The Hand of God Gallery Wrap

"This painting is by Yongsung Kim, it is called The Hand of God. This painting portrays the experience of Jesus walking on water, and then saving Peter from drowning. It's incredible that Peter walked on water for a short time, but even more miraculously was Jesus saving Peter. The Hand of God was painted from the perspective of Peter. Painting The Hand of God in this way, it is very easy for each of us to see ourselves as Peter: seeing ourselves ""drowning"" metaphorically and needing the Jesus Christ to save us. Jesus walking on water to save Peter is one of the most searched online Bible stories of all time and one that people the world over connect with on a deep level. Most paintings that portray this story do so from a third party perspective. Instead, Yongsung Kim chose to portray this story from the first person perspective of Peter. Having the faith to walk on water is a level of spiritual strength that most of us can't even fathom, yet Christ says ""with God all things are