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The painting is a depiction of the return of Jesus Christ on the Day of Judgment. In Christianity, the Second Coming of Christ is believed to be the final and infinite judgment by God of the people of every nation, resulting in the salvation for some and the damnation for others.
The triptych depicts the Last Judgment during the second coming of Jesus Christ, the central panel showing Jesus sitting in judgment on the world, while St Michael the Archangel is weighing souls and driving the damned towards Hell (the sinner in St. Michael's right-hand scale pan is a donor portrait of Tommaso Portinari); the left hand panel ...
In Renaissance times Last Judgment paintings showed viewers the reckoning of the damned and the saved at the time of Christ's Second Coming. According to art historian Jonathan Nelson, "in echoing this kind of painting the Mystical Nativity is asking us to think not only of Christ's birth but of his return". [9]
Second Coming (LDS Church), beliefs specific to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Second Coming or The Next Master of the Aetherius Society In art, media, and entertainment
Between 1831 and 1844, on the basis of his study of the Bible, and particularly the prophecy of Daniel 8:14 [5] —"Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed"—William Miller, a rural New York farmer and Baptist lay preacher, predicted and preached the return of Jesus Christ to the earth.
One of the reasons for the increasing popularity of his artwork is the publication of his paintings and pencil drawings depicting the life of Jesus Christ in The Second Coming of Christ, the interpretation of the Gospels by Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of Self Realization Fellowship, responsible for bringing the teachings of Kriya Yoga to ...
The upper portion of the panel shows the second coming as recorded in Matthew 25:31: "But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory." [36] Christ, who was naked, frail and almost lifeless in the Crucifixion panel, is now resurrected and triumphant in heaven. [22]
Christianity considers the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to entail the final judgment by God of all people who have ever lived, [1] resulting in the salvation of a few and the damnation of many. Some Christian denominations believe most people will be saved , some believe most people will be damned , and some believe the number of the saved and ...