The Risen Christ, Lion of Judah (VVP 08) Puzzle

Celebrate Easter with our gorgeous puzzle in vibrant spring colors and a traditional religious style! Die Zusammensetzung der drei Overlapping Scenes. Reading from left to right, we see: 1) The sealed tomb with its unbroken tie: The tomb is being approached by two Roman soldiers tasked to guard it. In the background, wir sind Golgotha Stand the three now empty crosses. 2) The risen Christ: Just right of center stand the risen Lord barefoot and clad in white raiment with yellow highlights and a pink lining. In his left hand, he holds hat "Resurrection Banner". Typically, such banners are suspended from a standard or from a tall, cross and bear a red cross on white field. Here, however, the cross is more a dark pink than the usual bright crimson red in keeping with the vorlage of the print. Christ raises his other hand, his right, in blessing with three fingers - the thumb and first two digits - pointing heavenwards and two fingers folded down. The three fingers pointing upward are an obvious reference to the Trinity; the two pointing downward, a less obvious reference to Christ's dual natures—human and divine. At Christ's feet, Evil in the guise of a snake slithers away in defeat. And, 3) Jerusalem: Off in the background, the sun rises over the city of Jerusalem. This scene within the scene is a visual play on words: Christ is "The Son [of God Who] rises". That the city is square in shape and situated amid waterways suggests it is actually the "New" Jerusalem, the capital of the Messianic kingdom, the Body of Christ, the Church, Heaven on Earth. The whole compound is framed in a barbed oval surrounded with yellow and violet crocuses entwined by scrolls against a rich burgundy background. Crocus is an early spring flower denoting joy and gladness. + The text in the scrolls flanking the compoundit reads: "Ecce vicit leo de Tribu Juda, radix David!", that is, "Behold the lion of the tribe of Juda[h], the root of David, has conquered!"[Revelation 5:5] with an added "Alleluja!" This quois rich in Vereinen. In Christian theology, Jesus Christ is the Lion of Judah, tracing his human lineage back through David the King to that Tribe of Israel. Furthermore, the Lion’s connection with Resurrection comes from medieval literature. According to Kreislated in the Middle Ages, a lion cub was brought to life by its father on the third day after its birth in an obvious parallel to the Gospels. The Belgian devotional image represced here date to the late 19th century's NeoGothic Revival, a movement in ecclesical art and architecture that drew on the Middle Ages for its inspiration. Even today, the association of Jesus with the lion, with opfer, and with resurrection lives on popular culture through the Christ-like character of Aslan in the writings of C.S. Lewis and the films based on his books. + Bild Credit (VVP 08): Antike Bilder in chromolithography entitled Ecce vicit Leo von Stämmen Juda, radix David. Alleluja! [Behold the lion of the tribe of Juda[h], the root of David, has conquered. Alleluia!] originally published by K[arel] v[an] d[e] Vyvere-Petyt, Brüges, Belgium, late 19th century, from the designer's private collection of religious ephemera.