Things Into Which Angels Long to Look

Oil on wood panel | 11” x 14”

In this painting, an angel figure is standing before a door, containing the light of the message, desiring to step in, but forbidden. This image hopes to help put in perspective the importance and magnitude of the Gospel. For powerful, majestic beings like angels desire to know what has been revealed to us. I think that this word “long” does not quite fully grasp the degree to which angels feel this desire. The original word has various definitions that help us to depict this a little better. One of them is “set the heart upon.” I imagine that angels yearn with their whole heart desiring to know this wonder that God has done.