Many religious sects have predicted the end of the world, when God will punish the bad and reward the good.  The promised prize is always a place in Heaven under the protection of Christ.许多教派预言世界末日当上帝将惩罚坏人,奖励好.承诺的奖品是永远占有一席之地下天堂保护耶稣. Some people take the meaning of the second coming of Christ as symbolic.有人把意义的第二次来临的基督的象征. They believe that Christ will once again have an impact on the world, but not necessarily a physical presence.他们相信基督将再次有一个对世界的影响,但不一定是实际存在的.

Whether you are a believer or a non-believer, the second coming of Christ is a subject that has fascinated artists and writers over the years.不管你是信徒还是非信徒,第二次来临的基督是一个课题已入迷的艺术家和作家多年来. In 1961, British director Bryan Forbes made a film called Whistle Down The Wind.1961年,英主任布莱恩福布斯制作了一部名为whistledownthewind. It told an intriguing story from the point of view of a group of children.它告诉一个耐人寻味的故事,从政府的角度来看,一组儿童. The leader Kathy, played by Hayley Mills, and the others discover a shabby man hiding out in a barn.领导人kathy,发挥hayleymills,另发现一个破旧的男子正躲藏在一个粮仓. He is actually a fugitive on the run for murder but he tells them that he is Christ.其实他是在逃的在逃杀人,但他告诉他们,他是耶稣基督. The children believe him and proceed to protect him and bring him food.小孩相信他,进而保护他,并把他的食物. They think they have stumbled upon the second coming of Christ.他们认为他们已经偶然发现了第二次来临的基督.

They are excited to have found him and even though his demeanor is very non-Christ like, they completely accept him.他们兴奋地找到他,即使他的风范,是非常不喜欢基督,他们完全接受他. Whereas adults would cynically reject him, the children are naïve innocents.而成年人会玩世不恭地拒绝他,孩子们天真的无辜者. Adults have taught them the bible stories about the second coming of Christ and they have taken them at their word.成人教他们圣经故事第二次来临的基督,他们已经采取了他们自己一句话. Unquestioning belief makes innocents of us all.unquestioning信仰使得无辜的所有人. This story is entertaining modern audiences now in a musical stage version written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman.这个故事是现代的娱乐观众,现在的音乐舞台版所写andrewlloydwebber和Jimsteinman.

The British artist Stanley Spencer had his own unique style and outlook on the world.英国画家斯坦利斯潘塞有自己独特的风格和世界观. This was demonstrated in the many paintings he did with religious themes.这表现在许多画作,他与宗教的主题. Many of his pictures are set in the small town where he lived, Cookham on the River Thames.他的许多照片是在小城镇中住校,cookham在泰晤士河. Spencer was a devout Christian and he depicted the Passion of Christ in a work titled Christ Carrying The Cross in 1929.斯宾塞是一个虔诚的基督徒,他描绘的激情,基督的工作,基督为题进行交叉于1929年. This shows Christ walking down Cookham High Street accompanied by carpenters in the town.这表明,基督下山cookham高街陪同木匠在镇上. There is also an unfinished painting by him called Christ Preaching at Cookham Regatta, in which Christ wears a black, straw hat and has a beard.还有一个未完成的画,他称为基督传道时cookham风帆,在基督头戴黑色的草帽,并有胡子. Was Spencer reproducing the stories in a contemporary setting or was he predicting the same outcome for the second coming of Christ?被斯宾塞音响的故事,在当代背景下,还是他的预测相同的结果,为第二次来临基督?

Another British artist and performance poet, Adrian Henri, placed Christ in a modern location.另一位英国艺术家和表演诗人阿德里安亨利,基督放置在一个现代的位置. The Entry of Christ into Liverpool is a poem and a painting.进入基督利物浦是一个诗与画. The painting, finished in 1964, is inspired by the work of artist James Ensor and his The Entry of Christ into Brussels from 1889.这幅画完成于1964年,有工作的激励艺术家詹姆斯ensor和他进入基督进入布鲁塞尔由1889. Henri depicts a procession through a Liverpool street with Christ on a donkey, accompanied by the artist's friends.亨利描绘的游行队伍通过利物浦街与基督就一头驴子,随行的艺术家的朋友. An atheist, Henri still played with the idea of the second coming of Christ and what it means to a modern audience.无神论者,亨利仍在玩弄构想的第二次来临的基督,意思是现代观众.