What's wrong with this picture?

Talk about conditioning the masses. In an article from the Associated Press, printed in the Post & Courier (www.postandcourier.com) the artwork of Mr. Salvador Dali is said to be on display in the city of Atlanta, GA. The particular painting in question is called "Santiago el Grande," part of "Salvador Dali: The Late Work."

Mr. Dali is known as a surrealist. He is the creator of the melting watches painting. However, there's something rotten in Atlanta.

At a glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with Salvador Dali's painting. It's a picture of James the Greater riding a white horse holding up a picture of Jesus Christ with his left hand. It's when you start to explore the symbolism behind the painting, that is you start to critique its elements, you find some very disturbing things.

For starters, look at the effigy of Jesus. We see Jesus with his arms spread out and feet together to form a cross. We also have Jesus of Nazareth with his head leaning backward, and light radiating from Jesus' belly. Jesus is seen as though he were being crucified, but where is the cross? This would suggest that Jesus was just a man who died, instead of being the sinless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. If you take away the cross, then there's nothing to say that Jesus died horribly as the Holy Bible says.

Also, where are the holes in Jesus' feet? The Bible says "they shall look on him whom they pierced." If Jesus received the nails in his hands and feet, then why are they missing from the picture?

Another curious thing is the rider of the white horse. Although you can't see everything (mercifully,) the man is completely naked. This is similar to the Council on Foreign Relations symbol, a naked man riding a white horse.

To the Christian, God gave us clothes to cover our nakedness and hide our shame. Indeed, this bears out that most people, if conscious of being seen naked, and the viewer is not familiar, they begin to cover up their genitals (and breasts, for women) in embarrassment. This would seem to suggest that the rider on the horse rejoices in shame and perhaps a sexual deviant, seeking to cause embarrassment to those around him.

The horse is another symbol altogether. The white horse when rearing up as seen in "Santiago el Grande" would suggest that there is excitement around. Combined with the rider holding up the picture of Jesus Christ, it suggests that the rider is holding up Jesus as though a victor over him, not holding up the name of Jesus Christ as one would suppose.

Another suggestion is that the rider of the white horse is not coming to make peace, but rather war as stated by the nuclear explosion near the horse's hind legs, and that though he would father peace, war is in his loins.

Finally, we are going to take a look at the etymology of the names of the picture and its author. Santiago el Grande is Spanish for James the Greater. The word James is a form of the Hebrew word Jacob, which means supplanter, which in turn means one who takes by trickery or force.

The name Salvador means 'savior,' as in Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. Dali means part, share, portion; to divide. What this man's name would mean is "savior divided," meaning Jesus died, but he is not raised from the dead as he is. Thus "Santiago el Grande by Salvador Dali" means "Get rid of the savior and let the supplanter take his place," which is exactly what Satan wants to do. He wants to take Jesus out of the picture as the Savior of mankind and put in his own 'savior,' the antichrist. Fitting also that Salvador Dali was a Roman Catholic, because one of the title's of the Pope is 'Vicar of Christ.' Vicar comes from the Latin 'vicarius,' meaning opposite of, or against. Thus Vicar of Christ means opposite of Christ, opposed to Christ, thus anti christ.