The St. John's Bible-Ecclesiastes

 Ecclesiastes Frontispiece, 2001

 Ecclesiastes 1:1- 211

 Donald Jackson

Scribe: Donald Jackson

 Vellum, with ink, paint silver and gold

"As a Wisdom Book, Ecclesiastes focuses

 attention on life, death and God's relationship

 with humanity. 

A raven, a common symbol of death, 

serves as a messenger flying up from

 the center of this compositions appearing

 to carry the breath of life back to God. 

It is pierced and surrounded by

 gold and silver bars, 

designations of divinity.

The four elements of the Earth's reaction

 are represented: the green hues of fertile ground,

 the mysterious blues reflected in

 both sky and water 

and the fire found in stars and comets. 

Despite the chaos of circling images

 spinning off the page, 

there is a constant communication between

 the heavens and the earth

 through the presence of the raven."

It is all just dust in the wind.

But, even He knows the dust and the wind.

All is vanity.

It may not mean anything

 in our glimpse of a small sphere world,

but He controls the BIGGER PICTURE.