The Literary Voice in Scripture When Depicting Christ in His Humility & Glory
There is a certain “literary voice” shot through in Biblical prophetical-apocalyptical writing concern the Christ in His humility & glory. The literary voice bears a similar aesthetic as the visual montages you might see in a Terrence Malick film: there's a raw, yet entirely natural, full court press of reality on the senses. Especially in writings like Psalms, The Book of Revelation, or Isaiah.
Supercut of Terrence Malick films
Excerpt from Psalm 110:4-7:
The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
[...]
He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
Excerpt from Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, [...] And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. [...] He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more.
Excerpt from Isaiah 53:2-3
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
The only difference in the Bible's aesthetic is you'll never find a hint of that introspective nihilism you get with Terrence Malick. It's always forward.. up... victorious. I would gather that no artistic work will ever capture this aesthetic faithfully, but it's still good that people attempt to do it.
