of Christian iconography is The Transfiguration. It is located in the Church of Saint Catherine’s monastery‚ on Mount Sinai‚ Egypt. It is another apse mosaic‚ depicting a frontal view of a bearded Jesus‚ suspended in a flat plane of gold. He is in a blue mandorla‚ and wears a white gown symbolizing his spiritually transfigured state. The fact that this mosaic is in a church on Mount Sinai is significant in itself because this is the site that Moses had been transfigured by light after having received
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The famous Sermon on the Mount delivered by Jesus is considered to be one of the main focal points of the entire religions moral belief system. It delivers many applicable methods to approach salvation and the lifestyles choices/fruits that come along with embracing God’s grace and sacrifice. Jesus gave this sermon at an early point during His ministry. In the previous two chapters‚ Jesus was baptized‚ gathered His disciples and gained more of a following throughout Syria. Once Jesus noticed his
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The Sermon in the Mount delivered by Jesus defines the important values of Religion. As the founder of Christian religion‚ Jesus‚ in his sermon‚ presented the evidences of ethics behavior of Christians‚ which are forgiveness‚ humility‚ Justice‚ love and perseverance. Agreeing to Jesus’ sermon‚ forgiveness must characterize Christians. In fact‚ Christian must forgive at the level of accepting a recidivist behavior. According to Jesus “If someone strikes you on the right cheek‚ turn to him the other
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Matthew 5:27-32 is part of the Sermon on the Mount discourse‚ which is one of the five discourses of the Gospel of Matthew (5-7‚ 10‚ 13‚ 18‚ and 23-25). This passage locates relatively earlier in the Sermon. Professor Dallas Willard (1998)‚ in his book The Divine Conspiracy‚ claims that “The later parts of the Discourse presuppose the earlier parts and simply cannot be understood unless their dependence upon the earlier parts is clearly seen” (p. 138). If the sequential order in the discourse
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Loving your enemies does not seem easy‚ praying for them even harder‚ and doing both for those who persecute you‚ practically impossible. Conversely‚ during the Sermon on the Mount‚ recorded in Matthew 5:43-48‚ Christ calls his followers to love their enemies‚ a calling that perhaps seemed just as contrary to first century culture as today’s culture. However‚ as seen through Christ’s ministry on earth‚ he did not call his followers to what seemed easy‚ but to radically transform their lives to adhere
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Mount Everest may be a wonderful place but‚ it is polluted. It has housed many climbers who all left trash behind. Though there are people trying to clean up this mess such as Sir Edmund Hillary and The Eco Everest Expedition formed only because of the pollution and trash left behind on the mountain by climbers. Sir Edmund Hillary (in source 1) was the first to scale Mount Everest and he was also the first to want to clean it. A quote from Source 1 demonstrates this is‚ “Hillary was also concerned
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The Mt. Everest Base Camp is a dream goal for the vast majority of the trekkers and explorers around the globe. There were a few endeavors to make summit to the Everest for leaving impressions on the famous base camp of Mt. Everest (5364 m) like the legendary Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay- Mt. Everest climbers. However‚ many of them vanished or passed on amid the journey. New Zealand national Hillary and Nepali resident Sherpa were sufficiently fortunate to successfully have the summit to
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Over 2000 people died during the eruption. The volcano had blown its cap. Many people didn’t know what to do during the eruption. Mount Vesuvius was the volcano that had been showing signs of eruption for decade before the eruption. Nobody understood what the sign‚ they just thought it was the gods showing them signs. The eruption was like an explosion from hell. It all happened so
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Tomaniivi (Victoria) in Northcentral Viti Levu‚ Fiji Islands‚ Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 September 2011. TOTAL MARKS 100 = 15% OF FINAL GRADE. DUE DATE: FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER 2011 I. VITI LEVU – MAJOR ESSAY 1 Write an 8-page essay on “Viti Levu: A Case Study of Island Biodiversity”. Your essay should focus on the different natural and cultural terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity that are found on Viti Levu‚ with focus on dominant species (plants and animals) and crops in different
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Title: Everest Base Camp Trekking- Full Guide The Everest locale is the most popular destination among the tourists in Nepal‚ which is renowned for its fabulous mountain tops and the magnificence of the slopes. A large portion of this spot experience edges and trails. However‚ you would have sufficient space to rest and have a meal on your way. Taking us to the most notable base camp of all‚ at the best mountain on the planet‚ Mount Everest (8848m)‚ Everest Base Camp Trek is one of the world’s greatest
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