A Bíblia: uma Biblioteca de Livros para Todos - de Todas as Idades, Culturas e Gerações

Por que celebramos o Natal, o Dia de Reis, a Páscoa, a Ascensão, o Pentecostes? Por que razão a coroa de advento, prendas, estrelas, anjos, pastores são centrais no Natal? Por que comemos cabrito ou borrego na Páscoa? De onde nos vêm expressões como " daqui lavo as minhas mãos " ou " bode expiatório" ou "coisas do arco da velha"? Que está por detrás de tantas pinturas clássicas, de obras centrais da literatura mundial, de filmes como os Dez Mandamentos, o Príncipe do Egipto, The Climb? Que se entende por Verdade, Amor, Justiça, Gratidão, Compaixão, Arrependimento, Perdão...? Quem foi Eva, Adão, Abel, Caim, Sansão, David, Samuel, Rute, Débora, Daniel, Isaías ou Jeremias ?

Saturday, March 17, 2012

THE PASSOVER/EASTER LAMB - O CORDEIRO DA PÁSCOA



A PÁSCOA TEM COMO TEMA CENTRAL O SACRIFÍCIO DO CORDEIRO PERFEITO QUE É     RESGATE POR QUEM ESTAVA CONDENADO.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

EASTER BALLOONS TREES - ÁRVORES DE BALÕES DA PÁSCOA

Handicraft made by students. The ballons are associated with the Ressurection and the Ascension of Christ. Also they look like the sweetened almonds, white, blue, yellow, when put together. They  resemble Easter eggs.
Trees such as the ones displayed here result of the coooperation of groups of students.







CHRIST: The CROSS and the GLORY - CRISTO:A CRUZ e a GLÓRIA





2 DIFFERENT FACES OF CHRIST - THE LAMB AND THE LION - DUAS FACES DIFERENTES DE CRISTO - O CORDEIRO E O LEÃO

This is a finger painting by Artist/Photographer: Janet Hyun
 
It illustrates that THE MESSIAH, THE CHRIST first came as A LAMB, a weak human into this world.
But at His second coming, JESUS CHRIST will be returning as THE magnificent KING, THE  LION OF JUDAH.
He came first as OBEDIENT SERVANT to SUFFER THE TRIAL DESERVED BY THE DISOBEDIENT MANKIND.
He will come next as THE GLORIOUS RULER He will never cease to be.

PÁSCOA- PASSOVER - EASTER

Christians around the world will be celebrating the Good News of redemption of mankind made possible by the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But WHO IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER of both Easter and Passover?
A PERFECT, INNOCENT LAMB WHO IS SACRIFICED SO THAT THE MOST NEEDED DELIVERANCE MAY REACH THOSE CONDEMNED. HIS BLOOD MUST BE SHED TO SAVE THOSE THAT WILL PROTECT THEMSELVES "UNDER" IT.
Here are some drawings concerning the topic:


CHRIST and the LAMB SACRIFICED in the Old Testament are but one.





Death passed over Egypt - the firstborns of people and animals were going to be destroyed, except for those that were PROTECTED by the BLOOD of the PERFECT, INNOCENT LAMB
CHRIST, THE PERFECT INNOCENT LAMB PROVIDED BY GOD, so that all  protected with His Blood, unfairly shed, may be delivered from condemnation