In PSALM 93 : 4, David declares that “The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters…” and in describing “four living creatures,” Ezekiel “heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, like the voice of the Almighty…
Jesus’ Return
The novel’s final sentence belongs to St. John Rivers. “Daily He [God] announces more distinctly,—‘Surely I come quickly!’ and hourly I more eagerly respond,—‘Amen; even so come, Lord Jesus!’” They mirror the final words of the Bible, and of the aged disciple that God loved, John the Apostle. The final sentences of the Bible are […]
Liars
In chapter four, Mr. Brocklehurst quotes REVELATION 21 : 8 while accusing Jane of being deceitful, “…all liars will have their portion in the lake burning with fire and brimstone.” You will find the same allusion in a different context in chapter 35.
King of Kings
The speaker in Shelley’s poem has heard a story about the ruins of a once impressive statue of a long dead king named Ozymandias. We know the king’s name because the pedestal where the remnants of two disembodied legs stand reads: “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, […]
Imploring Angels
This sonnet begins with the speaker imploring angels to, “At the round earth’s imagined corners blow / Your trumpets…” alluding to REVELATION 7 : 1. He then speaks of the redeemed dead being reunited with Christ and of those “whose eyes / Shall behold God, and never taste death’s woe”…