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This is among the most famous images of the Revelation, and is the subject of the famous painting The Light of the World by Holman Hunt. It bears similarities to a saying of Jesus in Mark 13:33–37, and Luke 12:35–38. The door in the painting has no handle, and can therefore be opened only from the inside. [11]
Map of western Anatolia showing the island Patmos and the locations of the cities housing the seven churches. The Seven Churches of Revelation, also known as the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse and the Seven Churches of Asia, are seven churches of early Christianity mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation.
Christ the Redeemer is perhaps the most famous statue of Jesus, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christ the King in Portugal. Christ the King is another very famous statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Almada, overlooking the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Christ the King overlooking the Dog River basin in Lebanon
Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
This can be seen around the Thailand-Laos border bridge across the Mekong River. In the vicinity are several Cham villages and ruins, the most important of which is Wat Phu which is also in Champasak. [1] The Chams in southern Laos at the time of their arrival had been absorbed and assimilated by the Khmer people in the Khmer Empire. [3]
The geographical area a mission actually covers is typically much larger than the name may indicate; most areas of the world are within the jurisdiction of a mission of the church. In the list below, if the name of the mission does not include a specific city, the city where the mission headquarters is located is included in parentheses.
Calvary (Golgotha): Calvary is the Latin term for Golgotha the Greek translation of the Aramaic term for the place of the skull—the location of the crucifixion of Jesus. [44] Emmaus: Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–32) and eats supper with them. [45] [46]
The Lao reckon the beginnings of their national history to this time, as many important monuments, temples, artwork, and other aspects of classical Lao culture harken back to this time period. From this point, one can refer to the Tai states of the Chao Phraya River valley as Siam [23] and, albeit quite anachronistically, Lan Xang as Laos.