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ArtistStephen J. Vattimo -
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Dimensions46 -
Price$5000
This painting illustrates scriptures that show God’s plan to remove the power of sin over man and creation, through the death of Jesus the Christ,...
This painting illustrates scriptures that show God’s plan to remove the power of sin over man and creation, through the death of Jesus the Christ, His only Son, crucified and raised from the dead. The figures on the left illustrate John 3:14–15, where Jesus tells Nicodemus that, just like the Israelites who were bitten by the serpents who had to look on the bronze serpent with faith, to receive healing from their bites, so must sinners look with faith to Christ’s death on the cross to have the penalty for their sins removed. The figures on the right illustrate Matthew 12:39–40. Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and scribes who refused to believe He is Messiah. When they asked for a sign, Jesus told them the only sign He would show them was the sign of the prophet Jonah. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights and then was spit up on the shore, so would Jesus be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nig
