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The Resurrected Christ Appears to the Nephites

Matthew James Warren (1983– )

Medium

United States
ca. 2009
Oil

"As promised, Christ appeared to His followers in the Americas. A large crowd gathered at the temple, 'conversing about this Jesus Christ, of whom the sign had been given concerning his death' (3 Nephi 11:2). As they were 'marveling and wondering one with another' (3 Nephi 11:1), a man descended out of heaven, dressed in a white robe. Christ stretched forth his hands, showing the prints of the nails. The painting depicts the moment when the crowd realizes that the man is Jesus Christ. Some in the crowd are overcome with emotion. Some are shocked into silence. With simple, faith-filled expectation, a small child looks back to the viewer as if to say, 'I knew he would come.'”