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New Evidence on van Gogh’s Ear Continues Debate on Painter’s Mental State
Ben, those in the know – know Vincent prepared the way for the Anti-Christ when he cut off his ear. Now we know – for sure – how much this preparation, was! I would register Republican and vote for Trump – just in case! This does not look good. We should probably end socialized medicine in Israel to make sure we can get the majority of evangelicals – RAPTURED!
DALLAS, Texas – Pastor Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of the 11,000-member First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, has released a new book that answers people’s most pressing questions about heaven and what the end times will look like to Christians and those who do not believe in Jesus Christ.
In an interview with The Christian Post on Thursday, Pastor Jeffress spoke about what has become the most controversial part of his book, Perfect Ending: Why Your Eternal Future Matters Today, in which he highlights how President Barack Obama’s policies are paving the way for a future world dictator, known as the Antichrist.
AMSTERDAM — Everyone knows that Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear. But since that fateful event nearly 128 years ago, there has been continuing debate among scholars about the severity of that mutilation, which took place in Arles, France, in December 1888. Did he simply slice off a little chunk of his ear, or did he lop off the entire ear?
The author and amateur historian Bernadette Murphy, while researching the last period of that Dutch Post Impressionist’s life for a new book, discovered a document in an American archive that may help resolve the issue. A note written by Félix Rey, a doctor who treated van Gogh at the Arles hospital, contains a drawing of the mangled ear showing that the artist indeed cut off the whole thing.
The letter and drawing will be displayed for the first time at the Van Gogh Museum’s exhibition “On the Verge of Insanity,” which opens here on Friday and runs through Sept. 25, along with previously unexhibited documents and artifacts that try to provide more detailed evidence about van Gogh’s mental illness.
The exhibition will also include about 25 paintings and other objects, like a corroded revolver that van Gogh may have used to kill himself, museum officials say. These will try to explore, in particular, the final stretch of his life while his troubles escalated, from the ear-cutting incident to July 29, 1890, when he apparently committed suicide in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
The subject of the artist’s mental state has always fascinated people who admire his art, but until now the Van Gogh Museum, which contains the largest collection of his work in the world, has not directly addressed the subject. Until recently, the museum has focused on van Gogh’s aesthetic and technical progression, but interest in his biography is driving a different approach to exhibitions.
“This is really the start of a new series of small, focused exhibitions, which will only take one floor of the building but will enable us to give the visitors more information about van Gogh’s life,” said Nienke Bakker, curator of paintings for the Van Gogh Museum and curator of this exhibition. “This seemed for us to be the perfect subject to start with.”
Ms. Bakker said that most museum visitors wanted to know the details of van Gogh’s life: “The three most frequently asked questions are: What happened with his ear? What kind of illness did he have? and, Why did he commit suicide?”
The exhibition coincides with the release of the book, “Van Gogh’s Ear: The True Story,” by Ms. Murphy.
Jeffress emphasizes that he’s not at all saying that Obama is the Antichrist, only that his Administration’s policies are conditioning society to slowly accept the giving up of their rights. The megachurch pastor jokingly said he knows Obama is not the Antichrist, because as the Bible indicates, the Antichrist will have higher poll numbers.
The Antichrist, Jeffress said, will “usurp people’s basic freedoms such as speech, worship and commerce,” and will “launch an attack on God’s people, and will seek to change God’s moral law, according to Daniel 7:25. And, he will be able to accomplish all of these things, with little to no opposition, at least in the beginning.”
Jeffress cites examples showing how the Obama administration is paving the way for this future world dictator in the government’s takeover of healthcare and by launching “an attack against God’s own people unlike any president in history.” This, he said, can be seen by the Administration’s actions against the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic charity that, under the HHS Obamacare mandate, is required to cover contraceptives for its employees or pay a penalty of $4.5 million a year; and his proposal for a change in “one of God’s most basic moral laws that marriage should be between a man and a woman.”
The Obama administration, however, is not alone in usurping people’s rights, according to Jeffress, who notes that the George W. Bush administration did the same, as far as conditioning people for a future world dictator.
(Photo: Courtesy of Worthy Publishing)In his newest book, “Perfect Ending: Why Your Eternal Future Matters Today,” released on Jan. 21, 2014, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, aims to answer people’s most pressing questions about heaven and end times prophecy.image: http://graphic.christianpost.com/images/homepage11/enlarge4.png
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“For example, after 9/11 Americans willingly gave up certain freedoms and rights in order to protect our country,” he added. … “We are being taught that we are to surrender our personal rights for a greater good. And, I think in the same way, it will be argued one day, during the days of the Antichrist, that everybody ought to receive a mark, for security purposes, that will allow them to engage in commerce …”
Jeffress strongly believes that Christians should not be fearful of the end times, because “Christians will not be here to experience the great tribulation under the Antichrist.”
“I realize that’s a controversial view even among Christians,” he noted, while adding that in his book, he shares four reasons why he’s convinced Christians are not going to be left behind to experience the great tribulation.
That being said, Jeffress also emphasizes that he’s not saying Christians won’t go through tribulation in their lives. “The Church in every age has always suffered persecution. But the distinguishing factor of the great tribulation is that this will be God pouring out His wrath on mankind,” he affirmed. Citing Romans 8:1, Jeffress adds that “the Bible promises that there is no condemnation awaiting those who belong to
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/interview-pastor-robert-jeffress-on-heaven-and-end-times-prophecy-including-obama-paving-way-for-antichrist-112950/#BE7BbpqpwHH1D486.99
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