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Special Note from Love For His People Editor: Because I like, and buy, James Nesbit artwork so much, I am letting you know of this special. Steve Martin, Founder/President of Love For His People ministry (P.S. We do not get any commision or kick-back either. We just love his creative and prophetic gift!)
Our annual buy two, get one free sale is entering its final week – from now through December 15, we are offering a free print of your choice with the purchase of any two images (paper prints only). Please do not add the third item to your cart – instead, simply write which image you would like in the "Additional Information" section during checkout (after you've put in your mailing address). Visitwww.jnesbit.com to view our many galleries full of powerful art that will fill your homes with Blood-bought light, as we celebrate this season of light entering the earth.
Important note: if you're shopping for Christmas, our cutoff date for shipping is December 15 as well. My lovely wife Colleen needs much grace as she works diligently fulfilling orders in this hectic season :)
Below are some of our newest releases, all of which are available now atjnesbit.com:
From our hearts and home to yours, we want to express how very grateful we are for all of you. May you be blessed beyond comprehension in this season of giving thanks and celebrating the Light of the World.
Imagine Christ's view from atop the mountain where He preached to the multitudes about the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, the merciful and the pure of heart. As He preached the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7), Jesus looked down on a sea of faces that hung on His every word because He didn't teach as the scribes did but as one with authority—and He was moved with compassion for their souls.
A new book, Multitudes, helps readers imagine what Christ saw as He taught about anger, adultery, oaths, revenge, loving your enemies and charitable giving, fasting and heaven. Steffi Geiser Rubin, an artist commissioned by Jews for Jesus to create original art for the Messianic Jewish evangelistic organization's new book, says its cover gives Jesus' eye view perspective from that mount in Galilee.
"The cover, which is made up of faces from the illustration of Matthew 5-7, is to show what Jesus saw when He looked out," Rubin says. "He was able to see beyond the exterior into the hearts and souls and needs of the people. This is an image of Jesus that Jewish people can understand because there has been a lot of suffering among Jewish people, and, therefore, a lot of compassion toward those who suffer."
Reaching Jewish Multitudes
The coffee table book—combining the Messianic Jewish Tree of Life version of the book of Matthew with 20 original, full-scale paintings—is part of an artistic outreach to share Yeshua's love for the "multitudes" with the Jewish people and, ultimately, the entire world.
"I love that verse and the way Matthew paints such a graphic picture to help us understand what Jesus was feeling," David Brickner, executive director of the San Francisco-based ministry, wrote in Multitudes. "If we are to care with the compassion of Messiah Yeshua, we need to see past the veneers to understand people and circumstances as He sees them. We need to see that the multitudes who are without Yeshua are lost and without hope because they are without God in this world."
Multitudes is not just a coffee table book; it's also a traveling exhibition. The paintings were displayed at recent art shows in San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; and New York City, an exhibit that drew 500 people its first night. More shows are planned this year in Paris, Tel Aviv and across Israel.
Susan Perlman, associate director at Jews for Jesus, says the shows attract the curious—just like Jesus did when He walked the earth. That curiosity opens the door for Jews for Jesus staff to introduce the curious to Yeshua.
"People are really taken by these art shows," Perlman says. "It does cause dissonance: 'Wait a minute, they're Jewish, but they believe in Jesus. But what we're experiencing is especially very Jewish and Christian at the same time.' The combination—it makes people do a double take."
Multitudes' Prophetic Inspiration
Inspiration for the project began when Marc Sternberg was teaching on Matthew and realized the apostle was a Jew writing to Jews who didn't yet believe in Yeshua as the Messiah. He thought: "Wouldn't Matthew be a great vehicle to reach Jewish people today."
Later, while driving home, Sternberg says the Lord inspired him in a "waking vision-dream" to begin work on the illustrated Gospel of Matthew book that is now Multitudes.
"I believe that the art of Multitudes is a non-threatening platform for sharing the gospel," says Sternberg, director of the Jews for Jesus Store. "Almost each of the paintings has a Messianic prophecy that Jesus is actually fulfilling in that passage of the Bible, or that He is quoting directly from the Old Testament Scripture."
Following the "vision-dream," Jews for Jesus commissioned Rubin, its first art director and a founding member, to create original artwork as a vehicle for communicating the Jewishness of the Gospel of Matthew. Rubin joined Jews for Jesus after encountering ministry Founder Moishe Rosen at a Bible study at University of California, Berkeley in 1971. He asked her, "What do you think God wants from you?" After reading the Gospels, she put her faith in Yeshua.
Rubin's paintings represent the major themes, events and messages within the book. The key verses, Old Testament references and image ideas were a collaborative effort between Rubin and Jews for Jesus.
Disrupting Jewish Thinking
"Multitudes is Jesus' perspective of the gospel," Rubin says. "(It's) what inspired Him when He delivered the Sermon on the Mount. The whole background, the whole history of Jews for Jesus, is one of disruption—changing what people think when they hear 'Jesus,' changing what people think when they hear 'Jews.' These paintings are all so disruptive."
Perlman hopes the project will not only touch hearts, but will expand the understanding Jews have of Yeshua.
"Most importantly, it will transform them in terms of their understanding of the Creator Himself, and how both visually and in the written word, we can find that He is the way, the truth and the life," Perlman says. "It's a gospel tool and also a validation of our faith."
Watch how Jews for Jesus can reach people for Christ through the Multitudes Art Project at multitudes.charismamag.com.
Troy Anderson is the executive editor of Charisma, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist and co-author of The Babylon Code. Follow him on Twitter(TroyMAnderson), Facebook (troyandersonwriter) or online attroyanderson.us.
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As we enter this season of thanksgiving and celebration of eternal light, we want to thank you once again for your support this year. Between now and December 15, we would like to bless you by offering a special – buy two images, and get the third free!
In order to get your free image, do not add the item to your shopping cart. Instead, please name the image you would like in the "Additional Information" box on checkout (this appears after you have added your address). Sale limited to 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 sizes only.
We are pleased to announce the release of two of our latest images, The Answer and The Watch. Click on the images below to view and purchase them.
Explosions of Holy Knowing James Nesbit Teaching
We have had several requests recently for the link to James' webinar, Explosions of Holy Knowing. This two and a half hour webinar is posted on our ministry website – click the image to the right to be redirected to view it (You may want to watch it in pieces, not all at once).
Love For His People EDITOR'S Note: I love James Nesbit's artwork! I have bought many prints - for home, office and as gifts for family and friends. I encourage you to do the same - especially with this "Buy 2 Get 1 free" offer!
Steve Martin
P.S. We do not get any remuneration whatsoever for running this ad. We just appreciate James and want to support him and his ministry. We hope you do the same.
As we enter this season of thanksgiving and celebration of eternal light, we want to thank you once again for your support this year. Between now and December 15, we would like to bless you by offering a special – buy two images, and get the third free!
In order to get your free image, do notadd the item to your shopping cart. Instead, please name the image you would like in the "Additional Information" box on checkout (this appears after you have added your address). Sale limited to 8.5 x 11 and 11 x 17 sizes only.
We are pleased to announce the release of two of our latest images, The Answer and The Watch. Click on the images below to view and purchase them.
Explosions of Holy Knowing
James Nesbit Teaching
We have had several requests recently for the link to James' webinar, Explosions of Holy Knowing. This two and a half hour webinar is posted on our ministry website – click the image to the right to be redirected to view it (You may want to watch it in pieces, not all at once).
Multiplied blessings to you and yours! We haven’t communicated in a while as we have been on the road – what a wonderful year we have had! We just completed the Blue Journey assignment in Kansas City, and the night we were there they had turned the waters blue in celebration of the Royals being in the playoffs; what a way to complete the journey!
We had a tremendous breakthrough among the Pueblo in New Mexico as we worshipped on the reservation there. We were hosted by our dear friend Holly Kingsbury, and we are looking forward to worshipping on several reservations next year; our 2016 calendar is pretty busy already, we will we release our 2016 schedule soon.
We are releasing two prints at once – they are so connected we felt it important to do so. In December 2014, I created an image called Cover Me which depicted an angel watching over our troops. Our law enforcement officers have been under siege by those advancing lawlessness masquerading as protest for justice, and our fire and rescue teams have been taxed to the limit with all the fires out west – these two images are created in their honor.
We are proud to introduce Protector of Justice and Angel of Rescue to honor those who have given their lives to protect and serve in such toxic times. To purchase these images, click on them and you will be redirected to our website.
