GALLERY

1. Symbols and signs Circles, squares and crosses, shells, spirals and letters. Constantly and enigmatically, they form the motifs of Hilma's paintings, along with many figurative works of art. It is difficult...

2. The tree of knowledge The tree of knowledge of good and evil stands on the earth. At the top is the Holy Communion Chalice, the cup of the New Covenant with which Jesus instituted the Eucharist. The way of knowledge gets its...

3. The fruit of knowledge Adam and Eve would not eat of the fruit of knowledge. Here Adam is tempted to sin against God's admonition. Eve holds the forbidden fruit and almost seems to walk in the spiral that Adam...

4. The expulsion When sin is revealed, Adam and Eve become aware of their nakedness, they are no longer one, they are two, male and female. Now they cover each other, and God has to make them clothes. Hilma...

5. love Man's inheritance became longing, longing back to God and Eden, to the unity of everything. To the naked innocence. Unity and equality prevailed in Eden, but it ended when the serpent and...

6. The snake rules The whole world is in the power of the Evil One (1 John 5:19). The serpent, Satan of old, was cast out of paradise. He is since then the ruler of the world. Power and money are his companions. ....

7. The snake as a tempter Seven hearts trapped behind bars. The serpent wants to seal the human heart and lure it into sin. Here Adam and Eve have exchanged colors with each other. The woman defends her male...

8. The snake shall be crushed In Christian belief, God became man, he came to earth as the second Adam. Here dressed in Adam's yellow color, as in a hood of gold. Adam is bound and imprisoned awaiting his release. ....

9. The cross through Mary Mary became pregnant through the Holy Spirit. In the temple with Joseph and the newborn, Mary was told that "through your own soul shall pass a sword, that the thoughts of many may...

10. Joseph and Mary The dove is the classic Christian symbol of the Spirit. In the body of the dove, Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus are drawn. Joseph and Mary are painted in yellow and blue. The Spirit gave Mary and Joseph...

11. The baby Jesus Adam and Eve are again naked before each other. Like Joseph and Mary, they hand over the child in truth and love (white and red). That child will give the world a new hope, and will...

12. preaching the gospel In the Book of Revelation (chapter 12), the serpent from ancient times is described as a dragon. In the image, Christ stands ready to crush the Dragon/Snake's head. The dragon and the knight as an allegory

13. God's sacrificial death Everything was prepared and foretold by the prophets. God's Spirit would be poured out on mankind and the law of love would be written in the heart of each one. In the introduction to Leviticus there is...

14. The Spirit - the gift of God The finale, the very point of the Christian story, is that through Jesus, man would finally share in the Spirit of God, represented in the Bible as a dove. Already the ancients...

15. Holy Jerusalem In the final chapter of Revelation, John sees a cube coming down from heaven, a symbol of Holy Jerusalem. It is an image for the Kingdom of God, the City of God, and the dream of...

16. Carrying your cross The way of man is to seek, with the help of the Spirit, truth and love, the white and red color of the cross. And to bear his cross, to endure the trials of life in the hope of resurrection, so...

17. victory The dragon/snake was crushed but stabbed Christ in the heel. He wears a robe of black and gold. The black shows that he took man's sin upon himself, the gold that he was victorious. His robe is red...

18. the end of sin The cross stands on earth to show that this is true for everyone. Man is not without sin, but knowledge and insight make him aware of it, and of forgiveness....

19. a new earth Triumphant over the earth, the white cross of truth appears in the sky. "There shall be a new heaven and a new earth" it is said. Yellow and blue become one in a green world. Eden...

20. Faith, hope and love The Gospel of Matthew ends with the following words, which here illustrate the last panel: All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make all nations...

Executive summary Five main characters are the pillars on which the whole edifice rests. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob... The story of the chosen seed who were made heirs of the promise and revered...