By Joseph Mattera, The Stream - Beauty as a Reflection of God’s Character - Conservative Jewish and Christian scholars agree that beauty originates from God, who is the ultimate source of all that is good, true, and beautiful. Beauty is not merely aesthetic but a reflection of God’s perfection, order, and glory. Passages such as Psalm 27:4, “One thing I ask from the Lord … that I may gaze on the beauty of the Lord,” show that God’s beauty is moral, spiritual, and transcendent. His holiness, righteousness, and majesty embody beauty in its purest form. ...