Ralph Spoljaric
I dedicate my paintings, conceived and inspired by the Holy Spirit, to the Toretto/Spoljaric families, past and present generations, and to their friends, past and present generations. I offer these works in their name; with deep supplication, agape love, in thanksgiving, and with unceasing gratitude and everlasting prayer to the glory of our Heavenly Father, Almighty God, through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Beloved Lord and Savior.
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EVE IN THE GARDEN-PARADISE LOST
GENESIS 2: 15 The Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. 16 And the Lord commanded the man, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die."
GENESIS 2:18 Then the Lord God said. "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner,"
GENESIS 2: 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man , and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken."
GENESIS 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his Father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
GENESIS 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, " Did God say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; 3 but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.' " 4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die; 5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
GENESIS 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
GENESIS 3:8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you? " 10 He said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11 He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
GENESIS 3:14 The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
GENESIS 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
GENESIS 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you."
GENESIS 3:17 And to the man he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
GENESIS 3:20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"---
GENESIS 3:23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
GENESIS 2:18 Then the Lord God said. "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner,"
GENESIS 2: 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man , and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken."
GENESIS 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his Father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
GENESIS 3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, " Did God say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?" 2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; 3 but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.' " 4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die; 5 for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
GENESIS 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
GENESIS 3:8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you? " 10 He said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11 He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
GENESIS 3:14 The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you among all animals and among all wild creatures; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
GENESIS 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel."
GENESIS 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband and he shall rule over you."
GENESIS 3:17 And to the man he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
GENESIS 3:20 The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skins for the man and for his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, "See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"---
GENESIS 3:23 therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
THE HOLY BIBLE
KNOW GOD UNDERSTAND GOD OBEY GOD
STAND STRONG IN THE LORD
MATTHEW 5:11 "Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
MATTHEW 5:20 "For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
MATTHEW 5:48 "Be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
MATTHEW 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
MATTHEW 7: "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgement you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
MATTHEW 7:12 "In everything do unto others as you would have them do unto you; for this is the law and the prophets."
JOHN 1: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.
JOHN 1:11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who viewed him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will or of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the word became flesh and blood among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith, for faith; as it is written, “ The one who is righteous will live by faith.”
1 PETER 1:20 He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. 2: 7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,” 8 “and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
2 PETER 1: 20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
1 JOHN 2: 26 I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. 28 And now, little children abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who does right
1 JOHN 3: has been born of him. See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this; when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
I JOHN 5: 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true, in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
REVELATION 1: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.
REVELATION 1: 7 Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be, Amen.
REVELATION 1: 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, 11 Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
REVELATION 1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last , 18 and the living one, I was dead, and now, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
REVELATION 19: After I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God. 2 For his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
REVELATION 19: 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready; 8 to him it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure -- for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
REVELATION 22: 7 “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
REVELATION 22: 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me; 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book, Worship God!”
REVELATION 22: 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy. 12 See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me to repay according to everyone’s work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end,”
REVELATION 22: 14 Blessed are those who washed their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
REVELATION 22: 16 It is I, Jesus who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches.I am the root and the descendent of David, the bright morning star.
REVELATION 22: 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book; if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book; 19 If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share in the tree of life, and in the holy city which are described in this book.
REVELATION 22: 20 The one who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come Lord Jesus!
REVELATION 22: 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.
MATTHEW 5:20 "For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."
MATTHEW 5:48 "Be perfect therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
MATTHEW 6:24 "No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth."
MATTHEW 7: "Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgement you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.
MATTHEW 7:12 "In everything do unto others as you would have them do unto you; for this is the law and the prophets."
JOHN 1: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.
JOHN 1:11 He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. 12 But to all who viewed him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will or of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the word became flesh and blood among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith, for faith; as it is written, “ The one who is righteous will live by faith.”
1 PETER 1:20 He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. 2: 7 To you then who believe, he is precious; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the very head of the corner,” 8 “and “A stone that makes them stumble, and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
2 PETER 1: 20 First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
1 JOHN 2: 26 I write these things to you concerning those who would deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. 28 And now, little children abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be put to shame before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who does right
1 JOHN 3: has been born of him. See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this; when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
I JOHN 5: 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true, in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
REVELATION 1: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place; he made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near.
REVELATION 1: 7 Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail. So it is to be, Amen.
REVELATION 1: 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, 11 Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
REVELATION 1:17 When I saw Him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last , 18 and the living one, I was dead, and now, I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
REVELATION 19: After I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God. 2 For his judgments are true and just; he has judged the great whore who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and he has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
REVELATION 19: 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready; 8 to him it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure -- for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints. 9 And the angel said to me, ‘Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.” 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
REVELATION 22: 7 “See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
REVELATION 22: 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me; 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades the prophets and with those who keep the words of this book, Worship God!”
REVELATION 22: 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy. 12 See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me to repay according to everyone’s work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end,”
REVELATION 22: 14 Blessed are those who washed their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates. 15 Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and fornicators and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
REVELATION 22: 16 It is I, Jesus who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches.I am the root and the descendent of David, the bright morning star.
REVELATION 22: 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book; if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book; 19 If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share in the tree of life, and in the holy city which are described in this book.
REVELATION 22: 20 The one who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come Lord Jesus!
REVELATION 22: 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.