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Download our app, which mimics a physical visit to a museum of biblical art, and enjoy about 1,000 Famous Christianity artworks, sized for mobile devices. We have programmed classical music and a slideshow within the app, to make the viewing more memorable.
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We have taken the liberty of expounding on some of the paintings :
1. Carl Bloch - The Transfiguration Mark 9:2-13
Download our app, which mimics a physical visit to a museum of biblical art, and enjoy about 1,000 Famous Christianity artworks, sized for mobile devices. We have programmed classical music and a slideshow within the app, to make the viewing more memorable.
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We have taken the liberty of expounding on some of the paintings :
1. Carl Bloch - The Transfiguration Mark 9:2-13
The transfiguration marks the end of an era and the beginning of another, namely the end of the Law (represented by Moses, who appears in the vision) and the Prophets represented by the greatest prophet Elijah (who never died but was assumed into heaven and also was part of the transfigured vision). Both the prophets and the law are to be replaced by the central figure in the revelation, our Savior, who came to both reaffirm and clarify the law.
In questions regarding the Baptist, Christ stated quite clearly that the Baptist was an incarnation of Elijah.
This depicts a scene before Jesus' arrest, trial, and subsequent crucifixion. He spent a few hours in this garden praying over what was to come. In the garden were his favourite apostles (Peter, James, and John), all unfortunately fast asleep.
The passion of Christ started in the garden, for it was from here that Judas brought the temple guards to arrest Jesus upon the instructions of the High priest Caiaphas.
3. Carl Bloch- The crucifixion, Matt 27:32-56
This defines the moment upon which the Church is founded followed by the resurrection of Christ. Based on Church teachings, the crucifixion was a necessary event for the redemption of mankind. In Jewish temple custom, animal sacrifice was necessary as atonement for sin. After the crucifixion, this was no longer necessary as His death was sufficient expiation for all men's sins and for all time.
4. Bernhard Plockhorst- The parable of the Good Shepherd, John 10:1-21
I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— · just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
The spiritual analogy is in regards to Israel, and the shepherds of Israel at the time were the Pharisees. They would lead the people astray by not emphasizing the spirit of the law, but rather the letter. The leaders were more concerned about themselves and the accumulation of wealth, rather than shepherding the people.
At the level of the individual, it's true, is it not, that men are generally sheep, going this way and that, following the latest fads or seeking what is terrestrial. The Lord has truly saved me from myself and my self-destructive behaviour. He has made me realize what's important and thus ignore what's not. His teachings as encapsulated in the gospels are truly the teachings of the good shepherd.
5. Henry Ossawa Tanner - Studying the scriptures with his mother, Luke 1:26-38
The painter imagines a very likely situation, with the young saviour in religious training. We don't really have much to go on, regarding our saviour as a youth. There are some writings that were rejected by the church, largely due to the lack of authenticity, namely oral or written traditions. We can only guess how he must have looked and behaved as shown above.
6. Bloch -The temptation of Christ, Matthew 4:1-11
After His baptism and before starting His ministry, our Lord stayed in the wilderness for 40 days and nights and was tested at the tail end of his stay. The church takes this as a model for Lent and Advent, preparing ourselves for his death and resurrection in the former and his birth in the latter.
In terms of the spiritual lesson, the temptations start with food, then power then worship. Food represents a product of the world, but Christ states that there is more to life than what is physical; it is better to live on God's word first. On power, indeed the devil is the prince of this world, however, even the devil and the entirety of the earth and the universe are created; He who gives power can only be he who created all things- THE FIRST MOVER.
As for worship, the first of the ten commandments makes it very clear who we are to worship. Can we really worship a created thing, no matter how powerful?
Men are continuously being tested by the world, the flesh, and the devil. The world, as formulated by men, seeks to be in direct competition with God's design. What, with the incessant wars, corruption scandals, greed, and so on. The flesh refers to our own concupiscence; our love of what is sinful over what is holy. Finally, the devil is the silent whisperer encouraging our immorality and general behaviour contrary to Godly behaviour.
7. Schadow - Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, Matthew 25:1-13
This is based on a parable that Jesus gave on the importance of planning and being prepared, for his return, which while always expected, is not known to the faithful with certainty. We should live our lives as He instructed, and thus be prepared to receive him at any time.
While the parable can apply at any time, for not one of us knows when the end will come, it applies more to the new testament and the eschaton, which began after the death and ascension of our Lord and the subsequent unleashing of the spirit. It has been approximately 20 centuries since the Lord walked the earth, and while signs of the end have continued to be seen (wars, rumours of wars, pestilence, disease, natural calamities, and so on), the end has not yet come. The Lord tells us to live always ready for the end. This is not easy and can only remain present by inculcating it into your way of life.
8. Bourdon- Moses and the Burning Bush, Exodus 3:1-6
This is the first time Moses encounters YAHWEH and is told to take the mantle of leadership to rescue the Jews from slavery in Egypt. By this time he had already fled Egypt and was living with his father-in-law Jethro in the wilderness of Sinai. He would eventually bring the Israelites back to Mount Sinai to receive the commandments.
Moses displayed Eastern humility by his hesitation to lead, insisting that he was not eloquent enough. This led to the Lord agreeing to have Aaron his brother work with him, in challenging Pharaoh to let his people go.
9. Hicks- Noahs Ark Genesis 7:1-10
Noah was commanded by God to build an ark and take in all animals two by two. The earth
was destroyed in a flood fed by rain and underground water that run for 40 days and nights; the ark remained afloat for much longer until dry land was eventually found.
The flood event was not restricted to Israel. There are similar stories and traditions of the same from around the world. It is certain that this was a global cataclysmic event. For Christians, Jewish tradition and the Bible narrow down why it happened.
Alas, however, despite the tragic circumstances surrounding the flood, do we not find ourselves morally much the same a few hundred years afterwards? Indeed, there seems no limit to the amount evil men both conjure up and do to each other and all against the Lord's commandments.
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