Art And ScriptureSample

“Destruction”

Notes From Jessica Jones About the Painting:

In this devotion series we combine Art with Bible reading. We would encourage you as the reader to mediate on the art as you do the verses. Art has a way of stirring up questions, depth of meaning, and interpretative elements about Biblical texts that often go overlooked. 

In our culture, we are so overwhelmed by images each and everyday. We’ve lost the ability to understand the gift God gives us through the artist. Artists can make “visible the invisible,” and help us tangibly contemplate Faith (the evidence of things unseen).

Use the artist’s notes below to help you interpret the passage as well as the painting. We pray this study helps you grow in your maturity as a disciple of Christ, but also in your ability to enjoy, revel in, and feast your senses on all of God’s creation—His artwork!

1. This Psalm contrasts the wicked and righteous. 

2. The Tongue portrays the unrighteous and their wicked speech. 

3. The Tongue being uprooted and torn portrays God uprooting the wicked. 

4. The Purple tentacle represents the King of the Universe as he uproots wickedness. 

5. The Crevasse portrays “everlasting ruin.” 

6. The Olive Tree is the righteous, and bursts of bright color surround the tree to represent “the house of God,” or heaven, the eternal home of the saved.