01. Why are we here?
The questions are the title of the above painting by Paul Gauguin, explained in Wikipedia as follows:
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (French: D’où venons-nous ? Que sommes-nous ? Où allons-nous ?) is an 1897–98 painting by French artist Paul Gauguin. The painting was created in Tahiti and is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Viewed as a masterpiece by Gauguin, the painting is considered “a philosophical work comparable to the themes of the Gospels”.
Wiki explains that Gauguin attended a Catholic boarding school with a strong religious focus, and although he became anticlerical, these questions stayed with him.
Who are we?
Where did we come from?
Where are we going?
(1) About the origin of mankind?
(2) About God’s provision for mankind, and their role in the world and its creatures?
Genesis 1:28-30
(3) What does “created in the image of God” mean?
Genesis 1:27
Ephesians 4:24
Colossians 3:10
Psalm 8:4-6
(4) What impact does the statement “male and female He created them” have on:
(a) general statements about “man” in the preceding verses?
(b) the image of God?
Genesis 1:27
(5) What does the outline of man’s origin in Genesis say about the ancestry of all people?
Acts 17:26
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