The above painting is one of the remakes I found. In this painting I was trying to narrate the idea of temptation vs Jesus praying at the garden of Gethesemane. I had made the tree take thr form of a woman as she was the one who was deceived by the snake, who then went on to give the fruit to Adam and hence the fall of man. The other significance of the woman is the fact that God had declared that it would be the seed of woman that would crush the head of the snake. The third significance of the woman is the idea that God calls the church His bride, hence having a woman in the form of a tree would be of great significance especially at that specific scene.
The significance of the snake was the fact that the devil had entered the snake when he tempted the woman, which then lead to the snake being cursed. The other reason is that, many people associate the snake with evil and the devil for this reason. Therefore having the snake wrapped around the tree/woman, would be symbolic of how he had deceived the woman, and how he continues to deceive the woman Christ views as His bride.
According to the first books in the New Testament, it is recorded that before Jesus was arrested, He prayed for Himself, the disciples and future believers. This was an intense time of prayer as He had known all that He was about to suffer, we have no exact knowledge as to what was happening during this time in terms of the spiritual battle that was being waged however it was so intense that Jesus even if asked "Father, if it is Your will, remove this cup from me..." The cup being symbolic of what He was about to suffer in order to save mankind.
These are the reasons why I had chosen to work with these specific symbols in the painting
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