Sinners in the hands of an Angry God!
Passage:
"If God should only withdraw his hand from the flood-gate. it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power; and if your strength were ten thousand times greater than it is, yea, ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.
Reflection
This passage uses both imagery of fire and water to create a strong, vivid message to compare the feebleness of humans to the infinite strength of God. Johnathan Edwards goal for his sermon is to expose human weakness and show humans the power of the wrath of God is something to be feared. By conveying this message he hopes that people will turn to God to escape his wrath. This passage impressed me because of the intense image it creates in the reader's mind of the wrath of God being contained like a floodgate, that when released no one, not even the strongest devil can escape. It shows that Johnathan Edwards believed in the old testament God that would strike down, not only the evil, but also the non-believers. This passage would make any fear the wrath of God and turn to him to escape his wrath.
Passage:
"If God should only withdraw his hand from the flood-gate. it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power; and if your strength were ten thousand times greater than it is, yea, ten thousand times greater than the strength of the stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.
Reflection
This passage uses both imagery of fire and water to create a strong, vivid message to compare the feebleness of humans to the infinite strength of God. Johnathan Edwards goal for his sermon is to expose human weakness and show humans the power of the wrath of God is something to be feared. By conveying this message he hopes that people will turn to God to escape his wrath. This passage impressed me because of the intense image it creates in the reader's mind of the wrath of God being contained like a floodgate, that when released no one, not even the strongest devil can escape. It shows that Johnathan Edwards believed in the old testament God that would strike down, not only the evil, but also the non-believers. This passage would make any fear the wrath of God and turn to him to escape his wrath.
Collage
ReflectionIn his sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God!", Jonathan Edward uses three main images: fire, water and bugs to convey his message that everyone should repent and turn to God. My collage depicts three images that represent Edward's most powerful uses of imagery. The first picture is of a hell hound, with flames pouring out of his mouth, devouring a body. This represents the gaping and all consuming void that leads into the depths of hell which Edward forewarns the people of in his sermon. The image works to create a very vivid picture in the readers mind and I think it is the most powerful image in the collage. Another image is a tidal wave about to consume a city. Edward uses the image of God releasing a flood gate, but I think the image I used is more relevant today because the thought of a tidal wave consuming a city is more possible than a flood gate being released. The final image is a tree covered in spider webs which relates to Edward's analogy that unless you change your ways, God's hand cannot keep you from falling into hell no more than a spider's web can stop a falling rock. All these images are being consumed by the flames of hell, symbolizing Jonathan Edward's idea that everything will descend into hell unless people turn to God.
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