2 Timothy 4:7-8 (ESV)
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.”
The Voyage of Life: Old Age (1842)
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Isaiah 43:1-2 (ESV)
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you...”
The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842)
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Micah 4 : 1 ( KJV)
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
The Voyage of Life: Youth (1842)
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
The Voyage of Life: Childhood (1842)
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Psalm 122:1 (NIV)
I rejoiced with those who said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Church Fair, 1729
Franz Christoph Janneck (Austrian, 1703-1761)
Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4 (KJV)
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Rustic Dance Outside an Inn, 1729
Franz Christoph Janneck (Austrian, 1703-1761)
Matthew 26:20-21, 23-24 (ESV)
When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
“He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
Last Supper, 1863
Nikolai Ge (Russian, 1831-1894)
Matthew 24:3 (ESV)
As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, 1870
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)
Psalm 107:28-30 (ESV)
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
He made the storm be still,
and the waves of the sea were hushed.
Then they were glad that the waters were quiet,
and he brought them to their desired haven.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, 1596
Jan Brueghel the Elder (Flemish, 1568-1625)
Luke 6:42 (ESV)
“How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.”
The Parable of the Mote and the Beam, c. 1619
Domenico Fetti (Italian, c. 1589-1623)
Luke 22:43-44 (ESV)
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
The Agony in the Garden, 1639
Salomon de Bray (Dutch, 1597-1664)
James 1:12 (NIV)
“Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.”
The Temptation of St. Jerome, c. 1886
Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish-Ukrainian, 1843-1902)
Matthew 16:24-25 (ESV)
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
Apotheosis to Thomas Cole, 1847
Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900)
Matthew 21:9 (NIV)
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
Christ's Entry into Jerusalem
Unknown Artist, Llandudno Museum, Wales, UK
John 12:12-13 (NIV)
The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”
The Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 2017
Sushenok Igor Mikhailovich (Russian)
https://arthive.com/artists/71356~Sushienok64_mailru_Mikhailovich_Sushenok_Igor/works/469397~The_entry_of_Christ_into_Jerusalem?_lang=EN
Psalms 118:26-27 (NIV)
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord we bless you.
The Lord is God,
and he has made his light shine on us.
With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession
up to the horns of the altar.
Palm Sunday, 1852
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Austrian, 1793-1865)
Matthew 3:1-3 (ESV)
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”
Saint John in the Wilderness, 1827
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
Revelation 21:4 (NASB1995)
... and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.
Anguish, 1878
August Friedrich Schenck (German, 1828-1901)
Genesis 3:23-24 (ESV)
Therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.
Expulsion. Moon and Firelight, 1828
Thomas Cole (English-American, 1801-1848)
John 19:26 (ESV)
“Woman, behold, your son!”
Golgotha, 1880
Árpád Feszty (Hungarian, 1856-1914)
John 5 : 6 (ESV)
“Do you want to be healed?”
Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda
Carl Bloch (Danish, 1834-1890)
Genesis 9:16 (NIV)
Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.
Florida - Noah's Ark After The Flood -- The Procession of Animals, 1591
Illustration from a book about the history of Florida, North America - apparently the Ark made landfall in Florida.
Johann Theodor de Bry (Engraving, Belgian, 1561-1623) and Jaques le Moyne (Drawing, Belgian, c.1533-1588)
Genesis 7:24 (ESV)
And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.
Antique hand-colored print of 'The Deluge', c. 1840
Henry Jean Becquet (French, 1812-1855)
Genesis 7:1- 5 (ESV)
Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation. Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate, and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate, and seven pairs of the birds of the heavens also, male and female, to keep their offspring alive on the face of all the earth. For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.
Noah's Ark, c. 1556
Aurelio Luini (Italian, 1530-1593)
Genesis 37:34-35 (ESV)
Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.”
Jacob Shown Joseph’s Bloody Coat
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (Dutch, 1621-1674)