Chapter 9. Your Source of Beauty

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What we will explore: Who has the source of beauty and how does it relate to me?

What's new: What is beauty in the broadest sense?

What we will learn: How does inner beauty affect outer beauty?

1. He made everything beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11) [1].

2. In a broad sense, the concept of beauty is the idea that a wide variety of people can be beautiful [individual, ed. author] external manifestations, regardless of whether these external manifestations are unchangeable (for example, weight, height) or changeable (for example, personal [individual, author's ed.] style). Those who adhere to a broad concept of beauty may rely on internal characteristics, such as confidence and individuality, when defining beauty in themselves and others (Tylka T.L., Wood-Barkalov, N.L. 2015) [2].

3. Creator of the beauty palette. All people belong to the human race among the colossal diversity of species and life forms. However, humans are fundamentally different from all the globe's inhabitants - he is created in the image of the Creator (II fr. 4.4). What does this mean for each of us? If He could create the entire world, including space, so indescribably beautiful, it means that only He possesses the entire palette of feelings of beauty. And the culmination of the entire palette of beauty is its full embodiment in man! (I fr. 26. 16–18). This means in you, reading these lines! Therefore, you can be sure that you have a certain potential for beauty inherited from your predecessors (Adam and Eve), including your parents. However, to realize your potential for beauty, you need to understand what beauty is.

 However, to realize your potential for beauty, you need to understand what beauty is

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4. What is beauty? It is noteworthy that the original Hebrew word יפה (yaphah) from the book of Ecclesiastes, text 11, chapter 3, according to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance * carries a deeper meaning than just "beautiful." [3].

• Beautiful, beauty, comely, most beautiful, pretty, pleasant, good.

• From yaphah; beautiful (literally or figuratively) – add: beautiful, beauty, comely, fair (-est, one), add: good, pleasant, good.

The translation from the original Hebrew of the word yaphah (beauty) conveys a broader meaning than is commonly believed in the modern interpretation of the word.

* Strong's Exhaustive Concordance is a complete, easy-to-use, and understandable Concordance (Symphony) for the study of the original languages ​​of the Bible. Combining the text of the King James Version (KJV) and the New American Standard (NAS) Comprehensive Concordance with the capabilities of Greek and Hebrew dictionaries provides a clear understanding of the meaning of the original languages ​​of the Bible. https://www.compellingtruth.org/Strongs-Exhaustive-Concordance.html

5. The broader meaning of beauty. The meaning of the original Hebrew word יפה (yaphah) speaks not only of outer beauty but also of inner beauty, since "beautiful" is an image, not an outward appearance. This is supported by three Bible study sources: Strong's Concordance *, NAS Exhaustive Concordance **, and Brown-Driver-Briggs #. Each source defines the word יפה (yaphah), as both fair and beautiful. Taking into account the context in which this word is used, we can understand that the Creator created man beautiful externally and internally "in his time."

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