How Can You Not Be Inspired?

Have to disagree with you on this one, the elevates mans achievements! I would sooner sit atop a mountain (as i oft do) and there gaze upon God’s handy work. Shalom Simon

Sorry Skip,

I agree with Simon. This does the opposite of directing me “to think about the majesty of God.” With all the pagan influence brought in I am no more inspired to God’s majesty than if it were a photo of a Buddhist temple or an ancient obelisk. Perhaps inspiring me to think about God’s mercy would be more appropriate! Now, put up some of your lion photos or butterflies or flowers and we can talk about majesty!

I am repulsed, not inspired. But my first reaction is, indeed, gorgeous, awesome. Then I think of the poor who remained poor to support that (IMHO) collossal idol and I realize the depth of my revulsion. I was tempted to resond earlier to the pictures of the monastery but two in a row was more than I could quietly let go by.

Must agree with Simon here Skip. Thus only reminds me of the Tower of Babel. I came out of Babylon to serve the One True Yah. This and others like it only remind me of man’s failure to seek the Way, the Truth and the Life. It’s more like a crypt for the walking dead. If Y’shua didn’t admire the craftsmanship and inspiration of the temple built in His day, and He said its stones would fall, why do men still seek to admire the work of their hands? This work and others like it are luciferian in my opinion. The icons etc. have no power but the principalities and dominions and world forces that build such things are the same that caused Israel to build the Golden calf. Moses was so appalled that he broke the tablets. Things such as this brings judgement and that should bring us to our knees rather than elevate our egos. This ugly thing is no different than the shining serpent that tempted Eve to admire and consume the fruit of knowledge. It looks good, may even feel good, but it is death. Let’s stay consistent with the Way. Just look around, the Kingdom is near! Be inspired by only that which comes from His hand. The adversary has always tempted man to look upon something else and call it G-D’s. Y’shua suffered and died, in part, to lead us away from golden calves. He definitely would disagree with you as we’ll!

William Blake. 1757–1827

489. The Tiger

TIGER, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies 5
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart? 10
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? What dread grasp 15
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And water’d heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee? 20

Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction

Blake explains that,

“Without Contraries is no progression.
Attraction and Repulsion,
Reason and Energy,
Love and Hate,
are necessary to Human existence.

From these contraries spring what the religious call Good & Evil.
Good is the passive that obeys Reason.
Evil is the active springing
from Energy.
Good is Heaven.
Evil is Hell.”

Same here as with what all the rest of the folks have expressed.
These would be comparable to the Indian, Thai, Myamar etc. temples.
Atmosphere would be the same, repulsive, if I may say so, Skip.
To me, there is no beauty there, nor quietness, as my spirit would be so troubled.
A sense of something else instead….

It inspires me!! albeit in a backwards manner.

Renee made mention above, concerning Babylon, which is exactly where my mind went when I first viewed this picture. The difference, I suppose, would be that what was brought to the front of my heart and mind is the statement of God concerning those who were doing the building, “See, the people are one (echad) and the language one (echat) toward all of them, and this they are beginning to do! And now, not will be restrained from them all which they have imagined to do”…….

What inspires me is that with all the gifts that are made manifest in those created in the image and likeness of God, creativity, structure, order, beauty and a myriad of others, we often tend to use them for self gratification, evil, and oppression. Yet, He still sees us as redeemable.

What I see in this building is a near perfect balance of massive structure and the intricacies of fine art, much resembling ourselves, right down to the misdirected motivation.

One of my favorite portions of scripture is that concerning Paul and the “un-named” god. It may have been tempting to ridicule those who had stood it up in it’s place, after all what can be said about a people who are so insecure in their religious practice that they had to erect a “cover all” just in case! Yet Paul, in the grace endowed to him, refused to ridicule, and instead used the very thing that was certainly a disgrace to God and men, to preach the good news of reconciliation to the living God through Yeshua.

I tire of the condemning nature that desires to well up in me, were it that our pillars were adorned as beautifully as this building, only with the testimonies (adah-Pslm 119:1- in reference to adornment) of YHWH, truth, mercy, judgement and love.

Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, IF THOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS: (caps mine) otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. (KJV)

YHWH bless you and keep you…….

Beautifully expressed Judy. And now I am inspired, thank you!