God is going to once again visit Italy and the nations of the world. This painting is one of at least three of the Mediterranean region.

Cornelius prayed all his life and gave alms to the poor which came up before the Lord. The book of Acts says: Acts 10:1-9

"There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 He lodged with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. 7 And when the angel which spoke unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; 8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: "

Well during Peter’s prayer time God told him to go with the three men to Cornelius house to share the gospel with him. This was the beginning of the Gospel going to the gentile nation. Cornelius prayers made way for the gospel to go into all the world.

Cornelius is the name of the first store front and Peter is the name of the one at the far end, for he came in response to his prayers. You can see Jesus is on one awning, and of course my mom asked me to put the  De Lorenzo name on one of the awnings. The Italian one says Amore del Dio, which means the "Love of God”, in Italian.

The flags are flags of some of the nations along the Mediterranean Sea, the first table is Israel, the next table is France, then Greece, and Spain, and the flag on the building is Italy.   

If you look closely you will see an outline of Italy in the water, with Jesus coming in the clouds, with His foot on the top of the country.  You can see a soft face in the clouds representing the Father  and a angel. You can also see several faces on the rocks on the hill. This depicts that all creation is looking for the return of the Lord according to the Romans 8. You can see the Scriptures written on the sail of the boat. Just ask the Lord what this painting means to you, but I know that He wants to visit the nations once again, so the Lord has me prophecy the destiny of Italy in the painting… He will once again appear in the heavens.

My Mission and the Mike DeLorenzo Art Gallery is to inspire and to share the revelational aspect of art in God's coming Kingdom.

I am inspired to paint this art which gives insight into the heart and mind of our Lord and Savior.