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thenumber42 — The Temptation of Jesus Christ
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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them:And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. ~ Matthew 4:8-11, KJV
A drawing that right now is very close to my heart, to say nothing of the fact that I think this is one of my best so far.
Drawing this picture helped me through a rough time...You know, Jesus could have said "screw crucifixion" and went off and conquered the world and made people serve him by force, rather than redeeming it. Hell it would have been a lot easier. But He didn't, and went through all that, just for us. And that's pretty cool.
I guess the moral I learned here is Never Stop Loving.
Sorry for the sermon, then again I am a PK.
18x24 bristol with ink. Sorry for the quality.
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Tempting someone with power when they're second in command to the entire universe...kind of a stupid plan Lucy. Unless of course you believe that Satan is still working with Yahweh by playing the bad guy, and then it becomes genius
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it's tough being both God and Man, because the Man part allows for things like this to happen. Really clean and simple work!
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I agree with you so much! Thank you Jesus I wish more people were aware of what you truly gave us
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Though KJV, that's generally sound. Still... get the New Jerusalem Edition, just for reference purposes...
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the expression really makes you realize that Jesus was a regular guy...and shows him in one of his weakest moments...also the composition is great
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"He changed his mind"? When?
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In the version I read ( this makes a difference 
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Gee. Riff off of "Father, why has thou forsaken me", eh?
What version was this, may I ask?
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I don't know, I must have read it almost 20 years ago, add in memory loss, and general forgetfulness and who knows how I may have warped the view... so I spent a little time looking it up in the online version at [link] 
and I think the part where he's gone sorrowful and wants to "let this cup pass", but will do it anway is where I'm thinking of.
The main point of the whole comment thing I started out with, is that I always thought that window was very sad and lonely, and I get the same idea from your picture. That he's going if only *I* weren't the good one. 
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Jesus is God. He never changed his mind about anything. When he was praying in the Garden of Gethsemanie, he said, "O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." Matthew 26:39
Jesus was fully divine, and fully human. He always knew what would happen, and he understood everything about the reasons why, but in his human nature he still did not wish to suffer anguish. You have to remember also, that it wasn't merely the physical pain that he went through; he suffered being utterly cut off from God, in a very real sense from Himself, and having the totality of the wrath of God the Father against all sin and lawlessness poured out over him. He is saying in his prayer that if there is any other way for God's plan of salvation to be accomplished without his having to be made the full and single object of God's eternal wrath against Sin, he asks that the cross be taken away, but he says very earnestly and very obediently and humbly, "Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."
The glory of the Gospel is that the Holy, Just, Sovereign, Majestic, Almighty, Omniscient God and creator of everything sent his only begotten Son to take on humanity, and being utterly sinless, to be made sin and pay the penalty for anyone who believes in him. And that Son, being fully God himself, who could with a single word move mountains, and shake the foundations of the earth, willingly and obediently out of love, grace and compassion for us, suffered the wrath of God as a perfect sacrifice to redeem us from slavery to sin, and then rose again from the dead and in so doing conquered death forever. Hallelujah, how great is our God.
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I happened to be searching for pictures of Jesus, mostly on a whim. It's been interesting. Anyway, I hope you don't take it as a flame, as it wasn't meant that way.
Hopefully it will be useful to you
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Eep.. it didn't like that link [link] looking somewhere in the 26th part of Matthew ... er.. late 30's early 40's numbers. 
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Ah yes, that part. It's not really that He changed His mind, 'cause He knew it was coming the whole time. I mean, quite honestly crucifixion is something nobody would want to go through, even God.
But it had to be done.
Had me worried for a second there--at first I thought you meant something like The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ by Martin Scorsese or something like that
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o_O? I don't know what that is... a movie? I generally try to avoid bible stories since I almost died of boredom reading the thing. It's so extremely repetative. My dad told me that before I read it, but I was young and you know how that goes. It's actually pretty rare for me to bring up churchy subjects now.
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Yeah, it's a movie. It caused quite a stir back in the 80's, 'cause in the crucifixion scene Jesus dreams about marrying Mary Magdalene. Personally I think "The DaVinci Code" was a riff off of that
In any case, this conversation has inspired me to draw yet another picture. And I have you to thank
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Awesome job. You've captured the emotion very well, and His expressions are great.
And the geek in me likes the Roman parade armor. 
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Haha, thanks! Took me forever to find a decent costume. A shame I don't own the movie Gladiator.
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Really powerful piece.. It always amazes me that Jesus didn't take the easy way out.
Beautiful inking too.
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Ha! Great! Your style looks great on J.C. ;D
I like the layout as well
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It's probably wrong that the sheer idea of Jesus thinking about world conquest made me giggle a bit, especially when combined with an "OH NOES!" facial expression. D:
Your inking is so pretty, though. *jealous*
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It is kinda....funny
I'll forgive you. 'tis my Christian duty, after all.
(one down, 479 left to go...)
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wow...
for some reason, I really like this...it shows his humanity...
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'Twas the intention.
I mean, if it were easy, the Bible wouldn't have made a big deal about it.
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heh.
yeah, I suppose so...
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Powerful. Very powerful.
I really love how his vision of power is surrounded by the fog tendrils and the eyes.
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You know what is interesting about you.
Your subject is often related to mythological/religious characters and yet your style is comicky - that's amazing.
And you're a chic. That's even more amazing.
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Dude, that means I'm like...ready to conquer the world.
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...that is, until He comes back, of course.
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Wow, that's amazing. I envy your facial style and inking so much. You always hit those emotions perfectly, and it brings so much to the drawing.
"Sorry for the sermon, then again I am a PK."
A PK? 'Splain?
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You got His hair right. Most people draw Him with long hair, when He never had long hair.
But this is a nice piece. I like the expression a lot. Jesus ftw.
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I just tried to make Him look like a normal Dude.
Note, also, that He is not blonde. He still looks sort of caucasian though.
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