What Jesus Really Looks Like Heaven Is For Real?

The ″Heaven is for Real″ painting of Jesus Story – by Colton Burpo and

Do you believe in the existence of heaven?According to Colton Burpo and the small Lithuanian girl who painted Jesus in the Heaven Is for Real movie, it certainly is true.According to her memoirs Akiane, Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry, Akiane Kramarik was a child prodigy who began making stunning, lifelike paintings of Jesus at a very young age.Until this day, one of her most notable pieces of art is ″Prince of Peace,″ a beautiful picture of Jesus that she painted when she was just eight years old.Because of the success of the bestselling book and subsequent film, Heaven is for Real, Colton Burpo identified this image of Jesus as the Real Face of Jesus, which he recognized from his heavenly experiences.

1. His story has resonated around the world as a result of the success of the book and subsequent film, Heaven is for Real.
2. How can Akiane have such a thorough understanding of Heaven?
3. Where does she get her visions from?

Akiane tells the Washington Times about her visions.

″A vision is like an oasis in a desert,″ Akiane explained in an interview published in the Washington Times.As you continue your trip through the desert of life experiences, which is full with faith difficulties, you will not be able to have it all the time.As a result, I am not very anxious about waiting for a vision to arrive since I know that it will appear when I least expect it…″I still experience images that serve as inspiration for my work.″ Visions, which are similar to dreams, frequently require documentation in order to best recall the experience; otherwise, clarity might be lost.Dream journaling, drawing, and painting are all tried and proven methods of capturing and preserving visions and dreams.

1. When we look at a painting inspired by a vision, such as ″Prince of Peace″ (the Jesus artwork from Heaven is for Real), we get a glimpse of what the artist saw and chose to capture, whether in words or with paint.
2. According to the now famous CNN video on Akiane, when describing her second painting of Jesus, titled ″Father Forgive Them,″ Akiane described God as ″a bow of light – incredibly pure, really masculine, really strong and large……″ ″His eyes are just stunning.″

Have others seen and experienced Jesus in this way?

• Yes! As a matter of fact, Colton Burpo, whose narrative is portrayed in the Heaven Is for Real books and the film Heaven Is for Real, has verified that Jesus seems to be the same as Akiane has shown Him in her artwork. The artwork ″Prince of Peace″ by Akiane is commonly referred to as the ″Heaven is for Real Jesus″ picture because of the way in which it depicts Jesus. More information on the Akiane Kramarik narrative may be found here. More information regarding the Colton Burpo story may be found here.

We may have a window to the divine and glimpses of heaven through divinely inspired paintings by artist Akiane Kramarik

• What, in your opinion, is the most remarkable aspect of Akiane’s paintings? Is it possible that these are Akiane’s pictures of Jesus? The peace and love that emanates from the artwork is genuine. Perhaps these breath-taking artworks have touched your heart as they have mine. Please share your ideas with us. Accuracy and the pursuit of perfection and accuracy are hallmarks of Akiane. Here are a few illustrations: 8-year-old Akiane stabbed her small finger to get a drop of blood for the Jesus painting ″Prince of Peace,″ then urged her mother to run to the art store and buy that hue of paint – soon, because the color was about to change! Her painting ″Father Forgive Them″ required a lot of painting and repainting until Akiane was satisfied that Jesus’ hands were strong enough to lift the entire world to God in the garden of Gethsemane and ask for forgiveness for all before He was crucified. Her painting ″Supreme Sanctuary″ was the most difficult to complete because the intensity and colors of heaven are not available in our world. (Washing Station)
• When we look at the minute detail painted into the heavenly gardens in ″Supreme Sanctuary″ or a teen aged Jesus talking with Father God in ″Jesus, the Missing Years,″ we can be confident that, according to this gifted young artist, Jesus was resurrected and Heaven truly is for real
• ″Supreme Sanctuary,″ a heavenly painting by Akiane, gives us a glimpse of colors and scenes. ″Jesus, the Missing Years,″ a teen aged (This piece is pictured below and is available at Art & SoulWorks.

When asked “What is Heaven like?” Colton has said:

• The city of Heaven is constructed of a gleaming metal such as gold or silver.
• These are adorned with pearls and constructed of gold
• they are the Gates of Heaven.
• The first thing I noticed about Jesus was that he was dressed in white clothes with a purple ribbon
• The nails that were used during the crucifixion have left ″markers″ on Jesus’ hands.
• A plethora of colors, a plethora of people, and a plethora of creatures may be found in Heaven.
• In paradise, there are more hues, and the flowers and trees are more lovely than on earth
• The average age in Heaven is between 20 and 30 years old.
• Everyone I saw in Heaven (with the exception of Jesus) had wings.
• In heaven, there is always light, since Jesus is the light who illuminates the entire place
• I discovered that paradise is a genuine place, and I believe you will like it.

and from the little Lithuanian girl who painted Jesus in the movie Heaven is for real movie.

• Everything is absolutely beautiful and effortless in paradise
• there is no struggle.
• Unlike on Earth, colors are more vibrant in heaven, and many of them are not visible here on Earth.
• The music in paradise is more lovely than the music in our world
• it is nothing like the music in our world.
• Plants, animals, and all other beings communicate in heaven not via words, but rather by color, vibration, and ideas.
• There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of different hues

Is it possible that we are experiencing something genuinely remarkable because of a gift God granted to a young prodigy?An increasing number of people are becoming interested in the ″Prince of Peace″ painting, which is also known as the Heaven Is for Real Jesus painting or the Jesus Resurrection painting.If you think that God is the divine source of Akiane’s inspirations for the Akiane art seen here, then read on.Check out more paintings of Jesus – from his birth to his resurrection – on the following pages.Akiane Kramarik’s artwork, ″Prince of Peace, the Heaven is for Real,″ is titled ″Heaven is for Real.″ Join the almost half-million followers of Jesus, Prince of Peace on social media!

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“I was in Heaven … I sat on Jesus’ lap.”

There’s more to the “Colton Burpo Picture of Jesus” story

More information on the Colton Burpo Picture of Jesus can be found here, including some little-known details about this amazing narrative that you may not have heard about before.Four-year-old Colton Burpo informed his parents that he was ″in paradise″ after surviving an emergency appendectomy.The incredible account of this small boy’s voyage to heaven – and his meeting with Jesus – has captivated people all across the world.The book Heaven Is for Real is a #1 New York Times best-seller in its first week of release.It has been translated into around 40 different languages.

1. And it served as the inspiration for the film, which was also named Heaven is for Real.
2. We at Art & SoulWorks are particularly moved by Colton Burpo’s tale, and we hope that you are as well.
3. The following are the reasons why…

First, the book Heaven is for Real almost didn’t get written…

Todd Burpo never intended to write a book on Colton’s life, and he had no idea that it would one day be turned into a film as well.It was not until 2010, seven years after Colton’s heavenly encounter, that the book Heaven is for Real was released.″We never wanted to write it,″ Todd Burpo was reported as saying.It was not something that we were interested in pursuing…According to Todd, ″God sent people our way to constantly reminding us that we must be willing to do it.″ ″I never considered myself to be a writer.

1. Aside from running my own garage door company and coaching wrestlers, I’ve worked as a firefighter and am still the state chaplain.
2. ″I’ve got a lot of things to get done.″ Todd and Sonja Burpo, on the other hand, believe they have been called by God to tell Colton’s tale.

Second, Colton Burpo identified Akiane’s “Prince of Peace” picture of Jesus as the Real Face of Jesus.

Todd Burpo was fascinated by Colton’s encounter and depiction of Jesus, and he showed him hundreds of photographs of Jesus that he had collected over the years.Colton was a matter-of-fact kind of child, and his responses were brief: ″No, the eyes are the wrong hue,″ he said.There’s something wrong with her hair.So on and so on.However, in December 2006, Colton and his father, Todd Burpo (author of the Paradise is for Real book), were watching a CNN news article on Akiane Kramarik, a kid prodigy who painted visions of heaven, including entrancing images of Jesus, on her computer monitor.

1. Akiane’s ″Prince of Peace″ artwork, which she painted when she was just eight years old, was featured in the news report.
2. When Colton saw the movie ″Prince of Peace,″ he exclaimed, ″Dad, that one’s right.″

In that moment, Colton Burpo recognized the Real Face of Jesus … as he saw him in heaven!

The painting ″Prince of Peace,″ which Akiane completed when he was eight years old, is widely referred to as the ″Colton Burpo image of Jesus″ since it appears in the Heaven is for Real book and movie. Numerous people have come to think that ″Prince of Peace,″ a painting by Akiane, depicts the Real Face of Jesus!

Here are a few of Colton Burpo’s quotes about his astounding trip to heaven and back:

• In addition, ″Jesus informed me that his cousin baptized him.″
• ″John the Baptist was really pleasant.″
• ″I was in paradise.″
• ″Jesus had brown hair and hair on his face.″ His eyes are really stunning. God really, really loves us,″ he said. ″Jesus was really happy,″ he said. ″Jesus is right next to God,″ he said. ″Jesus died on the cross so that we could go see his Father.″
• ″Jesus is the only one in heaven who had purple on,″ he said. ″Jesus said he wanted daddy to become a pastor,″ he said. ″Everyone looks like angels,″ he said. • ″I’m getting a chance to return to paradise.″

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Is Heaven for Real? How can we know what heaven is like?

This inquiry comes at an opportune moment.People who claim to have died and gone to Heaven have been the subject of several books, many of which have been written in recent years.Our first reaction is to wonder whether the stories are real and whether the reports of what they saw and heard are reliable.Todd Burpo’s book Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back was published a few years ago and swiftly rose to the top of the best-seller list.The book narrates the account of Colton Burpo, a four-year-old kid who claims to have died and gone to Heaven while undergoing an appendectomy while under general anesthesia.

1. The narrative was made into a Hollywood feature picture last week (during Holy Week in April 2014), which dramatized the child’s description of what he claimed to have seen and heard in Heaven, and which was released last week.

Is the Story True?

In all likelihood, the medical operation Colton Burpo undertook is correct and verifiable.His claim that he was taken to Heaven, on the other hand, cannot be verified.A New Yorker Magazine interview with Lynn Vincent revealed that she was ″at first hesitant to add Colton’s portrayal of people in heaven having wings,″ but that she eventually decided to do so.People in Heaven have wings,’ says the author, adding that orthodox Christians will suspect that the book is a fraud if he includes this detail.″She did, and they didn’t,″ she says.

1. ¹ True or false is this boy’s account of dying, traveling to Heaven, and returning to explain (in great detail) about what he heard and saw while there?
2. Is it true that he went to Heaven?
3. A book or movie review is not the purpose of this piece of writing.
4. It is also not intended to be a recounting of what Colton Burpo alleges.
5. For further information, either read the book or see the movie.

• Take a look at his assertions in light of God’s Word after that.
• Remember, we are instructed to examine everything against Scripture as well as the depictions of Heaven in this boy’s narrative.
• When the book and movie are evaluated in light of Scripture, there are several flaws in both.

Questionable Claims

First, let us analyze a handful of statements made by Heaven Is for Real that we should consider before determining what the Bible says about Heaven.

1. Colton Burpo Died

There are no medical records indicating that Colton Burpo passed away.The Bible informs us that the soul exits the body at the point of death, and that this is true (Eccl 12:7, 2 Cor 5:8).He claims to have been outside of his body, witnessing his parents and seeing his own body in the hospital room, according to reports.This begs the question of why there was no indication of his clinical death recorded by medical monitoring.

2. Colton Burpo Was Resurrected

• The Bible teaches that when a person dies, they are sent to Heaven (or Hell), and that they do not return (Hebrews 13:5). There are tales in the Bible of people who died and were brought back to life, but none of these individuals got to Heaven as a result of their resurrection. When they died, they went to Abraham’s Bosom, which is the home of the righteous dead (Read more: Where did Old Testament saints go after death? ). Is Abraham’s Bosom a thing? What happened to that?). Jesus raised the son of the widow from Nain (Luke 7:11-15), Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-19, 23-25, Mark 5:22-24, 35-43, Luke 8:41-44, and Lazarus (John 11:38-44)
• Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow (1 Kings 17:17-24)
• Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman (2 Kings 4:32-35)
• Peter raised Tabitha (

All of these events were miracles performed by God. Because they are documented in the Bible, we may be confident that they were real occurrences that took place. Due to the lack of proof of Colton Burpo’s death, there can be no evidence that he was revived, at least for the time being.

3. What Colton Burpo Claims to Have Seen

Numerous depictions of what Colton Burpo saw in Heaven are not supported by the Bible in any way.In fact, several of them, such as angels with wings and Jesus’ appearance, are in direct conflict with the Bible.The debate remains as to whether or not this tiny youngster went to Heaven.Is what he claims to have witnessed there accurate?The only known response is that we don’t know what to say.

1. Although he may have seen a vision of Heaven, I believe that he did not actually enter the kingdom of heaven himself.
2. This is based on the Bible’s teaching that the soul travels to heaven after a person dies, which is considered the end of man’s existence (Ecc 7:2, Prov 14:12).
3. What is the difference between being resuscitated and being restored?
4. Being resuscitated is not the same as being resurrected in any way.
5. Man’s devised devices are used to determine the clinical mortality rate.

• Because God is the source of all life, He is the only one who can predict with 100 percent accuracy when a person’s life will come to an end.
• Many ″returns″ might be explained as resuscitations from cardiac inactivity (a flatlined state of the body), rather than as resurrections from the dead, as this theory suggests (a regeneration to life).
• No one can say for definite what happens during a near-death experience, but we do know what happens after someone dies: they go to sleep.

• It is decreed for mankind to die once, but after that comes the judgment…
• (Hebrews 9:27) Whenever you read or see reports of near-death experiences, you should proceed with extreme caution.
• Never rely your concept of Heaven on such novels or movies.
• They are not reliable sources.
• Only the Bible gives a real and trustworthy revelation of what Heaven will be like and who will be present there when we die.

• Although the Bible may not include all of the information that we desire about Heaven, we may be confident that it has all of the information that we require about Heaven—and that it does so with remarkable accuracy.
• What Does the Bible Have to Say About Eternity?
• The apostles Jesus, Paul, and John all share knowledge regarding what happens to the soul when it dies.
• Prior to the crucifixion, the soil served as the last resting place for the dead, both for those who died in confidence in God and for those who died without faith in Him.
• Luke 16 contains the words of Jesus as He describes these two places: one is a haven of consolation known as Abraham’s Bosom, while the other is a place of suffering known as the Pit.

Abraham’s Bosom Was Not Heaven

Abraham’s Bosom served as a haven of comfort and anticipation.Prior to the crucifixion, the sins of Old Testament saints were expiated by the use of animal blood, which was administered through the Levitical system of atonement.This was not enough to make up for all of the faults committed.As a result, individuals who died in faith before to the cross did not get into the Kingdom of Heaven.They sat in Abraham’s bosom, waiting.

1. (For further detail, see Where did the OT saints go once they died.) Is Abraham’s Bosom a thing?
2. (Can you tell me where it was?) When Jesus sacrificed Himself as payment for the punishment of man’s sins, His spilt blood provided a complete and final atonement for sins, paving the way for those who believe in Him to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
3. When Jesus ascended into Heaven, according to the apostle Paul, He brought the Old Testament saints from Abraham’s bosom to their new dwelling place with Him in Heaven (Ephesians 4:8).
4. Paul also offers us a taste of what he went through when he was brought to the third heaven, which is the place where God dwells (2 Cor 12:2-4).
5. Additionally, the apostle John was led to the throne chamber of God and instructed to write down what he had witnessed there.

The Best Description of Heaven in ANY Book

This is John’s account of the splendor and beauty of the throne chamber in the celestial world, which is found in the book of Revelation.As they worship the One who is deserving of all glory, honor, and power, it is a peek into Christ’s full splendor, the praises of the angelic host, and the jubilation of the redeemed.In the aftermath of these events, I glanced up and saw a door in heaven that was wide open.Revelation 4:11 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and there before me stood a throne with One seated on it, speaking with me as though by trumpet, saying, ″Come up here, and I will show you things that must take place after this.″ I was immediately in the Spirit; and there before me was a throne with One seated on it.His look was similar to that of a jasper and a sardius stone; in addition, there was a rainbow around the throne, which appeared to be an emerald in appearance.

1. On each of the twenty-four thrones, I saw twenty-four elders seated, all dressed in white robes and wearing gold crowns on their heads.
2. There were twenty-four thrones all around the throne.
3. Lightning, thunder, and voices erupted from the throne as a result of this.
4. The seven Spirits of God were represented by seven lamps of fire that were blazing before the throne.
5. There was a sea of glass, almost like crystal, in front of the throne.

• And in the centre of the throne, and all around the throne, there were four living beings, each with a pair of eyes in the front and back of them.
• The first living creature resembled a lion, the second living creature resembled a calf, the third living creature had a face similar to that of a man, and the fourth living creature resembled that of an eagle in flight.
• The four live animals, each with six wings, were covered in eyeballs, both externally and inside.

• And they do not stop saying: ″Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was, is, and is to come!
• ″, day and night.
• The twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, casting their crowns before the throne, saying: ″You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.″

Conclusion

• We can only guess at what Heaven is like based on the limited descriptions found in the Bible (see What did Jesus say about Heaven? for further information). Scripture is the only source of authority. Heaven is a real place, and it is teeming with people from all nations and all races, all of whom are devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ, who sits on the throne of power and authority. In his letter, Paul stated that what he witnessed was ″unlawful to be expressed.″ Were we to know more, we may have learned what it’s like to be in Heaven, in the presence of Jesus, if he had told us everything he knew about Heaven. Consequently, we would not choose to continue to live on this planet
• and while this world cannot compare to the splendor of Heaven, it is still our home, and there is work to be done here. We are to remain and to labor in the Lord’s fields, preparing for His coming harvest season. One day, Jesus will return and gather all of the wheat into His own kingdom (Matt 3). The harvest is going to be fantastic! However, we must remain focused on our goal of proclaiming the gospel until that time arrives. Rather than talking about what Heaven will be like, I believe that God would prefer that we: talk more about our Morning Star, Jesus (Revelation 2:28, 22:16), and less about the stars in Heaven
• talk more about our High Priest, Jesus (Hebrews 3:1, 4:14, 6:20), and less about the high Heaven
• and talk more about our Christ Jesus (John 20:31, 2 Corinthians 1:3), and less about the place of comfort. I believe that God would prefer that we: talk more about

While we are here on this planet, let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. As for Heaven, I have no doubt that once we arrive there will be no turning our gaze away from Him.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 

Prepare to go forth into the fields of this world and share the gospel with them! The New York Post published an article titled CSI: Afterlife in October 2012.

“I know Heaven is for Real … I was sitting in Jesus’ lap.”

So what is heaven like – what does Jesus look like?

When four-year-old Colton Burpo survived an emergency appendectomy, his family was ecstatic at the prospect of their miracle son’s continued existence.Colton, on the other hand, would divulge considerably more about his own personal experience.Within months, this tiny kid began telling his incredible narrative, answering the question ″what is heaven like?″ and recounting his encounter with Jesus.

Colton’s memories of Heaven are stirring, and when he saw the CNN video of featuring Prince of Peace by Akiane Kramarik he identified what he say is the  Real Face of Jesus!

″What does Jesus look like?″ has been a perennial question throughout history.The only thing we want to do is see his face and gaze deeply into his eyes.We long for a personal connection with Him – for a deep and meaningful relationship with Him.Many people find that seeing Jesus helps them connect with Him and better appreciate His great love.Colton’s father frequently posed the following questions to Colton:

What is heaven like?  What does Jesus look like? Over the years, he showed Colton hundreds of pictures of Jesus. At last, Colton declares: “Dad, that one’s right.”

When Colton and his father, Todd Burpo (author of the book Heaven is for Real), were watching a CNN news program on Akiane Kramarik, the child genius who painted her visions of Heaven, featuring entrancing images of Jesus, they were struck by the power of their faith. Akiane’s ″Prince of Peace″ artwork, which she painted when she was just eight years old, was featured in the news report.

In that moment, Colton Burpo identified what he says is the Real Face of Jesus.

Many have pondered, and millions have agreed, that the ″Prince of Peace″ shown in Heaven is the Real Face of Jesus, as depicted in Real Books and Movies. Akiane, a child genius, created this image of Jesus Christ when he was eight years old. The picture, which is titled ″Prince of Peace,″ is also known as the Jesus Resurrection Painting.

How is it that Colton saw this picture of Jesus? Was it meant to be?

Was it a happy accident or a divinely arranged event?Akiane’s visions are widely believed to have revealed the picture of His son to her, and many think that God bestowed upon her the creative ability to ″record″ her visions.″Visionary journalist″ is how Akiane describes herself.Akiane was able to share the face of Jesus with the rest of the world because of these blessings.Colton Burpo, a four-year-old boy who traveled to heaven, spent time with Jesus.

1. Later, Colton came to the conclusion that Akiane’s ″Prince of Peace″ was the Real Face of Christ.
2. As far as we’re concerned, this was not a coincidental meeting; rather, it was intended to be, just like all prior divine appointments.

A personal note from the Founder of Art-SoulWorks.com

One of the most important missions of Art & SoulWorks is to provide everyone with the chance to learn about Christ and to witness what many believe to be the Real Face of Jesus, as shown in the Prince of Peace painting by child prodigy Akiane Kramarik, which was brought down from heaven.If you’ve been moved by this vision of Jesus, please forward it along to your friends and family.Art & SoulWorks wants everyone on the planet to have access to the artwork – the Real Face of Jesus, as recognized by Colton Burpo – and the Jesus the Prince of Peace.If you are looking for Jesus’ face, have a look at the possibilities available here.

Give inspirational gifts they’ll cherish. Give a Gift of Grace.

A meaningful and heartfelt Gift of Grace is the perfect way to commemorate a loved one’s birthday or anniversary – or to offer Christmas gifts to your circle friends. Gifts of Grace are inspirational gifts that have a highly personal and long-lasting value.

 “Prince of Peace” is a particularly inspiring gift

• ″Prince of Peace,″ a painting by child prodigy Akiane Kramarik, is more than simply another representation of Jesus. It’s so much more than that! Our gift from God, given to us via Akiane in order for the world to know that Jesus is the Prince of Peace and that He is alive, has been named ″Prince of Peace.″ He cares for us. And He is patiently awaiting our arrival. The painting ″Prince of Peace, the Resurrection Painting of Jesus″ is widely considered as the authentic representation of Jesus’ face. It was inspired by God
• it is depicted on the Shroud of Turin
• it was confirmed by Colton Burpo in the book and movie ″Heaven is for Real
• ″ and it was painted by a kid, Akiane Kramarik, when she was only eight years old, according to the book and movie ″Heaven is for Real.″ The following are some facts about Akiane Kramarik: Over the years, millions of people have come to think that ″Prince of Peace″ is the true face of Jesus

High-quality giclee prints make “Prince of Peace” affordable for anyone

Open-edition giclee prints are available, as well as limited-edition giclee prints that have been signed and numbered by Akiane.And you may pick from a range of different sizes.We recommend the canvas giclee since it captures the ″feel″ of Akiane’s original work better than any other medium.Canvas Giclées are the highest quality art reproduction available, with archival quality that lasts for 100 years.When it comes to finding extra-special Christmas presents, birthday gifts, and anniversary gifts, our clients tell us they like shopping at Art & Soulworks.

1. Along with that, here are some gift-giving suggestions to commemorate the many significant people – and occasions – in your life: Thank you gifts are always appreciated.
2. – Make a lasting impression on your circle of friends.
3. Everyone enjoys being recognized and acknowledged!
4. That are the folks who make your world a better place?
5. Among those in your particular circle include family and friends; a helpful neighbor; choir members; ministerial staff; Sunday school instructors; youth pastors; and other volunteers; and other members of your special circle.

• Consider some of our unique and reasonably priced Christmas decorations, eyeglass holders, wall calendars, and other home décor accessories.
• Alternatively, you may select from a variety of gift bundles that include books, movies, coffee mugs, writing diaries, memento bookmarks, magnets, and other accessories.

Books as gifts for bookworms – Akiane Kramarik’s autobiography, as well as Colton Burpo’s account of his heavenly experience in ″Heaven is for Real,″ will appeal to the bookworms on your gift list. Gift sets and stocking stuffers made from our bookmarks, mugs, notebooks, and other book-related products are ideal for the holiday season.

Giving a ″Prince of Peace″ canvas painting replica as a housewarming present is one of our favorite things to do in this situation. This is a really amazing and caring present to give to someone to embellish their house. The following items would make excellent housewarming gifts: wall hangings, tapestries, and Christmas decorations.

Why purchase gifts from Art & SoulWorks?

• Our mission is to provide uplifting, motivating, Godly Gifts of Grace that are highly personal and long-lasting in their significance, and we accomplish this by donating a percentage of our profits to those in need.
• Orders of $200 or more in the United States qualify for free delivery. In addition, we ship worldwide. In addition, you may store the addresses of many of your friends and family members in your account for quick and easy gift giving in the future.
• We believe that our objective is to serve as an example of God’s love and abundance by delivering value-based retail items that are meant to inspire, educate, and promote healthy values and concepts to individuals and families throughout the world.
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• Jesus, the Prince of Peace, has an impact on my soul. This, I believe, is the actual representation of Jesus. With an image of Jesus on one side and the artist’s biography (written by a kid) on the other, the bookmarks are very stunning. They are coated, and the tassel is embellished with beads. I gave one as a gift today and received three hugs in return (needless to say, she was very pleased with the bookmark, which she intends to use in her Bible)
• Proud to be Green – Akiane art prints, as well as our keepsake quality bookmarks, ornaments, and accessories, are produced in an environmentally friendly manner
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Earliest Depiction of Jesus Christ in Israel Discovered. Here’s What It Shows.

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Shivta’s northern church, with its destroyed baptistery (right), is where the portrait of Jesus Christ was discovered, and it is also where the portrait of Jesus Christ was discovered.(Photo courtesy of Dror Maayan.) Emma Maayan-Fanar was searching for some relief from the scorching desert sun when she came face to face with the face of Jesus.He had been researching crucifixes and other symbols found on the stone lintels of old churches and dwellings in the Negev Desert’s destroyed city of Shivta, and he had come upon them while on a research trip to Israel.Because even though it was February, the desert can still be scorching, Maayan-Fanar sought shelter beneath one of the few portions of roof that remained unbroken at the site, in the baptistery of one of the old city’s three destroyed churches, the northernmost of which was the most recent to be built.Her eyes were drawn out from among the stones when she noticed eyes peering out from behind the stones, the very faint remnants of an image of Jesus Christ at his baptism in the Jordan River, painted on the ceiling of the church some 1,500 years ago.

1. ″Everyone portrays it as a miracle, and it was, for a little while,″ she said in an interview with Live Science.
2. Maayan-Fanar phoned her husband, Dror Maayan, the photographer for the Israeli academic team working at Shivta, and asked him to capture the artwork on the stones of the baptistery roof.
3. Dror Maayan, the photographer for the Israeli academic team working at Shivta, agreed.
4. A recent publication in the journal Antiquity summarized the findings of their 2017 excavations.
5. Despite its deterioration, the painting is currently considered to be the earliest portrayal of Jesus Christ to have been discovered in Israel to date, as well as one of the very few pictures from that time period that display aspects of his face.

• Christians built their first churches in the ancient desert city somewhere between the fourth and sixth centuries A.D., according to historians.

Ancient paintings

Other paintings have been discovered at Shivta, in the southernmost of its three ruined churches.One of these depicts Christ at his transfiguration, which is also a pivotal historical event described in the Christian gospels, which are thought to have been written in the first century after his death.A single eyebrow and the shape of Christ’s figure are all that can be seen in that artwork, which has also been extensively degraded.However, the painting on the ceiling of the northern baptistery — a structure used for baptisms and holding the baptismal font — depicts Christ as a young man with short, curly hair, with the majority of his face shown as a young man.It was popular across the east of the Byzantine Empire, Maayan-Fanar stated, particularly in Egypt and the Syria-Palestine area, to depict Christ with short hair, according to the iconography.

1. However, it was later replaced with Byzantine representations of Christ with long hair, which is still a popular representation of him today.
2. Her explanation for the portrayal of Christ as a child is that his baptism in the Jordan symbolizes a ″fresh birth,″ according to her.
3. For the same reason, the artwork depicts a larger-than-life image of John the Baptist, who according to Christian tradition is claimed to have presided over Christ’s baptism in the Jordan River.
4. Maayan-Fanar and her colleagues characterize the picture of Christ in the baptistery painting as that of a ″young man with short curly hair, a protracted face, huge eyes, and an elongated nose,″ according to their research on the artwork.
5. Instead of Christ’s real appearance, which is not reported in the Gospels, it reflects a sixth-century convention about Christ’s arrival, according to the author: ″It would be fantastic, but how would we know?″

Lawrence of Arabia

• Shivta is a destroyed city located around 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Beersheba, a southern Israeli city in the Negev desert. The area is now a national park, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated it as one of Israel’s World Heritage sites. The desert city has been inhabited since at least the first century AD. It is believed to have served as a caravan halt for Christian pilgrims on their journey to St. Catherine’s Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula during later Byzantine times. It was not until the nineteenth century that Shivta was rediscovered after it had deteriorated as a population center during the early Islamic period, during the sixth and ninth centuries, and had been abandoned. The remains of Shivta were initially examined by English archaeologists in the 1870s, and they were first researched scientifically in 1914 by two additional English archaeologists, C.L. Woolley and T.E. Lawrence, who were both working for the British Museum at the time. During World War I, the latter archaeologist would become known as Lawrence of Arabia, a leader of the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish domination who rose to international prominence. According to Maayan-Fanar, archaeologists who studied the ruins of the desert city in the late 1920s made a passing mention of the presence of vestiges of a painted scene on the baptistery ceiling of the northern church, but they did not record any specifics about the artwork. In part, this was due to the lighting conditions present in the baptistery at the time the artwork was discovered, as well as later studies conducted using high-resolution photographic technology. ″If you don’t have a good camera and a competent photographer, nothing will be seen,″ she explained. She stated that current conservation procedures will be used to restore as much as feasible of the painting’s original appearance. ″It is necessary to proceed with extreme caution. The painting’s condition is extremely susceptible to changes in temperature.″ ″I believe that much is buried under the eroding surface. It is, in fact, a far more complete vision ″Maayan-Fanar expressed himself. 8 alleged relics of Jesus of Nazareth: Are they evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ? Disputed pieces of evidence include: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is seen above.

The original version of this article appeared on Live Science.Tom Metcalfe is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to Live Science who is located in London, England, who writes about science and technology.Tom’s primary areas of interest include science, astronomy, archaeology, the Earth, and the oceans, among other things.He has also written for a variety of publications, including the BBC, NBC News, National Geographic, Scientific American, Air & Space, and others.

The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European

The post was published on July 22, 2020, and the update was published on July 22, 2020.By Anna Swartwood House, [email protected], courtesy of the University of South Carolina No one knows what Jesus looked like, and there are no known photos of him during his time on the earth.Anna Swartwood House, an art history professor, writes in The Conversation on the tangled history of pictures of Christ and how they have fulfilled a variety of functions throughout history.When it comes to portraying Jesus as a white, European guy, there has been heightened scrutiny during this era of reflection on the history of racism in our culture.At a time when demonstrators in the United States demanded for the destruction of Confederate monuments, activist Shaun King went even farther, stating that paintings and artwork representing ″white Jesus″ should be ″demolished.″ His worries regarding the image of Christ and how it is used to promote conceptions of racial supremacy are not unique to him or to the church.

1. Prominent scholars, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, have urged for a reexamination of Jesus’ image as a white man in Christian literature.
2. The developing image of Jesus Christ from A.D.
3. 1350 to 1600 is the subject of my research as a European Renaissance art historian.
4. During this time period, some of the most well-known images of Christ were created, from Leonardo da Vinci’s ″Last Supper″ in the Sistine Chapel to Michelangelo’s ″Last Judgment″ in the Vatican Museum.
5. However, the image of Jesus that has been replicated the most is from a different historical period.

• It is Warner Sallman’s ″Head of Christ,″ a light-eyed, light-haired sculpture from 1940.
• Sallman, a former commercial artist who specialized in creating artwork for advertising campaigns, was successful in marketing this photograph across the world.
• Sallman’s collaborations with two Christian publishing houses, one Protestant and one Catholic, resulted in the inclusion of the Head of Christ on a wide range of items, including prayer cards, stained glass, fake oil paintings, calendars, hymnals, and night lights, among other things.

• Sallman’s painting is the culmination of a lengthy tradition of white Europeans who have created and disseminated images of Christ that are in their own image.

In search of the holy face

Historically, the actual Jesus most likely had brown eyes and complexion similar to those of other first-century Jews from Galilee, which is a location in biblical Israel No one, however, is certain about Jesus’ physical appearance.In addition, there are no known photos of Jesus during his lifetime, and whereas the Old Testament kings Saul and David are specifically described in the Bible as ″tall and attractive,″ there is no evidence of Jesus’ physical appearance in either the Old or New Testaments.Even these passages are in conflict with one another: The prophet Isaiah writes that the coming savior ″had neither beauty nor majesty,″ whereas the Book of Psalms states that he was ″fairer than the children of mankind,″ with the term ″fair″ alluding to physical attractiveness.It was around the first through third century A.D.that the earliest representations of Jesus Christ appeared, amidst worries about idolatry.

1. They were less concerned with accurately portraying Christ’s physical appearance than they were with establishing his function as a ruler or as a savior.
2. Early Christian painters frequently used syncretism, which is the combination of visual formats from other civilizations, in order to clearly show their functions.
3. A common syncretic picture is Christ as the Good Shepherd, a beardless, young figure based on pagan images of Orpheus, Hermes, and Apollo that is perhaps the most widely recognized.
4. In some popular portrayals, Christ is depicted as wearing the toga or other qualities associated with the emperor.
5. One interpretation is that the adult bearded Christ with long hair done in the ″Syrian″ style combines traits of the Greek god Zeus with the Old Testament hero Samson, among others.

• The theologian Richard Viladesau disagrees.

Christ as self-portraitist

Portraits of Christ that were considered authoritative likenesses were thought to be self-portraits: the miraculous ″image not formed by human hands,″ or acheiropoietos, which means ″image not made by human hands.″ This belief dates back to the seventh century A.D., and it is based on a legend that Christ healed King Abgar of Edessa in modern-day Urfa, Turkey, through a miraculous image of his face, now known as the Mandylion.The Mandylion is a miraculous image of Christ’s face that was created by the Holy Spirit.Between the 11th and 14th centuries, a similar legend spread throughout Western Christianity, telling how, before his crucifixion, Christ left an impression of his face on the veil of Saint Veronica, an image known as the volto santo, or ″Holy Face,″ which became known as the volto santo, or ″Holy Face.″ Together with other comparable relics, these two portraits have served as the foundation for iconic legends regarding the ″real image″ of Christ.If we look at it from the standpoint of art history, these objects served to strengthen an already established picture of a bearded Christ with shoulder-length, black hair.Around the time of Christ’s death, European painters began to merge iconography with portraiture, creating Christ in their own likeness.

1. Some people did this to express their identification with Christ’s human suffering, while others did it to make a statement about their own creative potential.
2. One of the most famous examples is the work of the 15th-century Sicilian painter Antonello da Messina, who painted small portraits of the suffering Christ that were formatted exactly like his portraits of ordinary people, with the subject placed between an imaginary parapet and a plain black background, and signed ″Antonello da Messina painted me.″ Albrecht Dürer, a 16th-century German artist, blurred the boundaries between the holy face and his own image in a renowned self-portrait from 1500 that became known as the Holy Face of Christ.
3. In this, he posed in front of the camera as if he were an icon, his beard and luxurious shoulder-length hair evoking Christ’s own.
4. The monogram ″AD″ might stand for either ″Albrecht Dürer″ or ″Anno Domini″ – ″in the year of our Lord,″ depending on who you ask.

In whose image?

Interestingly, this phenomena was not limited to Europe: there are 16th- and 17th-century paintings of Jesus that have Ethiopian and Indian traits, among other things.The image of a light-skinned European Christ, on the other hand, began to spread throughout the world as a result of European commerce and colonization in the early centuries.The ″Adoration of the Magi,″ painted by the Italian painter Andrea Mantegna in A.D.1505, depicts three separate magi, who, according to one contemporaneous story, came from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.They display valuable goods made of porcelain, agate, and brass, which would have been treasured imports from China, the Persian and Ottoman empires, and other countries.

1. However, Jesus’ fair complexion and blue eyes show that he was not born in the Middle East, but rather in Europe.
2. Furthermore, the faux-Hebrew writing embroidered on Mary’s cuffs and hemline hints at a difficult relationship between the Holy Family’s Judaism and their Catholic faith.
3. Anti-Semitic beliefs were already common among the majority Christian population in Mantegna’s Italy, and Jewish people were frequently divided into their own sections of large cities, as a result of this.
4. In order to remove Jesus and his parents from their Jewishness, artists created works of art.
5. Even seemingly insignificant characteristics such as pierced ears — earrings were linked with Jewish women, and their removal with a conversion to Christianity – might symbolize a move toward the Christianity represented by Jesus and his apostles and disciples.

• Long afterward, anti-Semitic groups in Europe, especially the Nazis, would strive to completely separate Jesus from his Judaism in order to promote an Aryan caricature of the Messiah.

White Jesus abroad

As Europeans conquered ever-more-distant regions, they carried a European Jesus with them to share with the people.Jesuit missionaries developed painting schools where new converts might learn about Christian art in the European tradition.It is believed that this small altarpiece was created in the school of Giovanni Niccol, an Italian Jesuit who founded the ″Seminary of Painters″ in the Japanese city of Kumamoto around 1590.It combines a traditional Japanese gilt and mother-of-pearl shrine with a painting of a distinctly white European Madonna and Child.Images of a white Jesus in colonial Latin America – which European colonists dubbed ″New Spain″ – helped to reinforce a caste system in which white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier and those with darker skin as a result of perceived intermixing with native populations ranked significantly lower on the social ladder.

1. Saint Rose of Lima, the first Catholic saint to be born in ″New Spain,″ is shown in a picture by artist Nicolas Correa from 1695, in which she is seen metaphorically married to a blond, light-skinned Christ.

Legacies of likeness

In their paper, Edward J.Blum and Paul Harvey claim that, in the centuries following European colonization of the Americas, images of a white Christ were connected with the logic of empire, and that this association could be used to justify the oppression of Native and African American people.Although America is a mixed and uneven society, the media portrayal of a white Jesus was disproportionately prominent.A huge majority of performers who have represented Jesus on television and in films have been white with blue eyes, and this is not limited to Warner Sallman’s Head of Christ.Pictures of Jesus have fulfilled a variety of functions throughout history, ranging from symbolically showing his authority to representing his physical likeness.

1. However, representation is important, and viewers must be aware of the complex history of the images of Christ that they consume.
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‘Heaven Is For Real’

Colton (Connor Corum) is the young son of Todd Burpo (Greg Kinnear), a Midwestern pastor, who has visions of Jesus riding on a multicolored pony in the film Heaven Is for Real, which is based on a true tale and supposedly based on the life of Todd Burpo.It’s possible that you’re already aware with the specifics of Heaven Is for Real.Perhaps you have heard the story or have read the book.(It spent many months at the top of the best-seller list in 2010 and 2011, and it is now at the top of the nonfiction paperback chart.) A 4-year-old kid who nearly died and returned home from the hospital with stories of seeing Jesus in paradise is the subject of this narrative, which is supposedly based on fact.In the film, the boy, Colton Burpo (played by first-time actor Connor Corum), was able to persuade his pastor father that he had really been to heaven by telling him stories about his family that he had never heard before.

1. According to his pastor father, who wrote the book with the assistance of the conservative journalist who co-wrote Sarah Palin’s memoir, the boy, Colton Burpo (played by first-time actor Connor Corum), was Colton said that he had met his grandpa when he was a young man in heaven, as well as a sister who had died while still in his mother’s womb.
2. Angels were singing to him.
3. When it comes to the film rendition of this mystery, there are a variety of perspectives to consider.
4. A cynic might dismiss it as an attempt by Hollywood to co-opt the grassroots ″faith-based″ film genre, which has emerged in the last 15 years or so to serve a population that has been largely ignored (or derided) by most studio projects: the salt of the earth, God-fearing ordinary folks who live far away from our coastal cultural centers.
5. Following this line of reasoning, we may detect something unauthentic in this Nebraska-set (and Manitoba-shot) homily – we would interpret it as a cynical, condescending sop on the part of the speaker.

• It could be more prudent to just frame it as a business tale, like follows: HIFR is the latest in an unusual series of popular religious films that have been released in 2014.
• Son of God, an abridgement of last year’s History Channel miniseries The Bible, premiered in late February and earned $25 million in its first weekend of release.
• Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, may not have lived up to expectations, but it has nonetheless earned $72 million worldwide since its debut on March 28th.

• Nicolas Cage will feature in a remake of Left Behind: The Movie, which will be released in October and is based on the apocalyptic Rapture books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B.
• Jenkins.
• Christian Bale will portray Moses in Ridley Scott’s Exodus, while Ben Kingsley will portray King Herod in Mary, Mother of Christ, both of which will be released this Christmas.
• Don’t forget the underdog God’s Not Dead, which has already recovered more than ten times its initial $3 million budget in its first week of release.
• However, neither of these tactics gets to the heart of what is truly compelling about the film, which is at times ploddingly predictable and syrupy, and which insists on being quite precise about what paradise looks and sounds like.

• In fact, it appears just like a 4-year-old would describe it, complete with a light-eyed Jesus and magnificent horses as well as all of the family members you never realized you missed coming up to embrace and share tales.
• Rather, what makes HIFR unique is the grounded and, at times, earthy performance of Greg Kinnear (Flight) and British actress Kelly Reilly (Flight), who play a small-time preacher and his wife, respectively.
• In the core of this well-intentioned but ultimately awkward film, they form a sensitive nucleus, a believable heart around which some wonderfully captured nonsense swirls.
• I’ve never been a big admirer of Kinnear’s – though I’ve recognized in him a certain amount of effective smarminess, I’ve occasionally had the impression that he was smiling at me from behind his character.
• That is not the case here.

1. While portraying the troubled and doubting pastor Todd Burpo, who is perplexed by his little son’s implausible stories of paradise, actor Kinnear portrays human perplexity in a naturalistic and humanistic manner.
2. What happens when things are made plain, if trust is the proof of things that cannot be seen?
3. And Reilly’s acting is surprisingly sultry for what is supposed to be a family picture.
4. When it comes to being the glue that ties a broken family together, she is understated dynamite.

1. The reason we believe in the Burpos’ difficulties and begin to care about their efforts to keep everything together is because of her.
2. The film is also cautious not to portray the Christian locals with too broad a brush – there are shades of piety and cynicism, but no villains emerge from Burpo’s congregation.
3. Instead, the film focuses on the individual characters.
4. The church board, which is populated by overqualified actors such as Thomas Haden Church and Margo Martindale, is worried but not overreactive.
5. Even if the Burpos’ disclosures make them feel uneasy, they don’t go on a witch-hunting expedition.

A more subdued film would not insist on showing us dazzling winged mezzo soprano angels and a Jesus who looks much like Kenny Loggins from Top Gun in order to make a point.The image is a painting by Akiane Kramarik, a young woman and self-taught painter who also claims to have visited heaven as a child, and whose work the genuine Colton allegedly identified as an excellent likeness of the real Colton.Even still, a little uncertainty would have been welcome in this situation.This is especially true given that the video explicitly hints that Colton’s view of Jesus may have been a personal one that included some characteristics of his parents.In this case, however, the problem is that the film tries to be inclusive by suggesting that maybe heaven is real and that maybe it is made up of love and peace (there’s no mention of the other place, at least not in this film), while remaining faithful to a naive, childish conception of eschatology.

Heaven Is for Real would, without a question, fill a void, but the producers might have created a more rewarding picture if they had simply followed Iris DeMent’s suggestion and left the riddle to the audience to solve.Heaven Is a Real Place 82 Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, Connor Corum, Thomas Haden Church, and Margo Martindale star in the film.Randall Wallace is the director.

Thematic material, including certain medical circumstances, has a PG-13 rating.Time allotted for the performance: 100 minutes

What Language Did Jesus Speak?

While most historians accept that Jesus was a real historical man, there has long been controversy over the events and conditions of his life as represented in the Bible, according to the Bible.In particular, there has been considerable debate in the past over what language Jesus used while he was a man living during the first century A.D.in the kingdom of Judea, which is now located in what is now the southern portion of the Palestinian territory.WATCH: JESUS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Vault The topic of Jesus’ favourite language was brought up at a public meeting in Jerusalem in 2014 between Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Pope Francis, who was visiting the Holy Land at the time.It was a memorable moment in the history of the world.

1. Netanyahu, speaking to the Pope through an interpreter, declared: ″Jesus was here, in this country.
2. ″He was fluent in Hebrew.″ Francis interrupted him and corrected him.
3. ‘Aramaic,’ he replied, referring to the ancient Semitic language that emerged among a group of people known as the Aramaeans about the late 11th century B.C.
4. and is now almost completely extinct.
5. Several groups of Chaldean Christians in Iraq and Syria continue to speak a dialect of it, according to a study published by the Washington Post.

• ″He spoke Aramaic, but he was fluent in Hebrew,″ Netanyahu said immediately in response.
• Despite the fact that both the prime minister and the Pope were likely correct in their interpretation of the language, the news of the linguistic debate made national headlines.
• READ MORE: What Did Jesus Look Like When He Was Alive?

Jesus Was Likely Multilingual

The vast majority of religious academics and historians agree with Pope Francis that the real Jesus spoke primarily a Galilean dialect of Aramaic during his lifetime.By the 7th century B.C., the Aramaic language had spread far and wide, and it would eventually become the lingua franca throughout most of the Middle East as a result of trading, invasions, and conquering.According to scholars, it would have been the most widely used language among ordinary Jewish people in the first century A.D.as opposed to the religious elite, and it would have been the most probable language to have been spoken by Jesus and his disciples in their daily lives.Netanyahu, on the other hand, was technically accurate.

1. Hebrew, which is derived from the same language family as Aramaic, was also widely spoken during the time of Jesus.
2. Hebrew was the language of religious experts and sacred books, notably the Bible, in the ancient world, similar to how Latin is used now (although some of the Old Testament was written in Aramaic).
3. Although Jesus’ ordinary existence would have been conducted in Aramaic, it is likely that he was conversant in Hebrew.
4. Aramaic terminology and phrases are recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, although in Luke 4:16 we see Jesus reciting Hebrew from the Bible at a synagogue, making Aramaic the most commonly used language in the New Testament.

Alexander the Great Brought Greek to Mesopotamia

Other languages spoken at the time of Jesus were Aramaic and Hebrew, as well as Greek and Latin.Following Alexander the Great’s conquest of Mesopotamia and the remainder of the Persian Empire in the fourth century B.C., Greek became the official language in most of the region, displacing other languages.Judea was a province of the eastern Roman Empire during the first century A.D., which adopted Greek as its language franca and retained Latin for judicial and military purposes.According to Jonathan Katz, a Classics lecturer at Oxford University, Jesus was unlikely to have known more than a few phrases in Latin when he was on the earth.He undoubtedly understood more Greek than he let on, but it wa