RUSSEL KERR BLOG-4-18-2013
WELCOME
I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO VIEW: "SACRED NAME SCRIPTURAL ART CREATIONS".
I PRAYERFULLY REQUEST YOUR PATIENCE, AS SOME OF THESE IDEAS INTRODUCED, WILL LIKELY BE SOMEWHAT UNFAMILIAR. IF SO, PLEASE CAREFULLY EXAMINE UPCOMING TOPICS, AS I'LL BE SURE TO MAKE USE OF SOME SCHOLARLY RESEARCH MATERIALS, COMBINED WITH AUTHENTIC BIBLICAL LITERATURE, TO PARALLEL EVIDENCES AND TRUTHS.
THERE'S MUCH I'D LOVE TO SHARE WITH YOU:
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY, THERE ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THEOLOGY? YET, THEY ALL ORIGINATE FROM ONLY ONE TEXT-THE BIBLE.
WHY ALL THE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS?
AND IF A PERSON STUDIES HIS, OR HER "ORACLES OF FAITH" COMPARED WITH OTHERS, ONE WILL SOON NOTICE MANY EXAGGERATED INCONSISTENCIES AND OBVIOUS CONTRADICTIONS. SO, A PERSON UNAWARE, COULD EASILY BE CONFUSED AND LEFT WONDERING, "WHO'S GOT THE TRUTH"? A FAIR QUESTION NO DOUBT.
I PLAN TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION IN PART HERE, IN HOPES OF CLEARING UP A LITTLE OF THE MANY MISCONSTRUED NOTIONS, BUT YOU'LL LIKELY NEED TO REVIEW THE SITE FROM TIME TO TIME, AS IT'S PART OF MY PERSONAL GOAL, NOT ONLY TO USE THIS OUTLET TO DISPLAY MY SCRIPTURAL ART, VIA PAINTINGS AND CARTOONS, BUT ALSO, TO EXPRESS MYSELF ON SOME WELL RESEARCHED AND RATHER UNORTHODOX OPINIONS-IN HOPES NOT ONLY FOR PERSONAL, SPIRITUAL GROWTH, AND AWARENESS, BUT ALSO, FOR THE CHANCE TO SHARE THESE GEMS OF TRUTH, TO FULFILL THE POWERFUL URGE TO EXPOSE ERRANT BIBLICAL DOCTRINES, WHICH ARE SO OFTEN MASQUERADING THEMSELVES AS TRUTHS TO THOSE UNAWARE OF SCRIPTURE AS A WHOLE.
AS I'VE NOTED, A GREAT NUMBER OF WELL MEANING FOLKS, WHO SEEM EASILY INFLUENCED-EVEN TO A DEGREE OF NAIVETY. WHEN DISCUSSIONS OF "WHY WE BELIEVE, WHAT WE BELIEVE", SHOULD BE OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE, AT LEAST ONE WOULD THINK IT TO BE.
IF YOU'LL STAY POSTED, I PROMISE TO DO MY VERY BEST TO CONFRONT DIRECTLY, THE RAW TRUTHS, EVEN IF IT MEANS POSSIBLY STEPPING ON SOME RELIGIOUS POMPOUS TOES IN THE PROCESS.
PART OF MY OUTREACHING GOAL IS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE TO AID BELIEVERS WHO UNINTENTIONALLY WEAR BLINDERS AND TRY TO ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN AND SHARPEN THEIR SPIRITUAL AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
BE YE FOREWARNED: I WILL CHALLENGE YOUR GROWTH PROCESS.
SPEAKING FROM A PERSONAL LEVEL, I'VE DISCOVERED THE MORE I STUDY SCRIPTURAL HISTORY, NOT ONLY DO I GAIN A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE HEBRAIC PEOPLES OF THAT ERA, AND HAVE TAKEN CLOSE OBSERVATION OF HOW THE ANCIENT YAHUDIMATIC CUSTOMS REFLECTED HEAVILY ON YAH'WEHS TORAH AND TANAK. THESE ARE GROUPS REFERRED TO IN THE SCRIPTURES AS OF "SECT OF THE NATSARIM, (ACTS 26:28), AND "SECT OF THE WAY", (ACTS 24:14), TO BEING KNOWN AS, "MESSANIC" FOLLOWERS OF THE MESSIAH, (ACTS 26:28).
THESE WERE YISRAELITE PEOPLES, WHO DID NOT PAY MUCH RESPECT TO GRECO-ROMAN CUSTOMS AND PAGAN TRADITIONS, MUCH LESS TO UPHOLD THEIR DIETIE'S IN REVERENCE.
I FIND THE MORE DILIGENT I EXAMINE THEIR BELIEFS, I FIND MYSELF ALIGNING MY OWN FAITH AND PRACTICES TO THOSE OF FIRST CENTURY BELIEVERS. SOME TEACHINGS WITHIN TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY, ARE EMBEDDED WITH INCONSISTENCIES, SO AS TO BE SOMEWHAT DILUTED AND WEAKENED, EVEN UNTO IRRELEVANCY.
BEFORE YOU CAST STONES AT ME, PLEASE HEAR ME OUT IN FUTURE ARTICLES, WHERE I WILL PRESENT PROFOUND SCRIPTURAL TRUTHS, TO CONFIRM MY BOLD STATEMENT MADE ABOVE.
UPCOMING TITLES:
* "WHY WHAT WE BELIEVE IS CRITICAL"
* "MISLEADING INFLUENCES-BEWARE"
* "LEST WE COMPROMISE"
IF YOU'RE A READER OF RELIGIOUS ARTICLES, VIEW, OR LISTEN TO CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS SCRIPTURAL PASSAGE QUOTED NUMEROUS TIMES, AS I SURELY HAVE:
"IF MY PEOPLE, UPON WHOM MY NAME HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY, AND SEEK MY PRESENCE AND TURN FROM THEIR EVIL WAYS, THEN SHALL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND SHALL PARDON THEIR SINS AND HEAL THEIR LAND." 11 CHRONICLES 7:14
SEEMINGLY OF LATE, THIS PASSAGE IS QUOTED REPEATEDLY, YET STRANGELY ENOUGH, I'VE NEVER, NO, NOT ONCE, HEARD ANY PARTICULAR FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN, NOR EVENGELICAL CATHOLIC, HONORABLY USE HIS NAME-YAH'WEH, IN REVERENCE DUE TO HIM.
WHY IS THIS SO, DEAR ONES?
ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE YET ANOTHER QUESTION:
HOW CAN A PEOPLE USE SOMETHING THEY ARE UNAWARE OF?
BY RIGHTS, IT SHOULD BE TO THE SHAME AND DISGRACE OF THE PASTORS AND CLERGY ALIKE-EXCUSES UNACCEPTABLE- AS IT'S NOT AS IF THIS VITAL INFORMATION ISN'T READILY ACCESSIBLE!
THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF BIBLICAL RELATED RESEARCH MATERIAL LITERALLY AT AN INDIVIDUALS FINGER TIPS. BY GOING ON-LINE TO A SEARCH ENGINE PROVIDER AND PUNCHING IN, "DIVINE NAME", SACRED NAME, OR NAME OF GOD. THEREIN YOU'LL VIEW HIS ACTUAL NAME IN ANCIENT PALEO HEBREW SCRIPT, MODERN HEBREW AND IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH.
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SCHOLARLY LITERATURE, SUCH AS HEBREW LEXICONS, BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIAS, BIBLE DICTIONARIES.
EVEN IF ALL YOU HAVE IS AN IN DEPTH BIBLE STUDY, BE OBSERVANT OF ITS COMMENTARY FOOTNOTES, ON SPECIFIC PASSAGES, NAMELY, EXODUS 3: 14-15 AND, OR, 6: 2-3.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU WILL QUICKLY DISCOVER HIS NAME, PROPERLY WRITTEN, EVEN IN MODERN ENGLISH. ALL OF US ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.
WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE GAINED, MAYBE THESE PASSAGES I'LL LIST BELOW FOR YOU, WILL COME ALIVE WITH NEW PROFOUND INSIGHTS AND ENLIGHTENMENTS.
* WE ARE TO CALL UPON HIS NAME; EXODUS 3:15; ISAIAH 12: 4; PSALM 105: 1-3; AND JEREMIAH 10:25.
*WE ARE TO MAKE KNOWN HIS NAME UNTO OTHERS; EXODUS 9:15; ISAIAH 64: 1-2; AND EZEKIEL 39: 7.
* WE ARE TO LOVE HIS NAME; ISAIAH 56: 6.
* SING PRAISES TO HIS NAME AND BLESS HIS NAME; PSALM 96:2.
*ESTEEM AND REVERENCE HIS NAME; PSALM 96:8.
* WE ARE COMMANDED TO ---NOT-- FORGET HIS NAME, OR TO SPEAK HIS NAME IN VAIN-BRINGING TO NAUGHT; EXODUS 20: 7; DEUTERONOMY 12: 3-4; ISAIAH 65: 11; JEREMIAH 23: 27; PSALM 44:20.
WOULDN'T YOU CONSIDER THESE PASSAGES OF NOTABLE IMPORTANCE?
IS NOT THE OBVIOUS STRESSED REPEATEDLY?
THEN HOW IS IT, THE RELIGIOUS HIERARCHY WITH HELD SUCH VALUABLE TRUTHS FROM US?
THERE WAS ONCE UPON A TIME, A GREAT, DEARLY BELOVED WARRIOR, PROPHET-KING OF YISRAEL, WHO EMPHASIZED JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS TRUTH WAS-TWICE OVER IN ONE CHAPTER ALONE, AT VERSE 1 AND CLOSING AT VERSE 9, OF THE 8TH CHAPTER OF PSALM, HE BOLDLY PROCLAIMED; "O YAHWEH, OUR MASTER, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH....(V1) O YAHWEH, OUR MASTER, HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH. (V9).
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IT IS MY PLAN TO HELP STIMULATE AND CHALLENGE AN ACTIVE BURNING ZEAL WITHIN YOU AS NOURISHED TRUTHS PROVIDE AND PROVOKE HEALTHY "OUT OF THE BOX" TYPE THINKING AND WORSHIPING.
HOW AWESOME ARE THE BRAINS OUR CREATOR YAHWEH HAS BLESSED US WITH- MAY WE USE IT DILIGENTLY.
AS FOR THE ART DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE:
IF YOU HAVE PREVIEWED THE ACTUAL ART DISPLAYED FEATURED ON THIS SITE, YOU HAVE LIKELY OBSERVED HOW MY RELIGIOUS HELD VIEWS AND SCRIPTURAL LEANING TENDENCIES, FLOW FREELY INTO MY ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OUTPUT.
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I WASN'T SURE HOW TO PROPERLY PROCEED AND APPLYING MY TALENTS, BE THEY FOR PERSONAL SATISFACTION, OR FOR SHARING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OR SIMPLY FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT AND NOTABILITY OF LATE, I CAN SEE WHERE BOTH CONVOLUTE-SOMEWHAT.
EVEN THOUGH WORLDLY RICHES AND PROCLAMATIONS OF FAME AREN'T MY AIM FOR ACCOMPLISHING DEGREES OF SUCCESS, NONETHELESS, MY EFFORTS DO REQUIRE ME TO SUPPORT MYSELF IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THIS WEB SITE, TO BUY AND RESUPPLY ART SUPPLIES, AND TO COVER PACKAGING AND POSTAL SUPPLIES, ALL OF WHICH CAN ADD UP AMAZINGLY FAST. SO YEAH, A LITTLE NOTABILITY MIGHT BE GLADLY BE EMBRACED AS LONG AS I'M NOT PRESSURED TO DILUTE MY DIRECTIONAL COURSE, AS I'M "NOT" COMPROMISE TRUTHS, FOR ERRORS. AS YOU VIEW THE PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME ARE SIMILAR IMAGES- DUPLICATION'S, YET ALL ARE ORIGINALLY CRAFTED, HANDPAINTED, (UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE). WHAT YOU VIEW ON-SITE, IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AS IS.
ON BACK OF EACH PAINTING, I HAVE PERSONALIZED DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF WHAT INSPIRED ME TO CREATE THAT SPECIFIC PIECE, ALONG WITH GIVING IT A PROPER TITLE.
IF BY CHANCE, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN IDEAS FOR A PAINTING YOU WOULD LIKE CREATED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME PERSONALLY. I REQUEST YOU PROVIDE ME WITH AS MUCH DETAILS AS POSSIBLE,(DETAILS DO MATTER), AND I'LL GIVE MY BEST EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE YOUR DESIRES. PLEASE KEEP IT SCRIPTURAL BASED.
I HAVE A CARTOON STRIP ENTITLED, "21ST CENTURY PROPHET". THE PURPOSE IN THESE CARTOONS ARE MANY, AS A WIDE RANGE OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES AND TOPICS WILL BE CAREFULLY ADDRESSED, STRIVING FOR SCRIPTURAL PURITY IN ALL SERIOUSNESS-YET, A BALANCE BETWEEN THAT AND GOOD CLEAN HUMOR, WILL BE SOUGHT AFTER.
ANOTHER AIM WILL BE TO REACH OUT TO ALL AGES. FROM AN ARTISTS STANDPOINT, THIS IS THE MOST CHALLENGE FOR ME; TO BRING ON STRONG-EDGY ISSUES-YET, KEEPING THEM FUN AND HUMOROUS. I WILL ENCOURAGE A PERSONS BIBLICAL LITERACY IN A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, AND CONFRONT OBVIOUS RELIGIOUS HERESIES AND EXPOSING FALSE PRECONCEPTIONS.
REGARDLESS OF ONES PROFESSED INTENTIONS-LET YAHWEH'S WORD BE TRUE, THUS I WILL STRIVE TO DO ON ALL ACCOUNTS.
TRADITIONAL CHURCH CREEDS AND CONOCLASTICAL VIEWS DO NOT GET A "FREE PASS", RATHER, I WILL CHALLENGE INERRANCIES, AS CLOSE TO THEIR ORIGINS FROM WHERE THEY WERE BIRTHED, USING HISTORICAL AUTHENTICITY.
SCRIPTURE REPEATEDLY TELLS US THAT IN THE LATTER DAYS, AN OVERWHELMING "FALLING AWAY" (APOSTASY) WILL TRANSFORM WORSE AND WORSE, FROM SCRIPTURAL TURTHS, TO DELUSIONAL AND DESTRUCTIVE INDOCTRINATIONS, ALL THE WHILE, MASQUERADING ITSELF AS TRUTH.
I WILL BOLDLY CONFRONT ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE CONTROVERSIAL AND THOUGHT PROVOKING, ALONG WITH BENEFICIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS, TO SPIRITUAL AREAS OF GROWTH AND REPENTANCE-REALIZING, CRITICAL TRUTHS-OFTEN OVERLOOKED, WILL BE BROUGHT UP, AS MANY AS ARE OUR PRESENT DAY SIGNS, WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT, AS TIMELY MESSAGES WILL ADDRESS IN LIGHT OF THE SCRIPTURES.
I'F YOU HAVE BEEN A STUDENT OF YAHWEHS WORD FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, HAVING A WELL ROUNDED OVERVIEW OF IT, THEN IT IS SAFE TO ASSUME YOU AREN'T A MERE "STATUS QUO MAINSTREAM RELIGIONIST".
REGARDLESS, I HOPE TO ADDRESS UNIQUE AND KNOWLEDGABLE TOPICS, ALONG WITH, "LIGHTER SIDES OF FUN", FOR ALL TO VIEW.
PLEASE STAY TUNED AND IF POSSIBLE, INFORM FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALIKE.
REMEMBER: "AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO ONE MAN SHARPENS ANOTHER". PROVERBS 27: 17
LEST WE FORGET: "MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE". HOSEA 4:6
CLEAR AND BIBLICAL WISDOM IS WHAT OUR SPIRITS NEED TO FEED UPON-YAHWEH WILLING, I'LL BE BLOGGING AGAIN SOON.
