Adolph Menzel created a painting titled 'Frederick the Great’s Address to His Generals Before the Battle of Leuthen'. This historical piece depicts Frederick’s speech to his generals in December 1757 during the Seven Years’ War before their famous battle in Silesia against the Austrians.
Menzel worked on it from 1859-1861, but never finished it.
The monumental painting contains the background & the generals standing in
a semi-circle, but the main figure of Frederick the Great was left blank.
Menzel’s famous painting is a picture of many lives. The
background of career, interests, pursuits & achievement is complete. The
faces of significant people like family, friends & colleagues surround. But
the central & most important figure is left incomplete - Jesus.
Jesus Christ has been given a name that is above all others
& rightly deserves to be the focal point of our lives. The centrality of
Christ in life is the greatest need of every person. May we never foolishly
allow Him to be a blank figure in our crowded lives.
- Pulpit Helps (ministry127.com)
1 John 5:11-12 (ERV): “This is what God told us: God has given
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life, but
whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”
“We do not know the value of Christ, if we will not cleave
to Him unto death!” - Robert Murray
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