Then the Lord answered Job out of the Whirlwind, 1825, William Blake, British, 1757–1827, 8 7/16 x 6 5/8 in. ( x cm) (sheet), Engraving, England, 19th century, Finally, in the Whirlwind of the mystical ecstasy, the true God is manifest. He is Jesus, the Divine Imagination, and the Forgiveness of Sins: the only God whom Blake recognized. He is in a cruciform position and his right foot is forward. He descends below the cloud-barriers which normally separate the worlds. Job and his wife behold God with serene joy. To the right, Job's friends cannot see God

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