Judges – lesson series (1-3)

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This illustration immediately follows picture 1-2, the scene where the angel appeared to the people warning them of their disobedience for going back to worshiping false gods.

Accompanying text:
Sometimes people cry not because they are sad that they have disobeyed God but because they got caught.  The Israelites had chosen to be close friends with those who didn't believe in God.  They were warned – they even promised they wouldn't do it – but they chose to do it anyway.
Is it possible that God truly had first place in their hearts and souls and minds?  They said He did but they did not speak the truth.

The central teaching of lesson one is Be loyal to God, giving Him first place in your life.

Illustrations are for a six part Bible lesson series on the book of Judges – Disobedience and Deliverance.  There are 36 total images with accompanying lesson text.  Print size is 24x34cm.  Illustrations were drawn using Adobe Photoshop and digitally painted in Corel Painter 12.  Preliminary sketches were done using ArtRage app for the iPad.

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Judges – lesson series (1-4, 1-5, 1-6)

The images below are the first three pictures I've completed for a new Bible lesson series on the book of Judges.  Actually, it's for an existing series that's being brought back into print with new images.  There are 36 total illustrations – six lessons with six images each.

Lesson one, "Israel's Broken Promise", begins with Joshua before his death, challenging the people.  The main teaching of lesson one is Be loyal to God, giving Him first place in your life.

Picture 1-4 lesson text explains how the people offered animal sacrifices to cover their sins.

Picture 1-5 lesson text continues by making the link to how these repeated sacrifices were a reminder that God would one day send a Saviour.

The people of Israel promised to obey God but it wasn't long before they disobeyed God and returned to the worship of false gods (Picture 1-6).

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