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Leonardo and Gabriel

By: Tim Tigner
Narrated by: Paul Michael
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Leonardo Da Vinci has a problem.
A serious problem.
The soul-wrenching kind.
The career-killing kind.
He needs to finish a piece for the Pope - but doesn’t know how.

Alas, figuring it out is no trivial task. In fact, nobody ever has.

Of all the great and grand quests that humans have undertaken, none has been more attempted or elusive than gaining a comprehensive grasp of God. When seeking to know him with the head rather than the heart, to rely on reason rather than faith, the obstacles appear insurmountable.

If he is all powerful, and we are his children, why do so many suffer so horribly? Why would he punish people who don’t believe in him? Why haven’t we seen or heard from him for thousands of years?

Join Leonardo and the Archangel Gabriel as they survey and surmount these stumbling blocks. Listen in as Gabriel reveals why obvious answers remain obscured. Follow along as he leads Leonardo all the way to an intuitive understanding of the Almighty.

Set during Da Vinci’s struggle to give God a face in his masterpiece, The Last Supper, Leonardo and Gabriel is no less entertaining than it is educational. Although the framework is historically accurate, the conclusions of this original work are as unpredictable as they are compelling. Engage with an open mind - as Gabriel councils Leonardo to do - and it may even change your life.

©2019 Tim Tigner (P)2019 Tim Tigner
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I love Tim Tigner's books for there action and even though this book did leave me thinking it wasn't what I was expecting. I wanted to listen to a story that just filled in a few hours and this was perfect and just the right length for the subject. I think of it had been any long I might have lost interest because it was deep on philosophy and very thought provoking. I was kind of expecting a Dan Brown type of story, it even used the same narrator as a few of his books but it is nothing like those, it was still interesting and I will still give the other book described at the end ago.
Lenardo Da Vinci is working on his greatest master piece The last Supper and he is working to a dead line he can not miss the problem is how to paint two very important faces Judas and Jesus Christ. He must rely on Archangel Gabriel in his dreams to explain who God is so he can finish the painting in time.
I like the narrator as he is easy to listen to.

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The book's concept caught my interest but it's just a clunky vehicle for deconstructing God by replacing what the Bible says with some weak rationalisations that ultimately have nothing to offer except 'be happy'. Whereas the Biblical Gabriel brought revelation that prompted Mary to see God magnified, this pseudo-Gabriel succeeds only in diminishing God increasingly the more the book progresses. It's a classic (and literal) example of 2 Corinthians 11:14, "Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light".

Disappointing and sad

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