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Doré, Gustave (2) 귀스타프 도레

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 9. 17:10

Gustave Doré 1832 – 1883

The New Jerusalem

engraving — 1865

Gustave Doré biography

This work is linked to Revelation 21:2

 

Art and the Bible - Revelation 21 - New Testament

Revelation 21 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned fo

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The book of the Revelation of John introduces the New Jerusalem as the final home of the Christian community and of the faithful of the Old Testament. The city measured more than 2200 × 2200 km (1375 × 1375 miles) and was built around the temple. It had already been mentioned by the prophet Ezekiel in the final chapter of his book.