Today is October 5th 2012, August 20th in the Chinese lunar calendar, an ordinary day. Look up and observe the sky where it is clear with light wind and clouds. Look down and examine the earth where an autumnal vast expanse runs its due course. Sit quietly in front of the window and close the […]
Noah and his Family sacrificing. c1801 (unfinished). c1800. Oil on canvas. 72 x 138 ins (182.9 x 350.5 cms). The San Antonio Museum of Art.
The Deluge. 1791. Location of completed painting currently unknown. Sketch: 1790. Oil on canvas. Frame: 25 3/8 x 35 1/16 ins (64.4 x 89 cms); image: 19 1/8 x 28 3/4 ins (48.5 x 73 cms). The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Phillip Medhurst presents 020/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 The Dove returns to Noah Genesis 8:11 Jewish Museum New York
Phillip Medhurst presents 019/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 The Deluge Genesis 7:23 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
Phillip Medhurst presents 019/788 James Tissot Bible c 1899 The Deluge Genesis 7:23 Jewish Museum New York. By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
By (James) Jacques-Joseph Tissot, French, 1836-1902. Gouache on board.
In the Apocalypse the 42 months of God’s judgement on the natural order of creation is spoken of as 1260 days and 3½ years: 6 times 7 months. After the half-hour complete “rest” of God His Sabbath continues with Jesus: the human son of God, the second Adam, ruling on behalf of his Father for 1000 years. Thus the 49 months of post-lapsarian creation is completed: the Great White Throne Judgment concludes a period of 7000 years from the death of Adam and the Flood, itself 7000 years after the creation of the Light of Gnosis. Creation is re-run and the world is renewed. A word of caution, however, is needed: the numbers are symbolic, as is the number 144,000 of the spiritual Israel.
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