Saudi Crown Prince buys painting of Christ for his new museum...Is this significant for the end times?

hopeforhappiness said:

Mohammed bin Salman was the mystery buyer of "Salvator Mundi," a painting of Christ by Leonardo Da Vinci that recently sold for a record $450 million.

The buyer is Saudi Arabia's crown prince whose country forbids the official worship of Christ or any other religion except Islam.

The likely outrage is that an image of Christ is intended to be the centrepiece of a huge new museum in Riyadh.

It is too early to believe that the crown prince has become an apostate, but the idea of our Saviour and the returning King and Judge having a kind of victorious presence in the birthplace of Islam is eye-popping to me.

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Maybe he just collects art?

He didn't buy it recently. He bought it back in 2017. Supposedly for the Louvre Abu Dhabi. But it went to the Lourve in Paris where it was shown for a little while. But, the Saudi's threw a hissy fit when the French wouldn't display it beside the Mona Lisa (for security reasons).

From there it went back to Saudi where its whereabouts have been a bit uncertain. Some say on the Prince's yacht. Some say in storage somewhere in Saudi, some say in storage in Geneva.

In any event, the plan as far as is known, is for it to be hung in a new museum in somewhere in Saudi. Some say that will be a complex called Wadi Alfann others say it will be in yet another branch of the Louvre in Riyadh.

But, the purchase and eventual display of the painting is all part of the Saudi's massive investment in sports, entertainment, art, architecture, etc. Its a effort to try and turn the image of Saudi from an oppressive oil rich regime to one where (they hope) the arts, sports and entertainment will cause them to be seen in a better light and bring in tourism dollars. Similar to UAE / Abu Dhabi.