09/26/2016
First the legal stuff, the photo was taken from: http://fantasystock.deviantart.com/art/Cross-Casting-Cemetery-Shadow-34406964
I was reading thru my study Bible and came across a page on prophecies, so I thought I would share it. Often, prophecy is a written mental picture with a foreground, subject and background which portrays a timeline. I found the idea intriguing and decided to try and come up with an image, in my mind, that portrays what the Bible is. You that know me well, know my mind isn't right, but I digress, often.
I have heard said that the thread that holds the books of the Bible together is God's grace; that it is a cannon of God's love for His creation with mankind at the pinnacle of that creation; and that it is the blueprints for how man should live if he wants to walk in harmony with his Creator. All of which I am sure makes lovely sermons, but I find it to be more a story of redeeming a fallen creature; it is a story of salvation to mankind who had gone astray. One simple little command, and mankind screwed it up; look at all the hell mankind has brought upon not only himself, but the whole world, thru sin.
Human as my mind is, I image God up there in Heaven, reclining with His feet up, holding the entire universe together, with one finger by the way, saying: "OK you knuckleheads, you screwed that up and now you stay on that rock as I am not going to let you impregnate the rest of My good works with sin; Oh, and by the way, here is how the cow eats the cabbage."
So I went out and found this picture on the web that does a really good job of what came to mind. The timeline is from creation to God's kingdom; foreground lower left to background upper right. The subject, of course is the cross; the immaculate birth, life, ministry, suffering and death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus of Nazareth: the Christ, the Messiah. The cross dominates the picture. The cross is placed in a cemetery because of sin man brought into the world, and death because of it.
In the foreground we see the Old Testament, all of which points upward to the cross. In Christ's ministry, Christ said He came to fulfill the law and prophets; all of which points to the cross. In the background we see out of frame the Glory of God; the sun (Son of God), as it was, as it is, and as it shall be, as Christ is all! In the background we also see the fruits of the Church of Christ, yet still set in the grave yard of faith in Him who saves all who come to believe in His name.
I could go on with this, but I would rather leave this image to others who find the idea of prophecy also intriguing.
His will be done
