Angel

 

Michael, a really scary angel. He wouldn't like it if you bowed down to him, but perhaps you should avert your eyes, just in case!

Hell, What A Looker!

 

Disney's Hades has more resemblance to the concept of death in Scripture than the nebulous "lack of life" concept that we usually think of. In Scripture, Hades is a place to go to, but Death and Hades are also powerful beings whom God has granted rule over all humanity. Hades isn't in charge of humanity until after the cessation of life, but the persona Death is in charge of all humanity at all times, from the time any person sins.

This is the promise of God to Adam (that is, humanity) that when we sin, we will surely die, that is, be placed under the control of Death. This doesn't mean that we die immediately at sin, but that our lives become a living hell, and life is cheap and can be taken at any time.

Not a pretty picture. But Jesus says that the control of both Death and Hades is in Jesus hands, now. Since Jesus is merciful, then eternal life is offered to those who put themselves under Jesus' rule.

Lego Jesus

 

Looking at Jesus II

 

Looking At Jesus

 

John's Vision of Jesus

 

Note the lampstands! Count 'em!

Ram's Horn Trumpet

 

Maybe More Like This...

 

...but cooler. And, you know, more interesting. Seven lamps, seven churches, seven seals, seven bowls, seven angels...

Patmos Island

 

Suffering Church

 

To find out more about the persecuted church today, please go to the Voice of the Marytrs website:

www.persecution.com

Jesus Coming in the Clouds

 

I like the fact that Jesus doesn't have a beard here. The earliest illustrations of Jesus has him with short hair, without a beard. Of course, those illustrations are in the third century AD, a long time after Jesus. We don't have any description from witnesses of how he actually looked.

Firstborn of the Dead- Illustrated

 

A little grizzly, but it gets the point across.

Seven Spirits As Stars

 

This, in my mind, might be a more accurate representation of John's concept of the seven spirits. Spirit beings are often called "stars" in the ancient texts, and in Matthew 2, the exceedingly mobile "star" of the magi is almost certainly a spirit leading them.

So to have the all-seeing spirits as represented by comets surrounding the earth is quite appropriate.

To see this picture in it's original context and another explanation of the seven spirits, check out:
http://www.revelation-today.com/Spirits7.htm

The Seven Spirits?

 

This picture represents the seven spirits as seven church leaders. This is, I would say, a non-spiritual, hierarchical viewpoint of this phrase. But it's a cool picture, isn't it? Can't agree with everything.

The Process of Revelation

 

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/6893/10403834981John_receives_the_book_revelation.jpg/John_receives_the_book_revelation.jpg

God to angel to John to churches—This is the same pattern the law was given, with John taking Moses’ place and the churches taking the place of Israel.