I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with theJehoram - "yah is high"
same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same
diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same
winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not
bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble
you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,what is his humility?
Revenge. If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be
by Christian example? ...The Merchant of Venice- shakespeare
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Isaiah 49:16
Beauty & the Beast
" 'No, father,' said Beauty, in a resolute tone, 'you shall set out tomorrow
morning, and leave me to the care and protection of providence.'They went to
bed, and thought they should not close their eyes all night; but scarce were
they laid down, than they fell fast asleep, and Beauty dreamed, a fine lady
came, and said to her, 'I am content, Beauty, with your good will, this good
action of yours in giving up your own life to save your father's shall not go
unrewarded.' Beauty waked, and told her father her dream, and though it helped
to comfort him a little, yet he could not help crying bitterly, when he took
leave of his dear child."
You are probably familiar with the tale. The movie doesn’t do it justice I am sad to say. A merchant with 3 daughters becomes poor. Beauty works hard, her sisters do not. Her father leaving on a trip asks if they wish anything, she only asks for a rose. Lost in the woods on his return home he is taken in by the Beast but the Beast is angered when he picks a rose. Beauty takes the place of her father when the Beast calls for a payment, and ends up falling in love with him. Her sister’s marry and become more miserable, and are then turned into stone for their ways. Beauty becomes queen and bride of the prince who is no longer the Beast.
Now biblical parallels can be found many places, sometimes easily, sometimes after many years of study. I find this story more than a mere fable; it’s a pure representation of restoration and love. The Beast is like man in that he was placed under a curse for his pride, he was a son of the King. Beauty is like the Son of Man who takes on her father’s sin as her own. It can be configured in a few different ways showing different angles. The sisters are like those that are vain and never see the truth. Beauty is also akin to Esther in that she, pure of heart, won the heart of the King. One last symbol that I would like to point out is that The Beast can be seen as “the Redeemer” who took on a form not of His own (prince in disguise) and suffered because he loved His Beauty so much-the church. Only when the church sees who He is, and becomes aware of the love she has for Him, can she be joined with Him. Its always encouraging that when these small realizations come up, their timing could never be better.
For the whole story http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beauty.html
Now biblical parallels can be found many places, sometimes easily, sometimes after many years of study. I find this story more than a mere fable; it’s a pure representation of restoration and love. The Beast is like man in that he was placed under a curse for his pride, he was a son of the King. Beauty is like the Son of Man who takes on her father’s sin as her own. It can be configured in a few different ways showing different angles. The sisters are like those that are vain and never see the truth. Beauty is also akin to Esther in that she, pure of heart, won the heart of the King. One last symbol that I would like to point out is that The Beast can be seen as “the Redeemer” who took on a form not of His own (prince in disguise) and suffered because he loved His Beauty so much-the church. Only when the church sees who He is, and becomes aware of the love she has for Him, can she be joined with Him. Its always encouraging that when these small realizations come up, their timing could never be better.
For the whole story http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/beauty.html
Psalm 27:4
Belle means beauty, The Beast could not live without her and was going to die, but she returned to him. He repeatedly asked for her hand in marriage but was willing to settle for her presence in his estate.
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek. that I may
dwell in the house of the LORD all the days
of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his
temple.
ISAIAH 56!- this is a great chapterI am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For
he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of
righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding
suit or a bride with her jewels. 11 The Sovereign Lord will show his
justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise
him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early
spring, with plants springing up everywhere.Isaiah 61:10-11
“Change is in all things sweet. Change means an approach to nature.” -Aristotle
