I WAS THANKFUL, 11/28/14

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PAINTING: THE MARRIAGE FEAST AT CANA IN GALILE BY 
VASILI NESTERENKO



My family members came, gave thanks, ate, and
were happy.  Some left to do some Black Friday
shopping. The rest of them went home to sleep.  
I got up and did the dishes as my way of warding 
off sleep from my holiday feasting.  

The Bible discusses food in figurative and literal terms.
You have to  study to figure out when it mentions seed 
time and harvest time.  Most of us enjoyed a feast full
of delicious food to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

Today, I look at scriptures that mention people breaking bread together at feasts and other gatherings.





THE FEAST OF ESTHER, FRANS FRACKEN II, CIRCA 1630

ESTHER 2: 18

Then the king made a great feast, the Feast of Esthe
for all his officials and servants; and he proclaimed
a holiday in the provinces and gave gifts according to
the generosity of a king.

 
DEPICTION: BELSHAZZAR'S (DANIEL) FEAST

DANIEL 1:5, 7-8

5And the king appointed for them a daily provision of the king’s delicacies and of the wine which he drank, and three years of training for them, so that at the end of that time they might serve before the king.

7 To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names: he
gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, 
Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, 
Abed-Nego.
8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore,  he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
 
   







DEPICTION:  JESUS FEEDING MULTITUDE LOAVES & FISHES



MATTHEW 14:19

Then He commanded the multitudes to sit down on
the grass. And He took the five loaves and the two
fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed and broke
and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples
gave to the multitudes.





 

 PAINTING: FAREWELL DISCOURSE: THE MAESTA: BY DUCCIO:
1308-1311


MATTHEW  26:17-19  

 

17 Now on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread 
the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
18 And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”
19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

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