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SCRIPTURE REFERENCES KJV
Panel One:Three Historic Announcements. (The virtue
presiding over the panel is Virtue in the generic sense of "heeding
the Word")
a) Announcing the Birth of Isaac (Genesis 18:1-16)
And the Lord appeared unto him (Abraham) in the plains of Mam-re: and
he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; And he lift up his eyes
and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he
ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground.
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away,
I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,
and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch
a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass
on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as
thou hast said. And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,
Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes
upon the hearth. And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender
and good, and gave it unto a young man, and he hastened to dress it. And
he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it
before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold,
in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according
to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah
heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah
were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after
the manner of women. Therefore, Sarah laughed within herself, saying,
After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And
the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I
of surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the Lord?
At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of
life, and Sarah shall have a son. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed
not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. And the
men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with
them to bring them on the way.
b) Announcing the Birth of Christ (Luke 1:26-38)
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the
angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured,
the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw
him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner
of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not Mary:
for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive
in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He
shall be great, and shall be called the son of the Highest: and the Lord
God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign
over the house of Jacob for ever: and of his kingdom there shall be no
end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not
a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall
come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son
of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son
in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid
of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed
from her.
c) Announcing the Birth of Samson (Judges 13:2-5)
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose
name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bear not. And the angel
of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou
art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear
a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite
unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the
hand of the Philistines.
Virtue: VIRTUS: Heeding the Word
Panel 2 : Three Historic Births
a) Isaacs' Birth (Genesis 21:1-3; Hebrews 11:11)
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as
he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old
age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called
the name of his son that was born onto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and
was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him
faithful who had promised.
b) Christ's Birth (Luke 2:1-7)
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was
first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria. And all went to be taxed,
every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out
of the city of Nazareth , into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and the lineage of David).
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so
it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she
should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was
no room at the inn.
c) Samson's Birth (Judges 13:24)
And the woman (Manoah's wife)bare a son, and called his name Samson:
and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
Virtue: GAUDIUM: Joy and Gladness
Panel 3: Heeding the Covenant
a) Circumcision of Isaac (Genesis 21:4)
And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac eight days old, as God had commanded
him.
b) Circumcision of Christ (Luke 2:21; see also Genesis 17:10-11, and
Leviticus 12:3)
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child,
his name was called Jesus, .which was so named of the angel before he
was conceived in the womb
c) Circumcision of Samson (not expressly mentioned but inferable from
Judges 14:3)
Virtue: OBEDIENTIA: Obedience, Compliance with law.
Panel 4: Gifts of Reconciliation
a) Abram and Melchizedek (Genesis 14:18-20)
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
the priest of the most high God. And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed
be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand.
And he gave him tithes of all.
b) The Three Magi (Matthew 2:9-11)
When they had heard the king (Herod), they departed; and, lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood still
where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with
exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw
the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him:
and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
c) The Queen of Sheba's Visit to Solomon (1 Kings 10:6-10)
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own
land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. Howbeit I believed not the words,
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not
told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. Happy
are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before
thee, and that hear thy wisdom. Blessed be the Lord, thy God, which delighted
in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel
for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. And
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices
very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance
of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Virtues: TIMOR et MISERICORDIA: Awe and Compassion.(Fear and Love)
Panel 5: Three Transitions of Historic Import
a) Red Sea Crossing (Exodus 14:15-31)
And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto
the children of Israel, that they go forward: But lift thou up thy rod,
and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children
of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. And I,
behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow
them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon
his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and
went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face,
and stood behind them: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and
the camp of Israel: and it was a cloud and darkness to them. but it gave
light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the
night. And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused
the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the
sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel
went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were
a wall unto them and their right hand, and on their left.
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the
sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it
came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host
of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled
the host of the Egyptians.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that
the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and
upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the
Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the
midst of the sea. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and
the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after
them; there remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel
walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall
unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Thus the Lord saved
Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead upon the sea shore. And Israel saw that great work which the Lord
did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the Lord, and believed the
Lord, and his servant Moses.
b) Christ's baptism in the Jordan (Matthew 3:13-17)
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of
him. But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee,
and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to
be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he
suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightaway out
of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened up to him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a
voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
c) Solomon's basin on twelve oxen (1 Kings 7:23-29; 2 Chronicles 4: 1-5)
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it
was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about. And under the brim of it round about
there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round
about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. It stood upon
twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward
the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward
the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts
were inward. And it was a hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two
thousand baths. And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length
of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the
height of it. And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders,
and the borders were between the ledges: And on the borders that were
between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges
there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions
made of thin work.
(Chronicles 4:1-5) Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the
length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits
the height thereof. Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim
to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line
of thirty cubits did compass it round about. And under it was the similitude
of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing
the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. It
stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking
toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking
toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder
parts were inward. And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the
brim of it like the work of a brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and
it received and held three thousand baths.
Virtue: PAX: Peace
Panel 6: Momentous Transformations
a) Moses returns to Egypt (Exodus 4:19-23)
And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all
the men are dead which sought thy life. And Moses took his wife and his
sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt:
and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. And the Lord said unto Moses,
When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders
before Pharao, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart,
that he shall not let the people go. And thou shalt say unto Pharao, Thus
saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: And I say unto thee,
Let my people go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
b) Christ enters Jerusalem (John 12:12-15)
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm trees, and went
forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that
cometh in the name of the Lord. And Jesus, when he had found a young ass,
sat thereon; as it is written, Fear not daughter of Sion: behold, thy
King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
c) The Passover is Instituted (Exodus 12:5-14)
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall
take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up
until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of
the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall
take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper
door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat
the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with
bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with
water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance
thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and
that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's
passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will
smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and
against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
And the blood shall be to you a token upon the houses where ye are: and
when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be
upon you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you
for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your
generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Virtue: TEMPERANTIA: moderation and mildness.
Panel 7 : Not by Bread Alone
a) Abram as guest of Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17-20)
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the
valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem
brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor
of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered
thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
b) Christ offers bread and wine to his disciples at the last supper (Matthew
26:20-29)
Now, when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. And as they
did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray
me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to
say unto him, Lord, is it I? And he answered and said, He that dippeth
his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. The Son of man
goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of
man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He
said unto him, Thou hast said. And as they were eating, Jesus took bread,
and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said,
Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and
gave it to them, saying Drink ye all of it: For this is my blood of the
new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I
say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until
that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
c) Manna in the Desert (Exodus 16: 32-35)
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an
omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from
the land of Egypt. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer
full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your
generations. As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the
Testimony, to be kept. And the children of Israel did eat manna forty
years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until
they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Virtue: CARITAS et PIETAS: Charity and Holiness.
Panel 8 : Treason in History. This panel was added in 1331 after
a fire had destroyed the original. It is no longer typological but analogical.
a) Cain kills Abel (Genesis 4:8)
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they
were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew
him.
b) Judas kisses Christ (Matthew 26:47-50)
And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and
elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. And forthwith
he came to Jesus, and said, Hail master: and kissed him.
c) Joab stabs Abner (2 Samuel 3:27)
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate
to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that
he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
Virtue: LARGITAS: Liberality, generosity, abundance, munificence
Panel 9 : Centerpanel: The Crucifixion as Figure and Fact
a) Abraham Offers Isaac as Sacrifice (Genesis 22:1-14)
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and
said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take
now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into
the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one
of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early
in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with
him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and
rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the
third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And
Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and
the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. And Abraham
took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and
he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them
together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father:
and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:
but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son,
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both
of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of;
and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched
forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the
Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he
said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither
do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing
thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted
up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket
by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for
a burnt offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name
of that place Jehovah Jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of
the Lord it shall be seen.
b) Christ dies on the Cross (Matthew 27:15-50; Mark 15:22-37; Luke 23:33-46;
John 19:17-30)
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner,
whom they would. And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom
will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
When he was set down on the judgement seat, his wife sent unto him, saying,
Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things
this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests and elders persuaded
the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor
answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release
unto you? They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do
then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him
be crucified. And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But
they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult
was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying,
I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered
all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he
delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor took
Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and
mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And they spit upon him, and
took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked
him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him,
and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out, they found a man
of Cyrene, Simon his name: him they compelled to bear his cross. And when
they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of
a skull,
They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted
thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments,
casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,
They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast
lots. And sitting down they watched him there; And set up over his head
his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then there
were two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another
on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three
days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders,
said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel,
let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted
in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am
the son of God. The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast
the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over
all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eli Eli, Lama sabachtani? that is to say, My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there,
when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightaway
one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put
it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see
whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with
a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (Matthew 27:15-50)
And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted,
The place of a skull. And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh:
but he received it not. And when he crucified him, they parted his garments,
casting lots upon them, what every man should take. And it was the third
hour, and they crucified him. And the superscription of his accusation
was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they crucify two
thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the
scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
And they that passed by railing on him, wagging their heads, and saying,
Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days. Save
thyself, and come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests
mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself
he cannot save. Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross,
that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled
him. And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole
land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted,
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that stood
by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. And one ran and
filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to
drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him
down. And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. (Mark
15:22-37)
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they
crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other
on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not
what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people
stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He
saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription
also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew,
THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If
thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him,
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but
this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember
me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily
I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was
about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until
the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was
rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit and having said thus, he gave
up the ghost. (Luke 23:33-46)
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a
skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: Where they crucified him,
and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. And
Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS
OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews:
for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was
written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of
the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said,
I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and
made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat
was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore amongst
themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be:
that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment
among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore
the soldiers did. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and
his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When
Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he
to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took
her unto his own home. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were
now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with
vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head,
and gave up the ghost. (John 19:17-30)
c) Signs of Plenty (Numbers 13:16-26)
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And
Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Joshua. And Moses sent them to spy out
the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward,
and go up into the mountain: And see the land, what it is; and the people
that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; And
what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what
cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of
the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. So they went
up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men
come to Hamath. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron;
where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron
was bult seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) And they came unto the brook
of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes,
and they bare it between two upon the staff; and they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs. The place was called the brook Eshol, because of the
cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. And
they returned from searching of the land after forty days. And they went
and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children
of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word
unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed the fruit of the
land.
Virtue: SOPHIA/SAPIENTIA: Wisdom
Panel 10 : Three Depositions.
This panel was added in 1331 after a fire. The schema is no longer typological
in the Augustinian, i.e. historical sense, but philological-rhetorical,
giving three senses of the term deposition: first as legal term here applied
to the illustration of Scripture's accusation against Eve; secondly as
specific particularized conventional term for Christ's corpse at the foot
of the cross held by Mary (the Pieta motif became prominent at that time);
thirdly, as conventional term in the general sense applied to corpses
taken down after crucifixions or hangings at public executions.
a) The deposition against Eve (Genesis 3:1-7)
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the
fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said,
Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the
serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the
tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the
eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
b) The Deposition as Pieta (suggested reference: Psalms 22:26-28)
The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that
seek him: your heart shall live for ever. All the ends of the world shall
remember and turn unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall
worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's: and he is the governor
among the nations.
c) The deposition of the King of Jericho: Wrath turns into Stone (Joshua
8:28-29)
And Joshua burnt A-i, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation
unto this day. And the king of A-i (called here in panel 10 "King
of Jericho") he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the
sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take the carcase down
from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and
raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
Virtue: SOBRIETAS: Sobriety
Panel 11 : Resurrection preludes
a) Joseph in the Cistern (Genesis 37:23-28)
And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they
stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on
him; And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it. And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted
up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from
Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit
is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us
sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he
is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. Then there
passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out
of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver:
and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
b) Christ's Burial (John 19:38-42)
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretely
for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body
of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body
of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus
by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound
weight. They took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with
the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where
he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre,
wherein was never a man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because
of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
c) Jonah in the Whale (Jonah 1:15-17; 2:1-10)
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased
from her raging. Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered
a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows. Now the Lord had prepared a
great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the whale
three days and three nights. Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out
of the fish's belly, and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto
the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou
heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst
of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy
waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will
look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even
to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about
my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her
bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought me up from corruption,
O Lord my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and
my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe
lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee
with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation
is of the Lord. And the Lord spake unto the whale and it vomited out Jonah
upon the dry land.
Virtue: CONCORDIA; Concord
Panel 12 : Triumphs over the power of the Pharaoh, of Death, and
of the Devil
a) The blood of the passover lamb (Exodus 12:12-13)
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite
the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. And the blood
[of the passover lamb]shall be to you for a token upon the houses where
ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
b) Christ overcomes the Power of Death and Devil
The scene depicts the risen Christ breaking open of the gates of hell,
liberating Adam and Eve. No direct scriptural reference has been established;
the reference seems to be rather to the New Testament as a whole.
c) Samson kills the Tinmath lion. ( 1 Peter 5:8-9; Judges 14:5-6)
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast
in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your
brethren that are in the world.
Then went Samson down, and his father and mother, to Tinmath, and came
to the vinyards of Tinmath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he rent him as
he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told
not his father or his mother what he had done.
Virtue: FORTITUDO: Courage, Resilience, Strength
Panel 13 : Two prophecies of Christ, the Lion of Judah, conquering
Death
a) Jacob's blessing of Judah (Genesis 49:8-10)
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be
in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before
thee. Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up:
he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse
him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between
his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people
be.
b) Christ's Resurrection portrayed as the only possible Inference (Luke
24:1-3)
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came
unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain
others with them. And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
c) Samson opens the doors of Gaza (Judges 16:2-3)
And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither, And they
compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city,
and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day,
we shall kill him. And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight,
and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went
away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried
them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
Virtues: SPES ET JUSTITIA: Hope and Justice (proleptic reference to Last
Judgment)
Panel 14 : Translations as Ascensions: Three Signs of Faith
a) Enoch, whose title is "Fruit of the tree of life," is lifted
up high (Genesis 5:24; Hebrews 11:5)
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not
found, because God had translated him.
b) The apostles and Mary Magdalene listen to Christ and see him ascend
(Acts 1:8-9)
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth. And when he
had spoken these things, which they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud
received him out of their sight.
c) Elijah's death and ascension (2 Kings:9-12)
And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee.
And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of they spirit be upon
me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see
me when I am taken from thee, it shall be unto thee; but if not, it shall
not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,
behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And
Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, my father, the chariot
of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more...
Virtue: FIDES: Faith, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen.(He 11:1)
Panel 15 : Three Arrivals of the Spirit at Pentecost
a) Noah receives the sign of the dove (Genesis 8:11)
And God remembered Noah, and every little thing, and all the cattle that
was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and
the waters assuaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of
heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the
waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the
seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains
of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month:
in the tenth month on the first day of the month, were the tops of the
mountains seen.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window
of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth
to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. Also he
sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the
face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot,
and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face
of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled
her in unto him into the ark. And he stayed yet other seven days; and
again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; And the dove came in to him
in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so
Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
b) In Jerusalem the people receive the holy spirit (Acts 2:2-18)
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared
unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling
at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when
this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded,
because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they
were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not
all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own
tongue, wherein we were born? Partians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the
swellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia. Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about
Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proslytes, Cretes and Arabians,
we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. And they
were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth
this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jeusalem, be this
known unto you, and hearken to my words: For these are not drunken, as
ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day, But this is that
which was spoken by the prophet Joel (Joel 2:28-32): And it shall come
to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my spirit upon
all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my
servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in
the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be tiurned
into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible
day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall
call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and
in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant
whom the Lord shall call.
c) God gives the Law to Moses (Exodus 19:16 to 20:21)
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders
and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the
trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and
they stood at the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether
on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke
thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked
greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder
and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. And the Lord
came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount; and the Lord called
Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. And the Lord said
unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the
Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. And let the priests also, which
come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth
upon them. So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them.
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou
shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or
that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord
thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the
sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all of
thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the
Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not
commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise
of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it,
they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou
with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you,
and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people
stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God
was.
Virtue: HUMILITAS: Humility
Panel 16: Signs of the Second Coming
a) The sign of the Son of man announces Christ's return in great glory
(Matthew 24:29-30)
Immediately after the tribulations of those days shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heaven shall be shaken: And then shall appear the
sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory.
b) Angels blow trumpets to awaken the dead (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall all be changed.
c) Death is swallowed up in Victory (1 Corinthians 15:53-55)
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written (Isaiah 25:8): Death is swallowed up in
victory.- O Death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Virtue: CASTITAS et PATIENTIA: Chastity and Patience
Panel 17 : The Last Judgment
a) The City of God (Revelation 21:2-4; 21:23-26)
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out
of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a
great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God
himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things
are passed away.-- And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk
in the light of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and
honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for
there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour
of the nations into it.
b) The Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46; Amos 9:1-15)
When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall
be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another,
as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King
say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was
a hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick,
and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the
righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and
fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger,
and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick,
or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say
also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting
fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungered, and
ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me not in, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and
ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Verily I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did
it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.
(Amos 9:1-15) I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite
the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the
head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he
that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered. Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand
take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and
take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom
of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I
command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon
them for evil, and not for good. And the Lord God of hosts is he that
toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall
mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned,
as by the flood of Egypt. It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven,
and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters
of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: the Lord
is his name. Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O Children
of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land
of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will
destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly
destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. For, lo, I will command, and
I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted
in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. All the
sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall
not overtake nor prevent us. In that day will I raise up the tabernacle
of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will
raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: That they
may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called
by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this. Behold, the days come, saith
the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader
of grapes him that soweth seed: and the mountains shall drop sweet wine,
and all the hills shall melt. And I will bring again the captivity of
my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they
shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. And I will plant them
upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land
which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.
c) Hell devours the sinners (Job 41:1-34; The Leviathan=The Devourer)
Canst thou draw out Leviathan with an hook? or his tongue
with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose?
or bore his jaw through with a thorn? Will he make many supplications
unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant
with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with
him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions
make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? Canst
thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? Lay
thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. Behold, the hope
of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before
me? Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under
the whole heaven is mine. I will not conceal is parts, nor his power,
nor his comely proportion. Who can discover the face of his garment? or
who can come to him with his double bridle? Who can open the doors of
his face? his teeth are terrible round about. His scales are his pride,
shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, that
no air can come between them. They are joined one to another, they stick
together, that they cannot be sundered. By his neesings a light doth shine,
and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go
burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth
smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindled coals,
and a flame goeth out of his mouth. In his neck remaineth strength, and
sorrow is turned into joy before him. The flakes of his flesh are joined
together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. His heart
is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings
they purify themselves. The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold:
the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. He esteemeth iron as straw, and
brass as rotten wood. The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are
turned with him into stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. Sharp
stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed thing upon the mire.
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary.
Upon earth there is not his life, who is made without fear. He beholdeth
all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride.
Virtue: VERITAS: Truth
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