{"title":"Jonathan Pireddu","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-way-of-the-water-la-via-per-l-acqua","title":"THE WAY OF THE WATER","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"THE WAY OF THE WATER\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n This painting primarily represents and inspires reflection on the importance of being \"salt in the world\"; with the aim of providing a greater understanding of what it means to add flavor to this earth.\u003cbr\u003e\n The horse represents both people in need and those who have everything, but in reality they too are in need (characteristics highlighted by the horse's skeleton and bones).\u003cbr\u003e \nA quote from John M. Keynes says: \"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink.\" This quote is true and I believe anyone could say the same. Furthermore, horses in nature lose large amounts of essential minerals in their sweat, and if these are not replaced, an electrolyte imbalance can develop (which is why \"salt\" is given to entice the horse to drink water).\u003cbr\u003e\n Reading the Bible, Jesus himself said: \"Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its flavor, how will you season it? Have salt in yourselves and be at peace with one another.\" (Mark 9:50-51)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Reading this, I asked myself: \"Why is it good? What are the benefits of salt? And what does He mean by the command \"have salt in yourselves\"?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn my research, I've seen that salt is fundamental to human life for numerous vital physiological mechanisms, such as the transmission of nerve impulses and blood pressure regulation. It's not just in food, but also in religion, and in economic and social relationships between cultures and countries. Called \"the divine substance\" by the Greeks, known to the Romans as \"white gold,\" and in the Old Testament, it signifies \"wisdom, holiness, incorruptibility, and covenant.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e After all the importance of salt, I asked myself: \"What could the world be like without salt? How could the world be like without truth and justice (which is equivalent to salt)?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e For this reason, \"Jesus stood on the last day, the great day of the feast, and cried out, 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'\" (John 7:37-38)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eIt is again: (Gospel of John 4:14) whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up into eternal life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e In conclusion: \"We often take things for granted. If there were no salt in the world, there would be no life, only destruction, chaos, and death. Even the Church, guardian of truth, is worthless if it does not bring justice, the image of God on earth. Likewise, anyone who corrupts himself with the world cannot give it flavor, and therefore cannot give the world what it truly needs: the solution.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gionathan Pireddu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203529421186,"sku":"111052","price":880.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/20240708_115938_0.jpg?v=1768318679"},{"product_id":"il-germoglio","title":"THE SPROUT","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"THE SPROUT\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Spiderman has always been my favorite superhero, a character who particularly captured my heart, becoming my idol for a good part of my childhood, as happened and still happens to many other children.\u003cbr\u003e \nThis painting particularly represents me: I've always believed that the injustice of this world needed a solution, a superhero, someone people could look up to and make good prevail over evil. But I was looking at things the wrong way, I've experienced it in my own life too, I've searched and searched... but I've found no one equal to Christ and what he did for each of us: descending from his throne of glory, from a place where wickedness and corruption do not exist, he stripped himself of his eternal glory to come to a miserable, arid, and muddy place, of darkness and injustice, to save what was lost, free those in slavery, heal the sick, and give eternal life to those who had none, choosing to grow up in poverty, be born in a manger, and die in the most atrocious and painful way imaginable. A totally extraordinary man who brought the solution, becoming the answer to this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eThus says the Lord of hosts: \"Behold, a man whose name is the Branch shall spring up in his place, and shall build the temple of the Lord; he shall build the temple of the Lord, and shall receive glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne.\" (Zechariah 6:12-13)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gionathan Pireddu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203529453954,"sku":"111053","price":370.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/screenshot_20240905_225101_gallery.jpg?v=1768318679"},{"product_id":"the-real-superhero-il-vero-supereroe","title":"THE REAL SUPERHERO","description":"\u003cp\u003e \"THE REAL SUPERHERO\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Did you know that Superman has Jewish origins?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Yes, inspired by the Torah, the founders of this invincible superhero are Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Notes:\u003cbr\u003e\n - the first Superman comic was published a few years before World War II broke out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e - the meaning of the Hebrew name of Superman (Kal El) is: Voice of God and the name of his father Jor El: God will be Exalted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e This painting is not intended to provoke, but to highlight facts that actually happened (the clash of imagination and reality).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eIt is known that the Jews have always had in mind a Messiah different from Jesus (which is why they refused to recognize him as their King), unconsciously different even from the one mentioned in the Old Testament, in the Torah, imagined as one on a white horse, with a great sword, a shining crown, descending directly from heaven, therefore a superhuman person according to a cultural standard and a human, materialistic and very earthly concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Superman is the closest thing to a supposed Messiah: \"a superman with laser eyes that burns everything, just with a glance, unstoppable, no weapon can kill or hurt him, he fights evil, has super strength, super speed, super hearing, super breath, he came from another world...\"\u003cbr\u003e \nNot accepting someone born in a manger, born poor, sitting on a donkey instead of a white horse, Superman was created without a sword or crown, the fruit of rejection. No wonder we read of Pilate saying, \"What is truth?\" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, \"I find no fault in him. But you have a custom that I release one to you at the Passover; do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?\" Then they cried out again, \"Not this man, Barabbas!\" Now Barabbas was a robber.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n (Gospel of John 18:38-40)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e And again, in the Old Testament we can read:\u003cbr\u003e \n\"Who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, nor any form that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, and we esteemed him as one from whom men hide their faces; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he bore our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the chastisement that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him our iniquity.\" everyone.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n (Isaiah 53:1-6)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gionathan Pireddu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203529519490,"sku":"111054","price":430.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/20230831_222805.jpg?v=1768318680"},{"product_id":"melchisedek","title":"MELCHIZEDEK","description":"\u003cp\u003e Who is Melchizedek? What is his power? Where does it come from?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eGreen Lantern draws power from an alien ring given to him by an extraterrestrial on his deathbed. That power comes from the bond the dying alien forges with the ring, which recharges from a lantern.\u003cbr\u003e\n A superhero with an alien power who fights evil in the universe by spreading this message:\u003cbr\u003e\n \"In the brightest day, in the darkest night, let no wicked escape my watch. And let him who is lost in evil beware my power, the light of the Green Lantern!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e But what the Lord accomplished on the cross enabled the bride (the church) to receive the power of God to conquer evil in the world and be the light that shines in the darkness, announcing the eternal Gospel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Hebrews 7:1-2)\u003cbr\u003e \n\"This Melchizedek, as the Bible says, was king of Salem and priest of Almighty God. As Abraham returned from battle, where he had defeated the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him. To him Abraham gave a tenth of everything. His name means 'king of righteousness,' and moreover he is also king of Salem, which means 'king of peace.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Hebrews 7:13-16)\u003cbr\u003e\n \"These words refer to Jesus our Lord, who belongs to a tribe in which no one was ever a priest of the altar. For it is clear that Jesus comes from the tribe of Judah, and Moses said nothing of it when he spoke of the priesthood. And all this is even more evident since another priest has come, similar to Melchizedek. He did not become a priest because of human laws, but by the power of an everlasting life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Psalms 97:2) \"A dark cloud surrounds him; righteousness and justice uphold his throne.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Hebrews 7:25)\u003cbr\u003e \n\"Therefore he is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through him. For he always lives to pray for them to God.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Ultimately, the Lord is the source of all power, the king of justice who brings true peace and deliverance into our hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gionathan Pireddu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203531321730,"sku":"111071","price":374.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/20240708_183926_0.jpg?v=1768318697"},{"product_id":"the-champion-of-this-world-il-campione-di-questo-mondo","title":"\"The Champion of this world\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e In the story of Shazam, a very old wizard realized that he could no longer continue to defend the world from the 7 sins, so he began to search for a successor, a champion with a pure heart to defeat evil.\u003cbr\u003e \nInitially, \"Thad\" was recruited, but at the time of the test he was found to be impure, so he rejected him; but as this child grew up, he did everything he could to gain those powers unfairly and eventually succeeded.\u003cbr\u003e\n Billy Batson, a young orphan, rejected by the world and his real family, was chosen as a champion to defeat evil in the world, becoming a superman upon pronouncing the name \"Shazam\".\u003cbr\u003e\n Billy's stepbrothers were also in grave danger, so they were given the same superhero powers to defeat the enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e This story is familiar to me, and so I said to myself, \"Fantasy is for children, but for those who seek the truth, it's another story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Genesis 3:14-15)\u003cbr\u003e \nThen the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock and above every beast of the field. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e The battle between good and evil began right here with the fall of Adam and Eve; but God promised a \"seed\" who would conquer the serpent and evil in the world, offering hope and a solution to all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e The Lord spoke secretly to the prophets in the past in mysterious ways, raising many questions. But when the Messiah came to earth, he revealed everything; everything became clearer:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e He sacrificed himself to give us forgiveness for our sins, and not only ours, but those of the whole world.\u003cbr\u003e\n (1 John 2:2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Colossians 2:15)\u003cbr\u003e \nHaving disarmed the principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men (Christ Jesus), training us to deny ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works.\u003cbr\u003e\n (Titus 2:11-14)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e What we will be is not yet seen. But when Jesus returns, we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.\u003cbr\u003e\n (1 John 3:2-3)\u003cbr\u003e\n You who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on carpets, and you who walk along the road, hear (all):\u003cbr\u003e \nthe people gathered around the wells are telling of the victories of the Lord, the triumphs of the Lord, CHAMPION OF ISRAEL.\u003cbr\u003e\n (Judges 5:11)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e Taking away the imagination, the Champion of this world in conclusion is undoubtedly the Lord Jesus who won every battle, every sin, every illness for all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gionathan Pireddu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56203531649410,"sku":"111103","price":520.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/20240911_174604.jpg?v=1768318701"}],"url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/collections\/gionathan-pireddu.oembed","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}