Christianity
The images below are a creative, modern interpretation of Biblical text depicting initial perfection followed by corruption, redemption, and salvation.
Tap on or hover over an image to read the corresponding passage from the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible. On phones, tap another photo to clear text obscuring the previous photograph.
"Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
- Genesis 2:8-9 (NIV)
"The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him."
- Revelation 12:9 (NIV)
"How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!"
- Isaiah 14:12 (NIV)
"Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs."
- Exodus 7:11-12 (NIV)
"But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away."
- Matthew 13:25 (NIV)
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."
- Matthew 6:13 (NIV)
"but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death."
- James 1:14-15 (NIV)
"Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed."
- Exodus 22:20 (NIV)
"And, 'If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?'"
- 1 Peter 4:18 (NIV)
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."
- Matthew 10:29-31 (NIV)
"My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?"
- John 14:2 (NIV)
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it."
- Matthew 13:45-46 (NIV)
"When he had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."
- John 19:30 (NIV)
"and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus' resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people."
- Matthew 27:52-53 (NIV)
"And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books."
- Revelation 20:12 (NIV)
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad."
- 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NIV)
"See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all people, and many will be those slain by the Lord."
- Isaiah 66:15-16 (NIV)
"For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever."
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV)