The Celestial Hierarchy — Rembrandt

From the depths of shadow, heaven ascends into glory — each tier of light harder won, more radiant, more holy. Your kingdom is not given cheaply, Lord, but it is given freely. Draw us upward, out of our darkness, into the light of Your presence.

From the illustrated devotional Heaven's Story: Five Meditations on the Celestial Realms, this original painting depicts the ascending tiers of heaven in the dramatic chiaroscuro style of Rembrandt. Deep shadow below gives way to brilliant divine light above, rich impasto texture illuminating a cathedral of heavenly radiance.

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