First and most important I wamt to say THANKS for the informative lessons!!!
A couple of questions or conjectures:
Regarding Halos:
Moses wore a veil so the children of Israel could not not look at his face
This was his famous fading glory. Now many who are healthy or very at peace with themselves and the Lord are said to "Glow".
This is why the heads of holy people are often depicted in art as having a halo or shining about their heads. I do not take this to be a straight-forward representation of what would be seen by a camera lens, but an artful representation of the 'glow' that is not seen with the eyes, but with the brain when looking on some such person. -- Just a conjecture, not an assertion.
Reguarding talking with a dead saint: what do you think was happening at the transiguration? (how would you describe the state of Moses and Elias in Matt 17:3 and Mark 9:4)? '
Thanks again for this discussion and all you do!!!
A couple of questions or conjectures:
Regarding Halos:
Moses wore a veil so the children of Israel could not not look at his face
This was his famous fading glory. Now many who are healthy or very at peace with themselves and the Lord are said to "Glow".
This is why the heads of holy people are often depicted in art as having a halo or shining about their heads. I do not take this to be a straight-forward representation of what would be seen by a camera lens, but an artful representation of the 'glow' that is not seen with the eyes, but with the brain when looking on some such person. -- Just a conjecture, not an assertion.
Reguarding talking with a dead saint: what do you think was happening at the transiguration? (how would you describe the state of Moses and Elias in Matt 17:3 and Mark 9:4)? '
Thanks again for this discussion and all you do!!!