Matthew 24:3--25:46

•  About the Ages to Come (Matthew 24:3--25:46; Mark 13:3-37; Luke 21:7-37)

Christ teaching his disciples on the last things (ALEXANDER Master)	Jesus upon the Mount of Olives (BIDA, Alexandre)	Christ shows his disciples the signs in the heavens (DÜRER, Albrecht)	Jesus tells his disciples of the impending destruction of Jerusalem (LUIKEN, Caspar (Dutch, 1672-1708))







(21 Pictures)   Related Topics:  Hell ;  Paradise ;  Signs of the End of the Age ;  The Man of Lawlessness ;  The Return and the Judgment ;  The Talents ;  The Ten Virgins ;  The Women at the Hand Mill ;  The Words of the Judgment  |   Related Names:  Paradise ;  Hell  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 24 ;  Matthew 25 ;  Mark 13 ;  Luke 21

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•  Signs of the End of the Age (Matthew 24:2;24:4-26; Mark 13:2;13:5-23; Luke 21:6;21:8-24)
The inclusion of artwork depicting the fall of Jerusalem AD 70 is selective

Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, The (ALEXANDER Master)	Romans set fire to Jerusalem, The (ALEXANDER Master)	Romans set fire to Jerusalem, The (ALEXANDER Master)	Titus besieges Jerusalem (ALEXANDER Master)







(26 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  The Man of Lawlessness  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 24 ;  Mark 13 ;  Luke 21

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•  The Man of Lawlessness (Matthew 24:5;24:11;24:24; Mark 13:6;13:22; Luke 21:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; 1 John 2:18;2:22; 2 John 1:7; Revelation 13:1-10)
The Man of Lawlessness, Antichrist, and the Falshe Prophet are treated as the same character under the heading above. Since the legends of Antichrist usually exemplify the evil activities described in the Bible, some illustrations of these legends are registered with a connection to this biblical subject.

Antichrist (LONG, Duncan)	Antichrist and his mother, The (LONG, Duncan)	Bearing false witness (LONG, Duncan)	False Messiah, The (LONG, Duncan)







(41 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  Signs of the End of the Age ;  The Two Beasts  |   Related Names:  Antichrist  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 24 ;  Mark 13 ;  Luke 21 ;  2 Thessalonians 2 ;  1 John 2 ;  2 John 1 ;  Revelation 13

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•  The Return and the Judgment (Matthew 19:28;24:27-31;25:31-46; Mark 13:24-27; Luke 17:24;21:25-28; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10;2:8; 2 Peter 3:7-12; Revelation 20:11-15)

Christ the judge (ANGELICO, Fra)	Last judgment (ANGELICO, Fra)	Last judgment, The (ANGELICO, Fra)	Last judgment, The (BACKER, Jacob de)







(254 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  Hell ;  Paradise ;  Sheep and Goats ;  The Resurrection of the Body ;  The Words of the Judgment  |   Related Names:  Paradise ;  Hell  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 19 ;  Matthew 24 ;  Matthew 25 ;  Mark 13 ;  Luke 17 ;  Luke 21 ;  1 Corinthians 15 ;  1 Thessalonians 4 ;  2 Thessalonians 1 ;  2 Thessalonians 2 ;  2 Peter 3 ;  Revelation 20

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•  The Women at the Hand Mill (Matthew 24:41; Luke 17:35)

Two women at the hand mill, The (TISSOT, James)

(1 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 24 ;  Luke 17

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•  The Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13)

Parable of the wise and the foolish virgins, The (ALEXANDER Master)	Foolish virgins, The (BIDA, Alexandre)	Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, The (BLAKE, William)	Parable of the wise and foolish virgins, The (BLAKE, William)







(61 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25

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•  The Talents (Matthew 25:14-30; Mark 13:33-37; Luke 19:12-27)
Mark's version is much simpler than the other two, but it has certain similarities

Parable of the talents, The (LUIKEN, Caspar (Dutch, 1672-1708))	Parable of the talents, The (MERIAN, Matthaeus the Elder)	Parable of the talents (Merian, Matthaeus the Elder, After)	Parable of the talents (Merian, Matthaeus the Elder, Copy after)







(14 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25 ;  Mark 13 ;  Luke 19

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•  Sheep and Goats (Matthew 25:32)

Separating the goats from the sheep (WEBB, William James)	Sheep and goats (WEIGEL, Johann Christoph)

(2 Pictures)   Related Topics:  The Return and the Judgment ;  The Words of the Judgment  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25

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•  Paradise (Matthew 25:34; Luke 23:43; Revelation 2:7)

Last judgment, The (ANGELICO, Fra)	Last judgment, The (BLAKE, William)	Heaven (BOSCH, Hieronymus)	Last judgment (BOSCH, Hieronymus)







(66 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  The Garden of Eden ;  The New Jerusalem ;  The Return and the Judgment ;  The River of Life and the Tree of Life  |   Related Names:  Eden ;  Paradise  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25 ;  Luke 23 ;  Revelation 2

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•  The Words of the Judgment (Matthew 25:34-45)

Seven acts of mercy, The (CARAVAGGIO)	Seven acts of mercy, The (FRANCKEN, Frans II)	Friendly inn (LEIVE, Ulrich)	I was sick and in prison (LONG, Duncan)







(19 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  The Return and the Judgment  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25

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•  Hell (Matthew 25:41)
Some of the artworks connected to this subject may be illustrations to non-Biblical litterature, e.g. texts from the classical writers, but they are included here because they have a content similar to the concept of hell found in the Bible
Last judgment, The (ANGELICO, Fra)	Last judgment, The (BLAKE, William)	Hell (BOSCH, Hieronymus)	Hell (BOSCH, Hieronymus)



(107 Pictures)   Related Topics:  About the Ages to Come ;  In Hades ;  The Descent into Hades ;  The Fall of the King of Babylon ;  The Return and the Judgment  |   Related Names:  Babylon ;  Hades ;  Hell  |   Related Chapter:  Matthew 25