Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the Riik Museum in Amsterdam hangs Rembrandt's painting of Jeremiah. The artist depicts Jeremiah brooding in a most dejected manner. Michelangelo's painting of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel is of the same mood. Both masters of their art were intent upon catching the feeling of the prophet, who as much as if not more than any other, reflects the pathos and emotions of the prophetic figures of the Hebrew Scriptures. In no way did these servants of God give evidence that the ways of God were easy to decipher. They struggled with what God required of them.