Obama as Christ
Posted April 27, 2009 · Charles O
Artist Michael D’Antuono’s 30” x 54” acrylic painting on canvas which depicts President Obama, arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns, will be unveiled on April 29 (Obama’s 100th day in office) in New York City’s Union Square.
According to a statement released about the portrait, “The appearing much like Jesus Christ on the Cross: atop his head, a crown of thorns; behind him, the dark veil being lifted (or lowered) on the Presidential Seal. But is he revealing or concealing, and is he being crucified or glorified?”
The piece is called “The Truth"… as in, John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”?
Obama the Christ and Neo-Messiah?
P. J. Gladnick of NewsBusters, in a write-up about D’Antuono’s painting, remarks that the messianic parallels begun early in the presidential campaign. As with:
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