Michelangelo had himself to pay for the three other statues and for having the tomb erected, for which he all deposited money in the Strozzi bankG46. He later added a sculpture of Leah, the daughter of Laban, representing active life and one of her sister Rachel, representing contemplative life, which he sculpted in less than a year. The Pope’s agents indeed negotiated a new contract so that Michelangelo had only to deliver the Moses and two other statues of Captives that he had already finished. The Roveres had succeeded the Montefeltros at the court of Urbino through adoption. The Pope promised to arrange an agreement with the Duke of Urbino who had demanded of Michelangelo to finish the tomb as originally planned. He had to finish the never-ending tomb of the late Rovere Pope Julius II and the Herculean work took all his time. There was a whole wall to be filled behind the main altar, a surface of 226 square meter. Very soon, he asked the sculptor and painter Michelangelo Buonarroti to continue to paint the Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel. On October, 11 of 1534 the College of Cardinals elected Alessandro Farnese to be the new Pope of the Catholic Church. This burning lake is the second death and anybody whose name could not be found written in the book of life was hurled into the burning lake. The Death and Hades were hurled into the burning lake. The sea gave up all the dead who were in it Death and Hades were emptied of the dead that were in them and every one was judged as his deeds deserved. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged from what was written in the books, as their deeds deserved. I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing in front of his throne while the books lay open. In his presence, earth and sky vanished, leaving no trace. Then I saw a great white throne and the One who was sitting on it. G38įinally, John wrote in his Revelation on the Last Judgement: When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your head high, because your liberation is near at hand. And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the turmoil of the ocean and its waves, men fainting away with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken. Luke, though always the most rational of the Evangelists describes the coming of God in terrible words: He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. Matthew somewhat further talks again on the Last Judgement, in the same fearful words: And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet to gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven then, too, all the peoples of the earth will beat their breasts and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. Immediately after the distress of those days the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of heaven will be shaken. Wherever the corpse is, that is where the vultures will gather. The coming of the Son of man will be like lightning striking in the east and flashing far into the west. There are various references also to the Last Judgement in the Gospels and of course, John’s Apocalypse or Revelation is entirely dedicated to the coming of God to judge humans.

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