Panel 16: THE SECOND COMING
Virtue: CASTITAS ET PATIENTIA; Chastity and Patience
a) Christ as pantocrator in power and glory (Matthew 24:29-44; 25:31-46; Rev. 20:11-15) Circumscription:
Tempus erit luctus dum poscunt horrea fructus Comment: Angels hold two banners announcing preparations for the day of judgment based on Matthew 13: 30 "...and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." |
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b) Angels awaken the dead with trumpet music (Matthew 24:30) Circumscription:
Nos tuba quando ciet tunc quod cinis est caro fiet |
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c) The dead arise (Daniel 12:2; Ezekiel 37:12; John 5:28-29) Circumscription:
Quam manet occulta lanx surgit turba sepulta |