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Linda Lee Zarley Stevens Day
presents more than 40 years of work drawing the Bible and especially the the last chapter of the Bible which is the Book of Revelation.

This drawing-painting completed in 1975 was to be the Harlot of Babylon, but my lack of education brought me to make a different one which is much more correct with scripture. I will present it later. I call this therefore "THE STRUGGLE WITH THE SERPANT."

(Most verses will be from the King James Version of the Bible)

Rev. 1:3 says Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

The first drawing is Jesus coming to the Mount of Olives.

Zachariah 14:6 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

Zachariah 14:4 And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east.

There is a lot to say in Zachariah 14 and it is best for the viewer to read it for themselves. For the armies of the world will surround Jerusalem and they will flee as if from an earthquake.

Zechariah Chapter 14 (NIV)
(this version of the Bible had this to say)
2    I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will get captured, the houses ransacked and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile , but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.
3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights in the day of battle.
4    On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, for it will extend to Azel.
5      You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Juday. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.
6      On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
7      It will be a unique day, without daytime or nighttime - a day known to the Lord.

Jesus in the Seven Candlesticks

Revelation 1:13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead.

The Letters to the Churches

Please read Revelation 2 and 3.
When figuring out how to draw this, I remembered that in a marriage the man is as Jesus and the wife is as the church. This is why the churches represented are women. This is not to belittle women, but to see how all of us have these sins and positive abilities to move forward and get the rewards that God has in store for us.

The first woman on the left is Ephesus that lost her first love (got my red dress on). If she overcomes she gets to eat of the tree of life.

Then the church of Smyrna. The persecuted church will get the crown of life, if it overcomes.

Pergamos is the lenient church. They must repent or He will fight them with the sword of his mouth. If they overcome they will get to eat the hidden manna and receive a stone with a new name written on it that only they will get to see.

The compromising church is Thyatira and this one leads the pack in my drawing as our compromise is what really leads us astray. If they overcome they will get power to rule over nations with a rod of iron. They will also receive the morning star.

Now Sardis, the dead church. (We are dead in our trespasses and sin.) If they will overcome, they will be clothed in white raiment.

The church of Philadelphia is the obedient church and they will be made a pillar in the temple.

Then finally the blind and naked church of the Laodiceans. These people are neither cold nor hot. These people need to buy gold tried in the fire and anoint their eyes with eyesalve. (My opinion, we have nothing to give God that he would want. Our life is the gold. Our trials will try us with fire.) If they overcome they will be granted to sit with Him in His throne, even as He also overcame, and is set down with the Father in His throne.

In retrospect, only my opinion. This is all of us as we walk this life. We must always be on the alert to overcome.

We cannot do this on our own. When we accept Jesus, He will help us overcome as long as we keep asking him to help us. It is easy to accept Him. Just say it simply. Jesus come into my heart and life. Say I want to make it to Heaven to be with you. Help me to overcome.