#fishers of men

[tomicscomics]

01/20/2023

He was about to play a game of Simon Slays.

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: Jesus calls Simon-Peter and his friends from their fishing to follow Him as disciples.  Jesus says, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men."  He means He will charge them with bringing more followers to the Faith, but in this cartoon, Simon-Peter is about to take Jesus's words literally.  For small fish, you catch them in a net.  For people-sized fish, you use something a little sharper.  Luckily, Jesus explains His meaning before Simon-Peter resolves to "catch" the merrily un-harpooned gentleman behind him.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is the first Tomics Resurrection of the year.  That's where I take an old comic of mine, knock it out with a dry iron, and drag its limp-but-hopefully-not-dead form into the (っ◔◡◔)っ˜”*°• 𝐅 𝐔 𝐓 𝐔 𝐑 𝐄 •°*”˜. The original was -- based on my file-naming pattern -- the 75th Tomic I drew.  For reference, the end of the "Road to Bethlehem" story was #500 if I didn't misnumber anything.  What an oldie!  Here's the drab and wrinkled original for reference.  Tell me what you think.  Is it alive, or did I hit it too hard?

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[putikslayer]

Mark 1:14-20 Remember to love each other and yourself and also lift each other up :D

#catholic #christianity #jesus #bible #gospel #Marl #peter #Andrew #sons of thunder #Simon peter #jesus of nazareth #fishers of men

[caw4brandon]

- Kingshaven Logo: REBIRTH -

"Behold! The Mark of the King; The Crowned Fish of Wings."

I've been teasing this for a while now and I believe it is time I explain in full detail what this symbol is. This is the Kingshaven Symbol and it's meant to be a symbol for Kingshaven Academy. The School my characters; Jamie, Sadie, and Hector hail from.

Over time, I just decided to leave it up in the air and just have it as a symbol for the universe in general as the intention is still not clear. In terms of its color, design, and choice of clothing. I've decided to put the uniform on-hold and settle with a much simpler look.

A Sublimation color shoulder shirt in either Green or Blue with embroidery of the symbol at the center of the chest area. The Green/Blue symbolizes the national animal; The Kingfisher Also, because I personally like both of these colors.

For a real-life example, here are both of the mentioned shirts with the said symbol.

- Mark of the King -

The actual life inspiration of the symbol comes from the symbol known within the Christian communities as [The Ichthys] A symbol representing the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish" famously taken from the miracle at < The Feeding of The Five Thousand > and the call of Jesus to his disciples "I will make you fishers of men". (Mark 1: 16-18)

Although drawn horizontally, this fictional version is drawn vertically with the added closed loop of the fish's wings taken from [The Trinity Knot - Triquetra] For an added measure, I decided to keep to the earthly land and sea theme with a wide [Trident] design which is really just my way of honoring the roots of how I got this world started. < Percy Jackson >

Please note, the Red is NOT official.

As for its color, the orange represents The Heart of the Haven; The Burning Core. The color blue honors The Kingfisher's signature color and the white really is just an afterthought. This may feel like another sudden addition but, this is not the first time I've drawn this symbol. [Kingshaven Symbol Ver 1] Consider this as Version 2

That being said, although the symbol featured some very heavy mythological and religious symbols. It's really nothing serious because it's all just fiction for this fictional world.

Thanks for reading

- Caw4B -

#murder the crow #kingshavenacademy #kingshaven #blue eared kingfisher #Ichthys #triquetra #Trident #irish mythology #mythology #celtic knot #fishers of men #The Burning Core #Burning Core #blue #green #orange #white #t shirt #graphic shirts #symbols #creative logos

[albertfinch]

February 18, 2024 - Exhortation

This is not a year to shrink back, but to allow what He has told you to affect you deeply. Lift up your gaze to see His eyes locked on you and your Christ vision. You must continue to dream with Him and do great things. You don't have to trust in economies to bless you because you have God's eyes on you. And as He did for the Israelites in their new land, He will do for you as you remain confident in Him.

Turn from timid trust to bold confidence in your Father who loves you. Whatever your assignment is -- see your life with the perspective that God has His caring eye on you, and partner with Him by continuing to implement your Christ calling with what He has placed within your hand, knowing that He will send the rain. You are a city set on a hill that draws all to Him.

There are many sources around you attempting to pull you from believing God in this season. Unbelief is a sin (John 16:8-9; Hebrews 3:12). It is the single thing that kept Moses' generation out of their promise; and after all they had endured, they chose to cower backwards in unbelief and tested God by not believing that He would make good on His promises. Don't be deceived into reading the internet to foretell your future when your times are read and written in Heaven. You will bear fruit that remains for God's advancing Kingdom because your roots rest in His unfailing stream.

"So why would I fear the future? Only goodness and tender love pursues me all the days of my life..." (Psalm 23:6 TPT)

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY

#disciple #mentor #fishers of men #Kingdom of God #unbelief #changing the world #world changers #discipleship

[eli-kittim]

The Sign of Jonah: Christ’s Death at Sea

By Eli Kittim

Jonah is the English form of the Hebrew name Yona, which is rendered as Ionas in the Greek. The Ionians were the ancient Greeks (see Josephus Antiquities I, 6). So Ionia means Greece, and an ancient citizen of Ion was called Ionas. So Jonah (Ionas), who is a type of Christ, is depicted as a Greek figure. Let us not forget that Jonah was going to Tarshish, which has been identified as Ancient Greece (see the undermentioned article).

What is more, it seems as if the sign of Jonah is a typological metaphor for Christ’s death and resurrection that is employed by the evangelists in order to demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah. But, as I will show, it also represents an event in prophetic history, although this has not as yet taken place. In the gospel narrative, Matthew connects Jesus’ death to that of Jonah, after the latter’s body was cast into the sea. Matthew 12:39-40 (NASB) reads thusly:

“An evil and adulterous generation craves a

sign; and so no sign will be given to it except

the sign of Jonah the prophet; for just as

Jonah was in the stomach of the sea

monster for three days and three nights, so

will the Son of Man be in the heart of the

earth for three days and three nights.”

We find analogous parallels and motifs in the Psalms as well. For example, Psalm 69:1-2 reads:

“Save me, God, For the waters have

threatened my life. I have sunk in deep mud,

and there is no foothold; I have come into

deep waters, and a flood overflows me.”

Similarly, Psalm 18:16 says:

“He sent from on high, He took me;

He drew me out of many waters.”

So, Matthew is drawing comparative conclusions between Jonah’s and Jesus's death at sea. Let’s see what happened to Jonah. Jonah 1:15-17 says:

“So they picked up Jonah and hurled him

into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.

… And the Lord designated a great fish to

swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the

stomach of the fish for three days and three

nights.”

The typological sign of the resurrection is suggested in Jonah 2:10:

“Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it

vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.”

This, then, is the sign of Jonah——which says in effect that God literally “drew … [him] out of many waters”——that Matthew applies to Jesus (cf. Isaiah 43:2)! This is reminiscent of another messianic type who was named “Moses” by Pharaoh's daughter “because … [she] drew him out of the water” (Exod. 2:10). It is also the sign of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. I will not focus on the phrase “three days and three nights” because it will divert us from the topic at hand. Suffice it to say that it need not refer to a literal three-day period. It seems to be a figure of speech that may signify the three-year great tribulation period.

At any rate, the so-called “sign of Jonah” is not simply a metaphor or a unique sign that would establish the deity of Christ, but it is also a factual event! And although I agree with C.S. Lewis who held that Jonah is ahistorical, nevertheless, I believe that the sign of Jonah, as a type, represents the literal, actual death of its antitype: the Messiah! We know that Jonah did not survive. The Book of Jonah 2:2-6 explicitly says that Jonah, after being hurled into the sea, cried out to God “from the depth of Sheol”:

“I called out of my distress to the Lord, And

He answered me. I called for help from the

depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. For You

threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the

seas, And the current flowed around me. All

Your breakers and waves passed over me.

So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your

sight.’ … Water encompassed me to the

point of death. The deep flowed around me,

Seaweed was wrapped around my head. …

But You have brought up my life from the

pit, Lord my God.”

It’s important to note that the terms “pit” and “Sheol,” in the Hebrew Bible, are references to the realm of the dead (see e.g. Job 7:9; Ps. 49:14-15; 89:48). The resurrection is depicted in Jonah’s own words: “You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.”

So it appears as if the sign of Jonah is also the sign of Christ’s death. Just as Tim Mackie (co-founder of the Bibleproject) explains in one of his sessions that there is a literary redundancy of the word “hurled” in the Jonah text, especially regarding its main character Jonah who is literally “hurled” into the water, I believe that Christ is similarly “hurled” into the water and eaten by a shark. Hence the symbolism of being born in a manger or a feeding trough. This, of course, is closely related to the last supper (i.e. the sacrament of the Eucharist), the idea that Jesus is literally consumed. There are also overtones of Noah's flood in this parallel (cf. Matthew 24:37), as well as of Osiris, who also drowned and whose coffin (like the Ark) floated in the sea (cf. the story of Perseus who was also cast into the sea in a wooden chest).

Another key point is that, according to the Hebrew text, Jonah's fish is not a whale but rather some kind of “great fish". Through special revelation, this appears to be a shark. And the term “swallow”——in the clause, “the Lord designated a great fish to swallow Jonah”——is a euphemism for a great fish feasting on Jonah and consequently fatally injuring him. This, of course, ties in with the idea that we die and are reborn by going under water (Immersion baptism), a symbolic ritual that is unique to Christianity! Hence why Immersion baptism is not only tied to Jonah but is also symbolic of Christ’s death, being re-enacted in the New Testament through the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist!

This study of Jonah takes us back to the origin of the Christian fish symbol, the so-called “ichthys” (ἰχθύς), which is now known as the Jesus fish. And despite the acrostic use of this word: Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ (i.e. Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour)—— nevertheless, the fish symbolism has a variety of other theological overtones in the New Testament, such as the Feeding of the 5,000 with 2 fishes and 5 loaves, as well as the Feeding of the 4,000 with seven loaves of bread and a few small fish, not to mention that Jesus calls his disciples "fishers of men." That is precisely why Immersion baptism in the early church signified a parallel between fish and converts (i.e. born again Christians). The early Christian theologian Tertullian explained it thusly:

“we, little fishes, after the image of our

Ichthys, Jesus Christ, are born in the water."

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[cherisunn]

And I thank God for the Lighthouse

I owe my life to Him

For Jesus is the Lighthouse

#Lighthouse #God #Jesus #The Holy Spirit #Light #Shine #Christianity #Faith #Protector #Waves #Sin #Saved by Grace #Ocean #Colorscapes #Lyrics #Hymn #Song #Gospel #Sail Boat #Fishers of Men #Lamp

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Our Lord said, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." It is evident, then, that a true disciple is a soul-winner. It is possible to sit on the shore discussing the signs of the times when we ought to be driven by the signs of the times to launch out into the deep and let down our nets for a draught.

Vance Havner

#Jesus #Lord #evangelism #fishers of men #Vance Havner #Christian Quotes

[justana0kguy]

2022 NOVEMBER 30 Wednesday

"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."

~ Luke 4:19

#bible #scripture #bible verse #gospel #Matthew #come #after #fishers of men #God #Lord #Jesus #Christ

[catholicsaintquotes33ad]

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[some-muddy-loves-you]

Mark 1:14-20 Remember to love each other and yourself and also lift each other up :D

#jesusisgod #jesus #christian faith #faith in jesus #faith in god #andrew #peter #fishers of men #Simon peter #sons of thunder

[superiorcatholicinspiration]

3rd Sunday of the Year: An invitation to follow Jesus. Catholic Inspiration

Photo by Tara Winstead on Pexels.com The Lord’s call to Peter, Andrew, James, and John is an invitation that will change their lives forever. Mass Readings – 3rd Sunday of the Year (#68) *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives

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[seekingtheosis]

St. Andrew, the Apostle: A Life of Faith and Mission - November 30

The content highlights the life of St. Andrew, the Apostle of Jesus, his early life as a fisherman and his transformation into one of the first disciples of Jesus. It narrates his contribution in significant biblical events, missionary work, and his marty

In the name of God the Father, Christ Jesus His Son and the Holy Spirit, One True God. Amen Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Introduction: On November 30, the Church commemorates and remembers the life of St. Andrew, the Apostle of Jesus. He is also known as St. Andrew the “First-Called,”. St. Andrew played a significant role in spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ. Let’s delve into the…

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[ultrachoppedpenguinbouquet]

The encounter between Jesus and His disciples on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

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[harrisonwoodard-blog]

#jesus #simon peter #fishers of men #blessing #boat full of fish #sea of galilee #miracles of jesus #miraculous catch

[cateyedfox36]

Do I have an catholic mutuals?

Because I got a serious question:

Would a 12 yo newly catholic kid like a wee st Andrew statue? The kid loves fishing and Andy is the Saint of fishermen- jc "I'll make you fishers of men". It comes with a little trading card and case.

#Help #Catholic stuff #St Andrew #fishers of men #Present for a 12 year old boy

[theologyforthelayman]

Becoming Fishers Of Men

My reflection on the Mass Readings for January 22, 2023.

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