We have reviewed the four Old Testament windows at the ArchAngel Institute.

To recap, they present THE FALL, THE PROMISE, THE LAW and PROPHECY.

The Fall is the very bad news that creation is not as its Creator willed it to be.  Human choice rejected the Creator’s best.  Eve was deceived, Adam chose to follow her into rebellion against Heaven rather than turn to Heaven and redeem his Bride.

The Promise is that the Creator did not walk away from Earth, but instead began His Plan to redeem Eve and all of her children.  That plan was first witnessed in the animal skins that covered the original nakedness.  It was best revealed in the OT in Isaac on Mount Moriah.

The Law reveals to us our sin.  We all fall short, we all need to be ransomed.  Be it blasphemy, adultery, failure to follow known Revelation, abortion, whatever …. the Law shows us that we need to be rescued, we need a sacrifice.

The Prophecy was the Creator revealing His plan in the OT so that all could recognize the Son of Mary as the Lamb of God.  Any cursory study of the dating of the OT, the dating of the NT and the prophecies fulfilled by Jesus can bring even the most hardened skeptic to Faith.

Do you want that? It can be yours for the asking.

The downstairs window have emblazoned across them these lyrics, which capture the spirit of the age in the centuries before the birth of the Saviour:

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

Here are more lyrics set to music.

Click here to study this song and appreciate its beauty as sung by Enya (in Latin).

And if you want the gift of Faith, just look up and ask for it.  Your Creator loves you and wants to rescue you.  Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.  Email us if we can answer any questions that you might have:  archangelinstitute@gmail.org.  Call our 800 line for post abortion healing or other spiritual counsel:  800 399-4620.

This last upstairs  window is also our last Old Testament window.  It is undoubtedly one of the best known of the classic art works adorning the windows.  Click here for more on this 500 year old painting by the great Raphael. The word “PROPHECY” is found beneath this art, because …

And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:6-10)

Consider the following from http://www.catholicbible101.com/otpropheciesofjesus.htm

Jesus Prophecies in the Old Testament

One of the ways that we know that the Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit is the way that it predicts the future, known as prophecy.  There are many, many prophecies in the Bible, and some pertain to the Messiah, or anointed one, who is to come and save Israel and the world from the devil and the sin of Adam and Eve.  Below are just a few of the obvious prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus.  The fact that all of these prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus is proof positive that Jesus was the Messiah.  The odds against any one man randomly fulfilling all of these prophecies is a million to one!

For more on this very important subject  …

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This post continues the series on the illuminated windows of the ArchAngel Institute that began here.

The third window in our series, still upstairs at the former abortion clinc, is Guido Reni’s work entitled Moses with the Tablets of the Law.  It carries under it, in capital letters, LAW. 

 The 10 Commandments are the foundation for the moral order that defined “Western Civilization,” aka Christendom.  The importance of this moral foundation to all law and society cannot be stressed enough in this age of radical individualism.  By way of contrast, consider this snarky snippet heard on JACK FM (contemporary rock and roll) today as a ”cutesy” betweeen songs:   “If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?”

The modernists scoff and laugh at an objective moral code, for it interrupts how they might pleasure themselves and with whom, while, due to this rejection of an objective moral code of conduct,  our very social order slips into a narcissistic anarchy that is destroying the very moral foundation for society — the family as defined by our Creator. 

The dividends flowing out of this moral collapse are more government, so statists and modernist do not mind this one bit.  The Law that is alleged to be curtailing freedom is actually a bulwark protecting freedom  — that ultimately leads us to the Seat of all Wisdom.  Rejection of the Law leads to slavery — in our case slavery under a government that is growing less and less tolerant of Christian teachings.

Moses and the LawGiver behind him are not morons.  The Creator of electrons is the Creator of the moral law. 

For more theology and more on this painting and Reni click here: (more…)

It seems fitting to have this famous Rembrandt illuminated on the south wall of the former abortion clinic.  How sad that 827 Webster Street received approximately 24,000 such offerings for 28 tragic years.

This post continues the series on the illuminated windows of the ArchAngel Institute that began here.

This painting has “PROMISE” written below it at the Institute, for YHWH promised that He Himself would provide the sacrifice on this very mountain.  About 2000 years later Jesus, like Isaac, carried wood up this same mountain.  Jesus, like Isaac, was then bound to the wood.  God the Father, unlike Abraham, carried through with the sacrifice, and Jesus, unlike Isaac, died on Calvary Mount.

Here is more theology from http://www.rationalchristianity.net/abe_isaac.html

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Free Republic right here … the comments are right on the mark.

This painting is the first one on display on the Institute’s south wall, which overlooks a city park and is quite visible from the downtown library.  It has, in bold letters, “FALL” printed beneath it.

Orthodox Christian thought is identified, in part, by a fiercely loyal adherence to the teaching that Adam and Eve truly lived and truly “fell” from a state of original grace.  If you want to flush out a liberal, merely ask them if they believe either of these two tenets of the Faith.  Liberals never do, and usually scoff at the mere suggestion of either.

Pope John Paul II framed out his Theology of the Body in the year after Susan Hill began turning little babies created in the Image of the Living God into so much garbage (for others) and gold (for her and her handlers) at 827 Webster Street.

It is no secret that the Roman Catholic Church affirms the historic Fall as foundational to understanding all that follows on this broken planet.  Here is an excerpt from John Paul II’s May 14, 1980 General Audience entitled  ”The Real Significance of Original Nakedness” addressing this subject: (more…)

Here is George Klopfer and Susan Hills’ former abortion clinic proclaiming the Gospel of Life to the Glory of God this December 25.

It will stay lit like this into the indeterminate future.

Sorry about the fuzziness, will have to ask Mike Kline to get some shots.

If you drive by the Institute anytime after 5:45 until midnight, or 5:45 am until 8 am, you can see our art project firsthand.  It is sacred art for the good of the social order.  Click here for our justification in saying that.

Last year we studied the 12 days of Christmas.  Click here for the post beginning that study.

This year we will study the Institute’s ten windows of Christmas.  We will thus take a break from the Brown v. Bowman case until after Epiphany.  If you are interested in that case click here.  If you seek the federal pleadings click here.

Here is the first painting of the ten windows we study — it is in the lower right, the window near the white exit door:

Title:  The Madonna and Child

by Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter
born 1609- died 1685

Growing up Baptist I was never much exposed to thinking about Jesus’ mother.  In fact, I once heard a preacher say she was no more special than the colt that carried Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.

I am pleased to note that Evangelical Protestantism is working to correct this oversite. 

Click here for Amy Grant’s You Tube causing us to reflect on the Faith and fears of this great woman of God.

The Mother of Jesus.   Think of the ramifications … for they are almost endless.

Here are the lyrics … (more…)

The Synaxarion of the Nativity (handed down as oral tradition through the Orthodox Churches of the East)

On the 25th day of the same month, the Nativity according to the flesh of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Verses.
God the one born, the Mother too a Virgin:
What greater wonder had creation seen?
Mary the Virgin bore God on the twenty fifth day of December.

God, who loves mankind, seeing the human race under the tyranny of the devil,

took compassion on it, and sending his Archangel Gabriel, he said to the Mother of God:

‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you’.

And at once our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son and Word of God, was conceived in her immaculate womb. (more…)

http://sonrisemorningshow.blogspot.com/2009/12/guests-for-monday-12212009.html

(Catholic national media)

http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2009/12/22/pro-lifer-ruled-mentally-unfit-to-be-a-lawyer/

(An interesting perspective, to say the least)

I (Bryan) was interviewed by Mark Crutcher for his television show last week.

Next week:  Redeemer Radio.