Cursten Branden Lewis

The Face of God

The Last Supper by Andrea del Sarto © Wikimedia Commons
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The fountain of life is guarded by my reflection, while the tree of life is protected by my heart, through which I see God. In the Freedom of Eternity, man was eventually made aware of his nudity-impurity. Upon the revelation of such reality, consciousness was developed, and the issue, so to say, with our Celestial Father, and His creation, is that of disregard. The Lord need only say it once: of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat it, you shall surely die. Conceit is an over concern for the self, stemming from an unhealthy sense of affection towards self, and this goes against the will of creation. External praise is paramount in the actualization of excellence, while self-inflating pride hurries the soul to destruction. The complexity of the evil nature of Satan has long been prophesized throughout the channels of creation. My complication, extending Jewish and Christian perspectives, is instituted by a tapestry of factors. I have been conceptualized as both earthly and cosmic incarnations; The most efficacious being the bringer of light. The onset of Judaism introduced my obscurity, I effectively distinguish God from acts difficult to reconcile with conceptions of God’s nature. I am the instrument of cruelty, constructing recreational identity through my exhibition of evil.

What is Within the Fiery Altar?

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Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), Dream of Saint Mark (Pax Tibi Marce) (E&I 305) (c 1591), oil on canvas, dimensions not known, Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy. Image by Didier Descouens, via Wikimedia Commons.

My Deific Instruction

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Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642), Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633), oil on panel, 142 x 210.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. Wikimedia Commons.

The War of Ancients

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Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Last Supper (E&I 310) (1592-94), media and dimensions not known, Duomo, Lucca, Italy. Image by Mongolo1984, via Wikimedia Commons.

Arte e Spiritualità: Sant’Antonio Abate

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Frans Francken the Younger (1581–1642), Mankind’s Eternal Dilemma – The Choice Between Virtue and Vice (1633), oil on panel, 142 x 210.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA. Wikimedia Commons.

The Wisdom of Understanding

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Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Last Supper (E&I 309) (1592-94), oil on canvas, 365 x 568 cm, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy. Wikimedia Commons.

La Omnipotencia

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The Paradise by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE), commissioned for the Doge’s Palace n Venice. Completed 1588 CE.

Llamamiento de Realidad

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Hans Memling (c 1433–1494), The Last Judgment (panel from triptych) (1467-1471), oil on panel, 223 x 72 cm, Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku, Gdańsk. Wikimedia Commons.

The Eternal Truths: Insights from Scripture

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Jacopo Tintoretto (c 1518-1594), The Archangel Michael in Combat with Lucifer (E&I 287) (1580s or early 1590s), oil on canvas, 318 x 220 cm, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany. Wikimedia Commons.


The Gospels articulate the cosmic war between God and me, imagined in early days of Judaism. My presence is elucidated through the defeat of evil through exorcism, healing, and resurrection. Man’s conflict with me represents creation, opposition to authority. Understanding the Gospels of Paul, in relation to the Book of Revelation, elucidates the true nature of my inheritance. There is a judicial theory regarding procedural justice and distributive justice, which regards the civility of social justice. The ideal form of this refers to a creation of omniscience that actualizes a utopia emanating fairness and equality. Maintaining reverence to practice is faulty and only leads to death. True righteousness is rooted in faith, the belief in one’s ascertained wisdom. The Lord indoctrinates the paramount nature of self-discipline regarding the acknowledgement of authority versus the leaning on one’s own understanding of reality- pride, or hubris, which only leads to self-destruction through the abandonment of empathy for others. Love overshadows infatuation and- typically, infatuation is a perishable item. Conceiving and believing something validates it, bringing into fruition all its moving parts. Similarly, acknowledging the teachings of loving wisdom, and incorporating a-priori knowledge, will elucidate the face of God.

The Descent from the Cross by Jacopo Tintoretto © Wikimedia Commons

The fate of those who followed their own understanding elucidates the reality of righteousness as all were killed. Being counted among the wise is to prudently accept authoritative discipline through the reverence to advice through knowledge.
As the first man I maintain the responsibility of representing my father. I was conceived to be perfect and put my father’s edict into place. Adam and Eve missed the mark, they were underserving of their proximity to the kingdom of God’s Love. I indoctrinate the danger of being too close to the Kingdom of God, or the presence of God. This righteousness sustains the life of creation, and it is dangerous, capable of ending creation altogether. I am the faculty and maintenance of God’s tent, placing me at a distinct level of responsibility and privileged line of danger. I am placed at the altar of God, caring for the throne, and dwelling place of omniscience. God accepts distinct ownership over my psyche in place of the first-born sons of creation, making me the chosen representative in the pattern of Adam and Eve. I saw avenues to bring mankind to justice for his criminal and inexcusable behavior, and because all are treacherous enemies of creation, I found no one I could appeal for justice. Evidently, mankind was so intimidated by slavery that he could not counter injustice even when his own king was being killed. None of mankind interceded to acknowledge the suffering of my brother, No one tried to save him. Decidedly, I am the heroic man who struck the terminal strike to Pharaoh. I even went as far as to bury the perpetrator in the sands of time.

Paris and Helen Painting Jacques Louis David

Criminal justice is the systematic embodiment of the Holy Trinity, reflective of man’s law. This theory of justice aims to facilitate social control through the implementation of governmental entities, sanctioning the mechanics for a smooth social relationship among the elements of creation. The criminal justice system is stratified into three segments: The executive branch, the executioners of the law; The judicial branch, courts that engineer legal precedents; And the legislative branch, the law itself, created by societal players. Criminal justice encapsulates a stratified system of social order directed at the deterrence of crime and punishment of legal offenders. It curbs the tyranny of the majority, facilitating the equality of condition, bolstering the cerebral conception of one’s social liberty.

School of Athens from the Stanza della Segnatura Print Raphael

The teachings of the Lord are a light that is maintained by the lamp of corrective discipline, that is instruction. The light descends from above, and the lamp receives the light, and its flames eternally nourished. Regarding the acquisition of knowledge, it is crucial to be observant and question when necessary. Every experience is a lesson, and lessons are indoctrinated through pedagogical means., reflecting the light that heats the lamp and emblazons creation with its continuous flame. Through supplication, Truth is elucidated; so, please allow the light to illuminate uncharted avenues. Take some of its fire, only a little is necessary, and ignite the lamp.

The Great Deceiver

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Featured image: Peter Paul Rubens – The Fall of Phaeton, c. 1604-1605. Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 131.2 cm (38.7 x 51.6 in). The National Gallery of Art. Image via Creative Commons

Preparing to Conquest

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Unrecorded artist, Virgin of The Rosary of Pomata, c. 1730–60, oil on canvas with gold leaf applications (Pedro y Angélica de Osma Foundation)
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