TWELVE FOUNDATIONS   ·   ONE WALK
HALAKH / THE WALK
AN EXHIBITION OF SCRIPTURE & LANDSCAPE

The
Witness.

Twelve readings unfolding through creation, identity, hearing, return, and dwelling. A quiet walk through the Scriptures.

BEGIN WITH THE FIRST FOUNDATION   ↘
Untitled (landscape, cloudy sky) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.Edward Mitchell Bannister · Untitled (landscape, cloudy sky)   ↗
Untitled (landscape, cloudy sky) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (landscape, cloudy sky) · undated   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 01ORIGIN

The Beginning

Life is received before it is understood.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 1:1–3Psalm 90:1–2Isaiah 44:6
Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse) · 1883   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 02REVELATION

The Name

A name carried through promise.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Exodus 3:13–15Exodus 6:2–8Deuteronomy 6:4
Sunset — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterSunset · c. 1875–1880   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 03VOICE

The Word

What He speaks enters being.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 1:3Psalm 33:6–9Isaiah 55:10–11John 1:1–5
Untitled (landscape, trees near river) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (landscape, trees near river) · 1891   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 04HUMANITY

The Image

Responsibility belongs to the image.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 1:26–28Genesis 2:15Psalm 8:4–8
Landscape (trees and rocks by lake) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterLandscape (trees and rocks by lake) · undated   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 05LIFE

The Breath of Life

The living are held by a gift.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 2:7Job 33:4Psalm 104:29–30
Untitled (landscape with road near stream and trees) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (landscape with road near stream and trees) · undated   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 06ORDER

The Command

A word becomes a boundary.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 2:16–17Deuteronomy 30:11–20Psalm 19:7–11
Untitled (landscape with meadow and trees) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (landscape with meadow and trees) · undated   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 07RESPONSE

Hearing

To hear is to answer.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Deuteronomy 6:4–9Jeremiah 7:23James 1:22–25
Untitled (forest scene, fallen tree and distant house) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (forest scene, fallen tree and distant house) · 1873   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 08TRUTH

The Hidden Place

The call reaches what is concealed.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Genesis 3:8–13Psalm 139:23–241 John 1:5–9
Swale Land — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterSwale Land · 1898   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 09RETURN

Returning

The heart turns toward its source.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Deuteronomy 30:1–6Joel 2:12–13Isaiah 55:6–7
Untitled (mountainous landscape with stream) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (mountainous landscape with stream) · undated   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 10COMPASSION

Mercy

Compassion proceeds from His character.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Exodus 34:6–7Psalm 103:8–14Micah 7:18–19
Landscape near Newport, R. I. — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterLandscape near Newport, R. I. · c. 1877–1878   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 11THE WALK

Obedience

Love becomes a kept word.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Deuteronomy 10:12–13John 14:21–24James 1:22–25
Untitled (house in woods near lake) — nineteenth-century oil landscape painting by Edward Mitchell Bannister. No people depicted.
Edward Mitchell BannisterUntitled (house in woods near lake) · 1895   ↗
HALAKH   /   FOUNDATION 12ASSEMBLY

Dwelling Together

A people formed into one dwelling.

SCRIPTURE AXIS
Exodus 25:8John 14:20–23Ephesians 2:19–221 Peter 2:4–10
HALAKH   /   THE WALK

The witness becomes
the walk.

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