The Story of Rembrandt's Prodigal Son
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- A look at Rembrandt's life and the influences that inspired his painting "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (c. 1669).
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Don't worry. There won't be music all the time now. It's ok. Have a cookie.
The man came back from the dead, our prodigal history teacher, delivered us a banger of a video, and brought us cookies!! 🍪
What else can you ask for! 😛
This is what legends are made of!!
The music just compliments your voice!! And I've been waiting to hear that for a LONG TIME!!
I found it a little too loud to be able to focus on the speaking properly
Thanks for your work. Just some input, I have hearing damage, chronic tinnitus, so I really struggled to hear your voice with the music playing. If you can just put volume of the music lower it should be fine.
Your voice has changed a lot. I haven’t missed you that much because I’ve rewatched your videos over and over again. Please don’t go away again. Thanks
over last 7-8 years, had checked many times on line to see if Dr. Reeves had passed away, last week bought his book about how we got the Bible , and now this, very pleased.
Lol - I got into Dr Reeves 5 years ago and binge watched his stuff while I was moving.
I figured- hey - it’s only been a couple of years. He’ll be back soon.
Why does the Trinity not appear in the Bible?peace..
@lufhopespeacefully2037 it does, just not directly.
@@RomanPaganChurch ,,ty for replying, as far as i know trinity is an old worshipping for some an egyptians who have worshipped ezice,authorice&hurce ,on the hill of that,the church hijacked the notion&also The concept of a trinity predates the Bible.. The much older Hindu Vedas had a holy trinity.Called the trimurti, it was Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, three individual deities that are also a single deity.
@@RomanPaganChurch ,,,jesus is the main central figure of bible,didn`t agree with me we have find a bible with his name,where does jesus talked about trinity,please answer me to have a healthy conversation,peace
Welcome back please start making videos again. Your channel and C.S. Lewis/J.R.R. Tolkien series first sparked my interest in, got me to consider being open minded to Christianity 4-5 years ago. Thank you.
So are you a Christian now?
Praise God!
@@Jondoe_04 I would say yes but not a very good one
@@e7m10 mind talking about what you mean by that? One reason is, I'd love to help you, the other one is I'd love to know what you think a good Christian is, cause I only know one.
@@Jondoe_04 I don’t go to church, my faith wavers and ebbs and flows over time. I don’t choose the path of devotion like I should. I’m pretty self-centered and fearful a lot of the time. Sometimes I struggle to believe in the resurrection. I don’t pray like I should and it feels awkward when I do. A part of me still holds back. But, I learned a few years ago about the value of faith. I noticed Christianity is the most reviled religion in our modern society and that made me interested in looking into it. I used to be a bit of a conspiracy theorist and I guess I realized the ultimate conspiracy theory is God’s real. He must be because I believe the devil, and sin exist. And Mr. Reeve’s videos about Tolkien and Lewis, I respected these intellects and come to find out they believed and it lit a tiny spark of interest in exploring the Bible for myself. So it’s just been a journey thus far, but I’ve yet to surrender myself completely and utterly to His will, I suppose is the jist of it.
The GOAT is back!!
oh snap, look who is back
I've never looked at an art piece in such depth before, not even my college humanities professor went half as far as this. Good to have you back.
Mine did, and he was Jewish. His love of the humanities and art, and the trajectory of Western Civilization left a lasting impression. His love of the mosaics of Ravenna eventually sent me there. He taught that Judiaism found the near-sacrifice of Isaac as the foundation of the special relationship between God and Abraham's descendants. But I realized immediately, that this was a foreshadowing of what God had planned to do for us with his son. Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his own son on behalf of God may have made God all the more willing to return the favor, but for all of us. He loved Plato, he loved the Iliad and the Odyssey, and the sculpture of the ancient world. I think everyone needs to have the class I had with him.
My favourite Rembrandt is the painting of Jeremiah. And i loved your excursion into Michaelangelo's The Pieta
I watched your videos 6 years ago, then came across you again two weeks ago. Crazy timing
As a security guard who works at a gallery that shows Rembrandt this makes it all the more interesting.
What a touching subject for a comeback! Hope to see more soon!
From a Traditionalist & a fellow, L.W. Highlander, Thank You! I have learned a lot and so happy you are back. Your teaching on the Apostolic Fathers in the early Catholic Church and so much more has been phenomenal.
It is fitting you have the story of the Prodigal Son.
So excited for this channel to be back! Please consider doing a channel update video!
🎉Welcome back!!🎈🎈🎂
I can’t wait to dig into more Church history with you!
Wow. Welcome back!!
Great stuff! The background music was good, but was a little too loud I thought. Maybe turn it down a tad next time?
I agree, I love the video, but it’s too loud and the music sometimes can be distracting. I’m just so happy he’s back, I really missed this content!
I'm watching this at lunch at a restaurant. This story has brought me to tears but I cannot care less. Thank you so much for this piece.
I literally just bought and hung up this painting in my reading room a week ago as a tribute to God’s redeeming love for me…Drawing me back home this past year. I’ve also been excited to see you return to TH-cam as your videos have benefited me in my walk with God. Glad you are back and what an awesome video!
I’m so happy to hear Dr. Reeves is back!
_The long awaited_ Return of the Reeves!
What a very beautiful video. Thank you so much. I teared up a little. Silly me.
Why does the Trinity not appear in the Bible?peace..
@@lufhopespeacefully2037its all over the bible. its just not called the trinity.
@@areyoutheregoditsmedave ,ty for replying., as far as i know trinity is an old worshipping for some an egyptians who have worshipped ezice,authorice&hurce ,on the hill of that,the church hijacked the notion&also The concept of a trinity predates the Bible.. The much older Hindu Vedas had a holy trinity.Called the trimurti, it was Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer, three individual deities that are also a single deity.
I am in tears. Beautiful! as good, for me, as any devotional I could have read this morning.
Great to have you back, and with a story of my Dutch heritage, no less.
Guess who’s back, back again!
❤🎉❤🎉
I was so pleased to see that you are back. I love Christian history. I watched it and then watched it again with my wife (who is a Christian artist painting and photography). She also really enjoyed this video. We both just ask that next time the music is turned down compared to your voice. It got distracting but THANK YOU so much and we look forward to your future work.
I missed you!❤
Binge, binge, binge! I found your channel last year, but re-watched seven hours straight of your church history playlist last night. Welcome back!
Three years ago I watched all of your videos over the course of about three months while I was looking for what I have since found in the Orthodox Church ☦️ but I just want to thank you for the great education that I received from your lectures. 🙏 God bless!
It is so good to have you back, sir!
Great to see you back Ryan!
The Lord has used you to teach me so much about His precious Church.
Never thought one of your videos would hit me in the ol' feels but here we are.
What a pleasant surprise for a Monday. And a wonderful edition, too. Thank you and welcome back.
I love that voice!
I never knew anything of Rembrandt until this video and this is why I love your videos
Thanks for returning , love your videos
I was surprised at how much I was moved by this presentation. Very well done.
The professor has returned. Are we studying art history this time around, instead of early church history?
I'm an omnivore. So I'll cover a lot of subjects now. I won't be narrowly focused on art now, no.
That church history series is life,
Just shared it with my sister who started homeschooling
Great to see you back. ❤❤❤
Wow that's super kind. Really appreciate you
Back in the saddle again!
I am so glad you are back. Your videos have been an inspiration to me. I have used many of them to help teach Christian history in my church. Thank you for all you do and please do not stop putting out content.
Excellent!
My favorite church historian on YT is back! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!
This was absolutely beautiful and touching. Tears were rolling down my face.
My favorite history channel!
Praise the lord, our favourite youtube theologian amd historian is back 😅
One small criticism. Turn the music down.
BTW 3 Thumbs Up!
I really enjoy your videos and have found them to be really informative. A number of them I've watched over and over again. Looking forward to what you produce next 😁. One bit of constructive criticism, I did find the level of the background music to be a bit high and therefore distracting for your latest video. I don't know if that's just me as I'm a little hard of hearing 😅
So glad I didn’t unfollow your channel, you have such insight and understanding of church history. Thank you, I hope you’re back for many years!
I'm so happy you are back. Your videos on the early Church inspired me and changed my view on things. Ever since I've been reading books on Church history and devouring the information, and fell in love with the Church Fathers and their wealth of wisdom, and their love and passion for Jesus Christ. I eventually ended up finding the Orthodox Church and calling it home.
I appreciate that you try not to be biased, as much as possible anyway, Ultimately I believe neutrality is a myth. But you have a good balance in delivering the facts in the context of history.
Very glad to have you back! I look forward to it all!
Thank you for returning and with such a wonderful opening with Rembrandt!
Been watching you since 2016, it’s surreal to have you back. I am looking forward to more vids.
So happy to have you back on here, your videos from 5 & 8 years ago have been so spiritually nourishing! Thank you
Beautiful... brought tears to my eyes. I love Rembrandt.
Hey old friend.
@@RyanReevesM Hey Ryan! Love your channel!
Welcome back! Your lectures were greatly missed.
Thank you!! Delightful, interesting, enlightening, heartbreaking, and so touching!
Being an artist myself, I knew about Rembrandt, his lighting, brushwork and technique - but never knew this part about his life. 😮🥲
Amazing video again, mr Reeves, this one touches very deeply. ❤
This one about brought a manly tear to my eye, very nice!
This was fantastic. I’m glad your back!
This gave me a reason to care about Rembrandt from a Christian History perspective. Great job!!!!
Such a moving and captivating rendering of that great parable by Rembrandt , and beautifully narrated and edited by Ryan Reeves, that I was suspended in time for a moment !
Outstanding, sir!!! Glad to have YOU back.
I’ve periodically checked back on your channel for literally 5 years. Happy you’re back!
I came expecting a great church history video but got a fantastic historical christian art video! 😂 Love the increase in video production quality! 🎉 Blessings to the editing team
So very happy to see you're here!!
Great comeback. I am excited for any new content coming out. Your video series have been instrumental in my conversion to Christ.
Glad to have you back
This was so good! If you made more art history videos I would enjoy every second.
The noises that came out of me when I saw you upload were unhuman.
Welcome back, professor!
Thank you for coming back.
Welcome back Dr. Reeves. You've been missed. I enjoyed this as I've enjoyed all of your videos.
Thank you for coming back. Your work is beutiful and important.
Great to see Reeves back and doing these great videos, I was beginning to wonder if he wasn't hurt or worse, but great to see he put up this video, and also good to hear his iconic voice, dude could be a play by play major league baseball announcer.
It’s so wonderful to hear you’re back!! My husband and I have been so blessed by all your videos! Thank you so much for what you’re doing. May the Lord reward all your hard work! We’ve rewatched multiple videos over and over because they are so wonderful! We are so excited!!!🎉🙌🏼
I'm so glad you are back!!!!
Wow. This was great!❤ This video reminds me that we as Protestants should appreciate The Beautiful more often; not just The Good and The True. Thank you.
I'm so glad you are back to making videos Ryan.
Dr Reeves is back. I loved this. The message was beautiful. I loved the music and I think it helped the tone. The pacing. The story. The reflection on the themes. Bravo!
It's so awesome to see you back. Your videos are extremely important to so many.
Im glad that you are back
Awesome to see you back!🎉🎉🎉
Thank you very much for this
Every time I encounter the story of the Prodigal Son, I end up teary-eyed. Lovely to be able to see how Rembrandt focused in on this gospel moment.
This entire presentation was beautiful. It chocked me up.
Very well done. Thank you for investing so much time in this. It increased my appreciation for history, art and Rembrandt himself.
I also appreciate that you brought out Rembrandt's intimacy in his depiction of Biblical themes.
Watched it for a 2nd time with my wife. Looking forward to more.
(Loved your Church History series!!!)
Dude glad your back
I came across your great channel while doing research on gnosticism, and I immediately knew I would watch and study every great video class. I've never been disappointed. Thank you!
Welcome back...you were missed!
Welcome back!!! I wasn’t sure you would ever make another video. Love your content. Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for the video Ryan. I've really connected with this painting since my conversion/reversion to faith. I'm Catholic, so I don't entirely agree with your view on some things, but many of your videos helped open me up to Christianity and I'm thankful for that. Keep making these videos. God bless.
So happy to see you’re back! 👏👏👏
Posted four days ago how did I miss this...
Thank you
Happy to see you back, Ryan! I think I've listened to almost all of your Church history videos on the long miles of driving for work.
Awesome, welcome back!
Great to see you back Dr Reeves! Your knowledge and evenhandedness is unmatched in the religious TH-cam sphere. As a Catholic from Argentina I struggle to find good content in English that understands the Roman Catholic Church, specially from other branches of the Church. You, however, are the notable and welcomed exception. I learned so much from you about the Reformation inspired religious traditions that I can't thank you engough (that was something that was sorely lacking in all my religious academic learning form kindergarden to my philosophy degree at a Catholic university). I regularly return to your videos when I'm in the mood for some religious history. I don't know if you'll return to that kind of content, but any content from you is sure to be interesting.
Hey just started this video but wanted to say thank you for your content. You are truly a man after God's heart. I do not have a degree in history or theology (I am a microbiologist) but every video i have seen here has been a blessing. You are honest and succinct.
Rembrant actually conveys the lesson of the story very well. The father is God the father. The son is the repentent sinner. The brother represents the tut tutting, disapproving, law bound pharisees (whom Jesus refers to as ‘whitewashed tombs’ - dead on the inside). To my mind, the painting conveys the message of the story at a very deep and personal level. God’s eternal love transcends all sin, no matter how bad. All is reconciled and forgiven in the moment of repentance. In other gospel stories, Jesus teaches that the return of the sheep that is the most lost is his greatest joy. Rembrant was at a stage in his life at which everything had been taken from him (like the biblical Job), and going by his earlier self-referencing painting of the prodigal son in the brothel, would have had some unresolved guilt about his own misdeeds. In this panting, Rembrant appears to seek consolidation in an all forgiving God of love as Rembrant is also at an age at which he hopes to be soon reunited with his wife and son in the afterlife (God willing).
Welcome back Brother. God Bless you
You have left me speechless and brought me to tears….thank you
Ryan, welcome back. I have missed you!!!!!
Wonderfully done! Looking forward to future Rembrandt videos