTC]

The design you did for these two are wonderful and capture their roles perfectly!   

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modern-day-outsider In reply to Sketchman147 [2018-08-04 22:13:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
I honestly love the way they came out also

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Sketchman147 In reply to modern-day-outsider [2018-08-04 22:39:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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MrRemoraman [2018-08-03 09:21:38 +0000 UTC]

Interesting concept. I really like it and rather agree, at least as far as God is concerned

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modern-day-outsider In reply to MrRemoraman [2018-08-04 22:13:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
And agree with what? c:

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Haleviyah [2018-08-03 04:53:11 +0000 UTC]

Cool! O 3 O

But according to the book of Enoch it's actually Uzziel who Commands the Armies. Michael is one of the head Generals in Uzziel's command.

Sorry, I'm a geek when it comes to angelology, especially when it comes to writing a graphic novel(s) about them.

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modern-day-outsider In reply to Haleviyah [2018-08-03 05:36:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

And see I would possibly agree with you but the thing is I haven’t fully read the apocryphal/deuterocanon books, nor have I properly studied and prayed over them and I’d prefer not to create artwork for the sake of Glorifying God surrounding topics I don’t know the full extent of (in this case, I’m strongly against drawing Uzziel because I lack the conviction that the book of Enoch has as much credibility as what’s been stated in the primary Biblical canon - which only speaks of Michael and Gabriel) 

Plus, with all do respect... There is a reason why the apocrypha and deuterocanon are approached with such caution hence why I’m not necessarily in total agreement with you at the moment...

Forgive me, but that’s my conviction until God aids me further in my study and potentially changes that, and I’d really prefer not to get into a theological debate about it 

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DarlingWrites [2018-08-03 04:22:16 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!! 8D

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modern-day-outsider In reply to DarlingWrites [2018-08-04 22:14:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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Crystallink [2018-08-02 23:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Again, I LOVE this!! <3

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modern-day-outsider In reply to Crystallink [2018-08-04 22:14:14 +0000 UTC]

AAAA thanky Dia!!

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B-Angelo [2018-08-02 23:55:07 +0000 UTC]

that is beautiful! Love the details!!

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modern-day-outsider In reply to B-Angelo [2018-08-04 22:14:56 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!!

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