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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

gleam of burnished bronze, and his voice like the sound
of a multitude.”
One can only try to imagine the
stupendous beauty described here. As a
professional artist (my occupation before full-time
ministry), I have long wondered if I dare render a
painting of this, but always drawback due in part
that I could never do it justice. Later, with the
advance of Photoshop and other digital media, the
idea came again, but for the same reasons, I have
never tried.
Maybe sometimes, our imagination might
well be sufficient as we dwell on the description
here, but how do you paint a picture of a man’s
body made of Topaz (Chrysolite) for example.
Pure topaz is colourless and transparent,
usually tinted by impurities. Typical topaz is
wine, yellow, pale grey, reddish-orange, or blue
brown. In addition, it can be white, pale green,
blue, and gold, pink (rare), reddish-yellow or
opaque to transparent/translucent; glowing;
having a glowing appearance, as if light were
coming through. In other translations, it will use
Chrysolite in place of Topaz but they are akin.
Chrysolite is a name with a long history in
the gemstone world. The name itself means "gold
stone," and over time, it has been used to refer to
different gemstones, including chrysoberyl,
peridot/olivine and topaz.

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