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"The Sacrifice"
Isaiah 49:16a

The Story Behind the Painting.
A Personal Prayer is Instantly Answered
This image was emblazoned on my mind during a time of prayer with a number of dear Christian brothers as we gathered in California in April 1991. As others were praying aloud, I began to ask God in my spirit what would be a single image of power that could artistically convey in its essence the full meaning of God's gift of Salvation, its purpose, its cause, its core expression from God's heart.
It was the first time such an inspiration has been so vivid in my spirit that it was conceived in its entirety in my mind at that very moment! I was compelled to record the vision as a drawing as soon as possible...and did so immediately upon returning to my studio in CT.
God's Endorsement of the Image Revealed
The resulting painting preceded the addition of the verse noted above.
I began to search the Scriptures for just the right verse to accompany the image. God directed me to Isaiah where I found this portion of prophetic Word from Isaiah, written 750 years before Christ, that I recalled after many years. I thought the two were perfect together as I believe the Lord gave them to me specifically for the painting to visually reflect.
My prayer is, that the image will impact each viewer as we see our own sinful humanity as being the nail, thusly depicted in human form, which pierces Christ's open, unflinching palm in willingness to suffer in our stead.
The underlying thought is scriptural: that our fallen human nature and our universal sin was what nailed him to the Cross so long ago. We each individually and personally are the reason He gave up His Glory in obedience to the Father and made Himself the Atonement for what we could never accomplish for ourselves nor by any other means...to become reconciled to God.
A perfect, sinless Sacrifice was required; the singular and specific means to satisfy God's Holy Righteous Judgement against us. So He sent Himself, in Jesus His Only Son, the only Righteous substitution possible, miraculously created in human flesh, to give His Perfect Life for us so we could be set free.
We are now, therefore, no longer under condemmnation for our sin. (Romans 8:1)
How Simple. Yet, How Profound. How Perfect.
The Artist
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