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Be Hold the Lamb of God

Medium: Acrylic on canvas size:11”x12” Date 2019-2020 Artist: Stephen J. Vattimo

This illustration is done for a mural portraying the earthly ministry of Jesus the Christ. This is number 8, out of 9 illustraitions. This illustration portrays Jesus after he dies on the cross. Biblical reference : Mark 15 : 33-39

33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).[b] 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” 36 Someone ran, filled a sponge with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to take him down,” he said. 37 With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. 38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died,[c] he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!” In doing my research : I found out that the crown of thorns might have been a cap, than a wreath. I t is my opinion that Mel Gibson’s portrayal of the brutality the Roman soldier inflicted on the body of Jesus, through the beatings and the 39 lashes with the cat of nine tails. This event was never visually captured in arts, until he made his movie The Passion of the Christ. Many don’t know what a cat of nine tales is, Roman style. A cat of nine tails are nine leather strap that are woven together at the handle. Each strap is laced with bone and other sharp objects. With each lash, flesh would be ripped from the victim’s body. Most of the illustration I have seen of the crucifixion of Jesus where quite sterile. They fail to illustrate the brutality. Their image of Jesus looks more like an under wear modal doing a photo shoot fore GQ magazine, Then the savor having the wrath of God being pored on his body for the payment of our sins.

In this painting, I am place my viewer in the soldiers shoes, who just witnessed Jesus committing His spirit into God’s hands. Just as the soldier pondered the event he participated in , and looking into the face of Jesus, he proclaims, this man was truly the Son of God.

Written by Stephen J. Vattimo 7/20/2020

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Title: Windows to the Soul Medium: Ink on sketch Book Paper Size: 10” X 14” Year: 01/09/2020 This Illustration is a pulmonary design/study for a future painting. Theme was born from a poem I wrote a couple years ago, by the same title. The main massage is that Christians are to be windows that Jesus Christs can shine His light of, Love, truth, mercy, salvation, hope, new life, in to a darkened world by the power of sin. The power of sin is what subjects all creation under destruction, suffer, death, decay. The Devil, and countless fallen angel use these tools to destroy the human race. Christians Have victory, through faith in Christ, from being a salves to sin, they have obtain adoption into God’s family, and removed from the coming damnation that is for the rebellious angels and the humans. Christian still are still temped to commit sin, and still make bad choices. Christian’s sin, hinder their effectiveness to be a witnesses for God’s kingdom, their short comings are like black drapes, that hang in a widow, that hinder the sunlight from brightening and warming a dark cold room.

The massage communicated by symbolism

The stair well leading down with the railing around it: The railing: The 3 petal flower is a Celtic symbol for the trinity of God. The railing around the stair well: Represents, God’s desire that none should perish but to repent. It also represents that people go to hell by their own choice, through their deliberate rebellious living against God. No ne accidentally end up on the wrong side of the railroad tracks.

The Stairs going down: Represents sinful humanity that is separated from a holy God. Without a spiritual intervention, we all have one destination that is the lake of fire, which is the finale judgement for sin.

The open glass pane door: Represents God wants humanity to except his invitation to commune with Him, receive the new life He offers to provide for them. The stair case without railings: Represents the path to The Heaven, which must me travailed by faith.

The partly open drapes hanging in the Picture widow. Represent sin that try to prevent the light of truth to penetrate the darkness of deception. The railing with the fishes and crosses: This represent the Heavenly destination of Christian. It also stand for Christian being God’s Life guard. While living in the world, their mission is to take the salvation message into all the world. The second Floor open door, the entrance filled with light: This represents the entrance to Heaven.

The globe sculpture represents a world needing to be repossessed, from the power of the curse of sin. By the hand of God, it will made new, absent of rebellious angel and humans. Absent from destruction, suffering, death, decay.

Stephen J. Vattimo 1/10/2020

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Study The Genuine So You Can Spot The Counterfeit

Friends, I am writing this short commentary on Revelations Chapter 20, due to witnessing a pastor telling his congregation , " that no where in the Bible,does it say Christians will rein.with Christ on the earth for a thousand years. He told his congregation that Jesus’s rein is a spiritual one ,not a physical one. His kingdom is reining in christians through the Holy Spirit. So while i was listing to his teaching,I open my Bible to Revelations chapter 20 and read it to my self. According to this chapter in the Bible there is going to be a thousand years where the Devil and His Demons will be chain up and place in a pit, and they will not be able to deceive man kind . At this time Christ will rule the Earth as supreme leader,and christian will be His ruling body. After Christ’s thousand year rein, the Devil and his fallen angel will be loosened , and they will deceive all human race that does not belong to Christ. These armies then will surround the City of God to conquer it. But fire will come down from Heaven and consume them. You have to remember that even thou the Devil will not be able to influence the human race for a thousand years , this does not mean that all of the human race will be Christians. It means that The World will be under submission to Jesus’ One World government. After The final conflict between God and Satan takes place,there will be second resurrection, which be made of all the the unbelieving people through the history of man,who will be judged by two books. one the book of life ,which they will be shown that their name is not written in it ,because only those who are Christians have their name in this book. Then the book which has all their deeds recorded in it will be shown to them. Ever one of them who have rejected salvation through Christ will take their part in the eternal lake of fire with the devil and his demons wich they will suffer eternal torment. Revaluation Chapter 21 goes on to tell us that God will do away will the old creation Create a new world which will not be touched by the cruse of sin. The heavenly kingdom will no longer be separated from the Earthly one,because their will be no sin to separated the two.

Here is Revelation Chapter 20

Revelation 20American Standard Version (ASV)

20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain [a]in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as [b]worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years. 5 The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no ©power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him [d]a thousand years.

7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 and shall come forth to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down [e]out of heaven, and devoured them. 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night [f]for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, even the lake of fire. 15 And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

Here is my argument for those who think the thousand year rein of Christ began after the crucifixion of Christ.

Since the death ,burial and resurrection of Christ, there has been no time in history that their hasn’t been persecution against Christians and Jews.

Their has been no time in history that war fare between nation has stopped. no world peace.

Their has never been a one world government.or economic system

Evil has never stopped.

Jerusalem has never been the capital of a one world government.

Jesus the Messiah has never set up a Earthly Government which all of mankind has submitted under it’s authority.

Conclusion is, there is no evidence in the history of man that supports the believe that the thousand year time frame where the devil and his demons have been bound,and their influence has been remove from mankind for a thousand years. Their is no evidence of the world ever living in a time of peace, let alone a thousand year period of time of peace.

These thing that have not happened yet,will happen when Christ set up his Earthly goverment rule,over the Earth.

Friends if there there is a whole chapter of the bible that teaches about the thousand year rein of Jesus with his followers over the physical earth,do not listen to some commentator, pastor,teacher who tell you there no where in the bible that teaches there is going to be a thousand year rein of Jesus on the earth. Read the word of God to know the truth, so you won’t be deceived by some one who is mishandling the word of God.

Written By Stephen J. Vattimo Sept 4 2017

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$1000.00 worth of Un-Returnable Pet Toys

Anyone remember a few short years ago, when banks, use to provide their customers with niceties, to attract their business, or to keep it? For an example when I first opened an account with Citizens Bank, they had a spread on a table of Coffee, hot chocolate, tea, cookies, and donuts. Today the only free nicety Citizens bank offers its costumers, Is milk bone banquets for the customer’s dog. So now I have solved the mystery, of how my dog abstained a $1000 .00 worth of dogie toys! I thought I bought them for the dog while I was stone drunk. It turns out the reason why the bank gives my pet dogie treats when we go through drive through, it turns out my dog open up his own bank account behind my back. Since he is a millionaire, and I have a colony of moths living in my account, the bank offers the dog niceties, so he doesn’t take his business to another bank. So I decided my dog should support me. So I went into work and quit my job, when got back home, my dog ran away from home, and I never heard or seen him again. He did leave behind his $1000.00 worth of toys, so I tried taking them to Pet Smart, to return them, for estrange for money, but they wouldn’t take them back because the dog slobbered on them.

Written by Stephen J. Vattimo 3/9/2020

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My Crazy Theory That Elvis Many not have Die in 1977

We have all heard of urban legions of how our favorite celebrity faked their own death and is alive in well in some secluded place, living now undercover. Most people want to believe their supper hero has a super power that makes them immune to death. The celebrity I am going to talk about, I was not a fan of. I was more of a Classic/Progressive Rock group listener. I did read a couple of books about Elvis written by people who were closer to him, and I read two books about his drug use problem. From the knowledge I obtained from these books, I thought for many years, the man was killed by the following: Prescription drugs, all night party binges, unhealthy indulgences, financial drain by a manager who got payed half of Elvis’s earnings. Which his manager gamble away most of his share. Closed off from the real world, and its realities. Now a life style like this, without changing tracks would surely end at the polar of the grim reaper. So being a sober mined person, I for a long time thought that in 1977 the King of Rock and Roll die, until I watched a movie entitled, Elvis meets Nixon. This movie in a reenactment of when Elvis on a whim, ran away from Grace land, without anyone knowing he had gone, or where he was headed. When Elvis get a room at a Washington D.C. hotel, trying to somehow arrange a meeting with President Nixon to get him to make him a drug enforcement agent. He takes a fight out to Los Angeles to meet his friend, Jerry Schilling. During the car ride Elvis tell his friend, he is tired of the, life of being Elvis Presley, and all its badges. While staying in Los Angeles, Jerry suggest Elvis take a stroll down town because the weather was nice. Elvis shoots down the idea, saying, you know I can’t go in public without being mobbed. He friend tell him, he won’t get mobbed, people are different out here. So when Elvis goes out on the town in Los Angeles, He discovers a cold harsh reality. The young people in 1970’s did not listen to his music, to them he was a has been. When he went into a record store and ask where he could find his records, the store clack showed him to the discount rack. So here is my theory. Once Elvis was faced with the hard cold reality that he was no longer the bigger than life super star, he once was. Also the fact He was tire of doing two show a day, to continue to support his life style, as well as being the financial provider for the Memphis Mafia members, and his vampire manager. Who would force Elvis to perform his show even when he was deathly ill. Because his manager was gambling away all his money, and most likely borrowing more money to gamble with from real mafia that own the casinos. So I believe Elvis, planned to fake his death, to get out of the death trap his life had become. I believe he knew it was only a matter of time his show in Vegas would burn out, and he would end up financially distorted. I believe he felt people were treating him as a meal ticket and not as a person who had needs. I believe Elvis and a few close trusted friends, came up with the idea of taking everything that was the Elvis Presley King of Rock and Roll image and making it into a museum, So Elvis could have the financial mean to live a quiet live under a new Identity. People say it can’t be done, the IRS would catch up with him for taxes. Not if money is received by a trusted first party, who would take care of the taxes. They in return would give money to Elvis for his financial needs. Therefor if Elvis had someone taking care of his financial matters, he could live without being part of the banking system, there for living off the grid. If I you are intrigued, watch the movie when Elvis meets Nixon. Tell if you think my theory might be possible.

Written by Stephen J. Vattimo 2/7/2020