Barbara Hartwell

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Independent Investigator, Intelligence Analyst, Journalist. Former CIA (NOC, Psychological Operations) Black Ops Survivor. Sovereign Child of God. Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Ordained 1979, D.Div.) Exposing Government Lies, Crimes, Corruption, Conspiracies and Cover-ups.

Monday, December 19, 2022

IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD & SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST: Bible Verses & Illustrations






 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


John 3:16

 

Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ,


It is my hope and prayer for you and your loved ones that these Bible verses and illustrations may encourage you and be a reminder of the coming of the Light of the World, our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ.


I know that some Christians do not celebrate Christmas. Some will say it is a pagan holiday. Some will point out that the date of the birth of Jesus is not December 25, and so on and so forth...


So what? I know all this, so call me a heretic if you will, but for me, none of it matters. It is in the saving grace and redeeming love of Jesus that I place my faith. And so I celebrate His birth with many other Christians worldwide.


I made some drawings of Jesus (1977) after I was blessed to see Him as He stood at the foot of my hospital bed in 1976, and saved my life by the miracle of His grace.


My renderings of Him can never do Him justice, they are only what I saw, but I want to share them anyway.

 

The other photos are of me (many moons ago) at some of my regular haunts, monasteries, cloisters and convent gardens, my favorite places in all the world.


Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Christmas.



Barbara Hartwell

Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

 

 Cloisters, NYC


 

 

 

 
 
  
 
 
 
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.


Isaiah 9:6

 

 


 

 

 


 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.


Isaiah 53: 1-5

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monastery Garden, Maine

 

 

And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.


Isaiah 11:10


And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.


Luke 2:7


The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.


Luke 4:18-19


For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.


John 3:16


Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.


Isaiah 7:14


And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.


John 1:14


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


John 1:1


Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.


John 14:6


Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light

Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins

Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.


Colossians

1:12-20

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cloisters, NYC