Jesus and the Parable of the Fig Tree coloring page

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Sorry for not posting for a few days.  I've been in the hospital. 

Doing better now!

Today's new drawing is of Jesus holding a fig. 

Jesus holds a Fig

Jesus tells the Parable of the Fig Tree in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 21 in the Holy Bible.. In this Chapter, in the place where the Parable of the Fig Tree shows up, Jesus is talking about the Last Days before His second coming.  Here is the Parable:  

29. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30. When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

32. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

 (Words of Jesus are in red.)

Realizing that Jesus was talking about recognizing the signs of the Last Days... right before his Second Coming is very important.  Part of this chapter Jesus is talking about the impending destruction of Jerusalem that was going to happen in 70 A.D.  But in this section, He is talking about the signs of His Second Coming.  So we, as Christians, need to be alert and see the signs of the times that are around us right now.  Jesus mentions some of those signs in this.  He mentions earthquakes in divers places, famines, and pestilence, and waves roaring in the sea, men's hearts failing them, signs in the sun-moon- and stars.  He also mentions the distress of nations on the Earth, and that nation will rise against nation etc. 

Then Jesus says that He will come in a cloud with great glory.  He also mentions that when we begin to see these things coming to pass to lift up our heads for our redemption draweth nigh.  That is very hopeful.  

If you are a regular reader of this blog then you know that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Our first prophet, Joseph Smith, was inspired to go over the Holy Bible and he made some small but important corrections under the inspiration of God.  I want to point one of those corrections out today:

In verse 32 Jesus says, "This generation shall not pass away: till all be fulfilled."   (King James Version)

But he was talking about the last days.  Clearly, His original Apostles did not live to see the Second Coming.  WE have not even seen it yet!   So I took a look at the JST which is the Joseph Smith Translation.  It says it differently: 

"This generation, the generation when the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled, shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled."     (Joseph Smith Translation)

The JST makes much more sense.  

I know that many of my fellow Christians would disagree with the very idea of a man correcting the Bible, but we believe that Joseph Smith was commanded to make this translation, and many many times his translation is more clear and makes more sense.  Remember that the Bible has been transcribed by many priests or scribes over the centuries way before the King James Translation was assembled.  Those scribes made mistakes.  This verse is obviously one of those mistakes.  

By the way, we believe that ONE of the original 12 Apostles WILL live to see the Second Coming of Christ.  This Apostle is John the Beloved.  He was blessed to live in a changed immortal state until Christ comes.  (See John 21:22 in the Holy Bible)  

When Jesus visited His people in the New World, somewhere in the Western Hemisphere, He called 12 Disciples here as well.  Three of them chose to stay on the Earth, in an immortal state, as John had done.  (See 3 Nephi Chapter 28 in The Book Of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ.)

This drawing of Jesus can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled: Religious.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the New Testament section.  Click on the title of this drawing and you'll see the printable drawing.  Have fun coloring!

By the way, if you are a praying type I'd appreciate your prayers.  My health has been dicey lately.  

Pioneer Day coloring pages

 Happy Pioneer Day!

Here are some drawings from older posts, 

although the last drawing was done only a week ago. 

Pioneers Crossing the Plains and then the Valleys of Wyoming

Brigham Young enters the Salt Lake Valley

Handcart Pioneer Family 

Couple Together in the Celestial Kingdom

Mermaid and Black-headed Gull coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a Mermaid with a Black-headed Gull. 

Mermaid with Black-headed Gull

Mermaids are often friendly with wildlife.  The marine birds do not have the intelligence of a human or the intelligence of Merpeople.  However, Mermaids and Mermen often know multiple languages and can communicate with many forms of wildlife.  Sharks rarely attack Merpeople because the Merpeople can communicate with the sharks.   

So in this drawing, we see a Mermaid with a Black-headed Gull.  The Mermaid is somewhat unique because she prefers to wear her hair short.  Most Mermaids prefer to wear their hair in a longer style.   This Mermaid, by the name of Heatheriah, is wearing a top made of kelp leaves.  Her friend, a Black-headed Gull is resting on a small sea stack.  Heatheriah is a bit of a maverick because of preferring a shorter hairstyle.  But she is more than her appearance... as we all are.  She is a protector of the ocean and she is particularly protective of coral reefs.  

Black-headed Gulls are a smaller type of seagull.  They are found in Asia and Europe, however, they also visit and live along the Atlantic coast of North America, in both Southern Canada and from Maine to North Carolina in the USA.  

Can you spot the following animals in this drawing?  Parrot Fish, squid, brain coral, shark, sea anemone, clownfish, crab, Black-headed Gull, and lobster. 

Married Couples can be Together for Time AND all Eternity in the Celestial Kingdom coloring pages

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Today's new drawing is of a couple in the Celestial Kingdom

Couple Together in the Celestial Kingdom 

We members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe that marriage can continue in the next life.  When a couple is sealed for time and all eternity in one of God's Temples then, if they live a good life, repent when they mess up, and serve others and especially serve each other... then that couple can dwell together for all eternity in the Celestial Kingdom of our Heavenly Parents. 

Many people believe that they will be with their spouse in the next life.  To me that doctrine only makes sense.  I think that the things we take away from our mortal life are:  Our relationship with others, our Faith in God, and the knowledge + wisdom we gained in our mortal life.  

When Jesus Christ returns to Earth in Glory the righteous people will be resurrected and get to live on Earth for a thousand years of peace.  The good people who are alive when Christ returns will survive the destruction of the very wicked.  The wicked don't get to be resurrected until AFTER the millennium of peace.  

We also believe that we will be organized in families in the Celestial Kingdom.  This is the highest heaven where God and Christ dwell.   We will live with our Heavenly Father, Heavenly Mother, and our elder brother Jesus.  Plus our worthy children, our parents we had in mortality, our grandchildren, our grandparents etc. will also be there if they also kept the commandments and had the necessary ordinances including being sealed for time and all eternity in one of God's Temple.  

NOTE:  This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the Religious button and scrolling down to the "Restoration..." section.  This drawing's title will be at the bottom of that list.  Below is another similar drawing from an older post.  By the way, sorry I have not posted in 6 days... I was haveing breathing problems and wound up in the hospital.  Keep me in your prayers.  I am doing better now but it was scary for a while there. 

Together in the Celestial Kingdom

Sauropods from the Isle of Skye Scotland coloring pages

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The new drawing today is of a Sauropod from Scotland.

Sauropod from the Isle of Skye

Sauropods were the largest type of animal to ever walk on land.  In 2015 a pair of paleontologists from the University of Edinburgh discovered hundreds of Sauropod footprints on the edge of the sea on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.  The impressions in the rock look like tide pools at first glance, but they are large dinosaur footprints.  

So, it is thought that 170 million years ago some Sauropods walked in the shallows of an ocean lagoon.  The footprints are up to 70 cm across so the dinosaurs are estimated to be around 49 feet or 15 meters long.  We know that Sauropods were land animals so perhaps they went into the ocean to cool off.  Maybe they were chased into the ocean by predators.  Maybe they just liked wading in shallow water.  Another possibility is maybe they waded into the seawater to help remove parasites from their skin.   

The paleontologists that found these footprints are named Stephan Brusatte and Tom Challands.  I am currently listening to a book by Stephan Brusatte called The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs.   It is a REALLY good book and I learned about this discovery today while listening to his book.  

My drawing today is of only ONE Sauropod but these footprints were made by a herd of Sauropods and the footprints included front and back feet.  The Pterosaurs in the sky are Rhamphorynchus.  This long-tailed animal was NOT a dinosaur. It was a flying reptile or Pterosaur.  It has a wingspan of around 3 feet or about 1.8 meters wide.  It had a mouthful of sharp teeth for catching fish.  Rhamphorhyncchus lived just before the Sauropod footprints were made, so maybe they should not be included, but they did live close to the right time period.  The oldest known Pterosaur lived 163 million years ago and the Sauropod footprints were from 170 million years ago. 

The older drawing down below is from a previous post.  Notice that the dinosaurs are drawn differently.  Today's drawing is more of a Diplodocus type Sauropod and the older drawing is more of a Apatosaur type Sauropod.  We actually don't know for sure what the Sauropods in Scotland looked like biecasue we only have footprints.  

NOTE:  This top drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Paleontology" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section.  When you click on the title you will see the printable page.  Below is a drawing done a while back of these Sauropods from Scotland.  This drawing will be further up the list of printables.  Have fun coloring.  

Jesus in Capernaum coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of Jesus in Capernaum.

Jesus in Capernaum

Capernaum was a fishing village in Jesus' day.  It is thought by some Biblical historians that Jesus may have even owned a home there.  It is referred to as his own village.  It had a population of about 1500 people.  Capernaum was the central site of Jesus' ministry when he was near home.  Capernaum was the home of the tax collector and Apostle Matthew.  

Several miracles were performed in Capernaum.  Peter's mother-in-law was healed in Capernaum.  The paralytic was lowered through the roof to be healed by Jesus in this town.  Jesus healed a man in Capernaum.  This man was possessed. A servant of a Roman Centurion was healed in Capernaum.   

We believe that Jesus is our Savior.  He paid the price, the eternal price for our sins so that if we repent we can return to live with our Heavenly Parents.  Jesus is our elder Spirit Brother.  He volunteered to be the Savior and He paid the price for our sins.  He also taught us to be kind to each other and to keep God's commandments.  But when we mess up... His atonement can cleanse us.  And we ALL mess up or sin at some point in our lives... (many times actually).  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the category button labeled "Religious."  Then scroll down to the New Testament section.  Then this drawing will be at the bottom of that section.  By the way, although it was not on purpose, I think the eyes look a bit like Peter O'toole's eyes from the movie The Bible... where he played either an angel or the premortal Lord that visited Abraham. 

Lindsey Stirling the Music Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of the brilliant violinist/dancer named Lindsey Stirling!

She is drawing here as a Music Fairy. 

Lindsey Stirling as a Music Fairy

Some of our talented celebrities are actually Fairies in disguise.  Remember that Fairies can internalize their wings and go to mortal size and APPEAR to be mortals.  I am convinced that Lindsey Stirling is one of those talented Fairies that came into OUR mortal world to share her talents with a wider audience.  

Music Fairies are signers or play instruments... or both.  Some of our best dancers on Broadway are also actual Faries.  In fact, some of the talented people we know or know of are part Fairy. (I suspect Sheryl Crow is one of them... so I drew her as one earlier this summer.)  Some, not a lot, but some Faires marry mortals and their offspring have some of the Fairy gifts.  Those gifts are often passed on for many generations.  

You will notice that in this drawing Lindsey is wearing plant-based clothing.  She is also in diminutive Fairy size, not mortal size.  She still goes home to play for Fairy audiences.  She has a fondness for cricket because, in reality, crickets were the first violinist because they rub their wings together to chirp.  This cricket is Lindsey's good friend named Grylidia.  During her Fairy villages tours Lindsey does a duet with her friend Grylidia.  Remember that although most animals don't have human intelligence, they DO have some intelligence, and Lindsey and most other Fairies can speak at least SOME animal languages.  In this drawing, Lindsey is listening to Grylidia play her solo during their duet. 

IF you are wondering about Lindsey's wings, they are similar to Lacewing Fly wings.  Some Fairies have lace wings and others have butterfly wings.  In fact, some Fairies have feathered wings and others have bat-like wings.  

I don't know Lindsey Stirling myself, but my wife and I are attending her concert tomorrow night.  Her ability to write and play beautiful music and dance while she plays it is phenomenal.  She also has made awesome music videos at unique places all over the world! 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  Have fun coloring!  

B-17 Flying Fortress & B -24 Liberator coloring pages

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Today's new post is a drawing of a famous aircraft.

It is a B-17 Flying Fortress.

B-17 Flying Fortress

The B-17 was a heavy bomber with a long-range.  It was used by America and her allies during World War II.  It was the USA's first long-range heavy bomber.  It was a truly remarkable aircraft.  B-17 bombers were known to come back from missions with heavy damage.  Some were so damaged that after they landed at their airbase in England the aircraft had to be junked.  

B-17 Flying Fortress could fly at an altitude of 30,000 feet.  They usually carried 6,000 lbs of bombs.  They had a wingspan of 103 feet 9 inches or 31.6 meters.  They were 74 feet 1.5 inches long... or 22.5 meters long.  When loaded they weighed over 40,000 lbs or over 18,000 kg.  The B-17's maximum speed was 318 mph or 511 kph.  They had a range of 2,000 miles or 3.219 kilometers.  

The B-17 had less range and a lower payload of bombs than the B-24 Liberator.  But the B-24 was less survivable when damaged.  In this drawing, the explosions you see are the anti-aircraft explosions of what was called flak.  My father, who was a B-24 pilot said that flak was actually beautiful, but you didn't want to get hit by it.  

The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed my father, and his two best friends volunteered for pilot training.  Dad was assigned to B-24s.  Although he crash-landed once he survived the war to become a respected family doctor and surgeon.  Dad's friends were assigned to B-17s and sadly both were killed in training.  Of the three friends, only Dad lived to have a career, marry, and raise a family.  

B-24J Liberator.   

The B-24 was a larger American Bomber and had a heavier payload and a longer range.  It had a wingspan of 110 feet or about 33 meters.  It could carry 8,800 lbs of bombs.  It had a range of 2,850 miles or 4,586 km.  It had a high ceiling of 34,000 feet.  But as has been already mentioned, it had lower survivability when it was shot up in combat.  Some airmen called it the flying coffin because its shape was somewhat like a coffin.  Fortunately for me and my many brothers and sisters, Dad's planed all came back and he and all his crew survived his one crash landing.  

NOTE:  These drawings, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the category button labeled "Vehicles & Military Vehicles."

Abraham Lincoln coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of Abraham Lincoln.

Abraham Lincoln side view

Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of the greatest presidents of the USA.  He insisted on the Union being held together.  He was against slavery and he freed most of the slaves with the Emancipation Proclamation.  The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves in the states that were part of the Confederacy.  The other slaves were freed by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution. 

NOTE: This drawing can be found under the "People and Portraits" button.  It is also included under "Holidays" in the Independence Day section.  Have fun coloring. 

Independence Day 2021 coloring pages

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For those of you who are citizens of the United States of America... 

here are some patriotic coloring pages.  

I apologize that none of these are brand new drawings.  .  . 

but some were done over this past year. 

Tomorrow I will probably add a new drawing as well.  

Star-Spangled Banner inspiration 

(Francis Scott Key was an American who was being held on a British Man of War ship during the bombardment of the fort that protected Baltimore... Ft. McHenry.  He was so happy to see the U.S. flag in the morning that he was inspired to write the words to what would become our National Anthem.) 

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Battle of Baltimore, Ft. McHenry

(CASUALTIES:  U.S., 28 killed, 250 wounded, 50 captured

British, 46 killed, 300 wounded)

Battle of Brooklyn Escape

(This drawing depicts the evacuation of Gen. Washington's troops after the loss of the battle of Brooklyn.  Washingtons and his troops were surrounded but a thunderstorm and subsequent fog allowed him to orchestrated a sneaky escape.  Clearly, Divine intervention was involved.) 

The next drawings are all military aircraft or ships or land vehicles or my father in his military uniform during WW II. 

Lt. Mel Lyman B-24 Bomber Pilot

(The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed my dad and his two best friends volunteered for pilot training in the Army Air Corps.  His two friends died in B-17 bombers.  Of Dad and his two friend only he lived to marry and raise a family.  He told us that he used to say to himself, as he flew over Germany... I should be teaching those kids down there the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not bombing them.)

Lt. Lyman with B-24

(After the war ended Dad went to college and Medical school and became a physician and surgeon.  He also was a family doctor in his small hometown.  He delivered over 3000 babies over the course of a 40+ year career as a small town doctor.  He also saved many lives.  (including mine several times)

B-24J Liberator

F-16 Fighter-Bomber

(I think this is one of the prettiest jets ever built!)

F-111 Aardvark Fighter-Bomber

F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter

 F-35 Lightning Fighert-Bomber Jet Aircraft

Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer

Destroyer from World War II

NOTE:  These drawings can be found, in printable form, under either the "Holidays" button in the "Independence Day" section ..... or under the "Vehicles" button. Have fun coloring!  By the way, there are many other military drawings in there too. 

 

Baby Animals coloring pages

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Today we have 3 new drawings of baby animals for you to print and color. 

All these drawings were done in ink.

Lamb by a Stream

(A lamb is a baby sheep.)

Filly with a Butterfly

(A filly is a young female horse.)

Cygnet in a Lake

(Cygnets are baby swans.) 

NOTE:  These above new drawings can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the "Animals" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the list of printable drawings. New drawings are at the bottom of the list.  Below are some older drawings with baby animals.  They will be found, in printable form, further up the Animals list. 

Kitten on the Lawn

Puppy and Squirrel by Small Tree

Bichon Puppy with Mouse Friend

Mother Shetland Pony with Foal

Paint Pony and Filly

Ugly Duckling being yelled at by Foster Mom

(The Ugly Duckling was actually a cygnet or baby swan.)