The BIG Picture (Study)

What are Christians to be doing while the world is falling apart? Some practical advice until Christ comes . There is a dramatic and rapid change occurring in the world. The changes I'm referring to are things like weather catastrophes, geo-physical events, famines, pestilences, political, financial and social degradation, the sudden decline of humans into utter stupidity and irrational choices and behaviours, and the increase in the sciences of A.I., robotics, nanotechnology and genetics being forced upon us . Compare the beginning of 2019 with the events happening at current. It is shocking! And as drastic as it is, it is not going to slow down or subside, but rather it will continue to increase and get more intense and chaotic . Just to illustrate, have a look at this screen clip...

The world is not the same as we knew it before The world is a very different place today, and it all started in January 2020. Looking back at the last year and a half, its almost as if a switch has been flipped ON. Like a dark room being flooded with light, this invisible switch has flooded the world with a sinister agenda. One can clearly see a foreboding shadow being cast upon the earth today as almost every news event has biblically prophetic undertones with a frequency and intensity that is converging, at an increasing rate, towards the dispensation of the Tribulation. From the steady flow of news I get at the sources I frequent, I'd like to highlight three categories and bring these to your attention, Desensitization! Just like the passage of scripture at Rom.1:18-28 , humanity is in a steady downward spiral of deception. Humanity is being reprogrammed to forget about God and to accept lies. Their minds are becoming so utterly foolish and debased that normal...

Christian Living in Lockdown See video of this article here . The Big Picture (TBP) is all about understanding God's 'segmented' PLAN of redemption. It's about understanding how God has revealed Himself in the different stages of this PLAN, and what He expects of the people living in these stages of His PLAN. It is therefore important for us to know where we are positioned in this PLAN in order to determine how God is working today, and what He is expecting of us today! With this in mind, let's investigate the concept of "Christian Living in Lockdown" in relation to our position in the redemption PLAN. Let's start with the following verse, Act 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a YOKE UPON THE NECK of the [Gentile] disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? This verse in Acts 15 is at the pinnacle of the transition (from Law to Grace, from Israel t...

What is the greatest miracle that one can give to another? Is it the opportunity to heal their bodies? Is it the ability to bring them wealth? Is it the capacity to change their circumstances? While the above sounds noble and life-changing, they focus on the physical needs and ultimately are only temporary remedies . It will help the recipient for that moment, but no matter how much health, wealth or good circumstances come their way, it will only get them trusting in the provision instead of the Provider . There is something greater than physical blessing and more precious than temporary increase. It’s the gift of hope. Hope brings escape from desperation! Hope awakens faith. Hope energizes the spirit and lifts one above impossibility.  Hope is a miracle of the heart. It's connecting one to the Provider .  The greatest miracle that one can give to another is not temporal. It’s of the heart!

The Bible still has SECRETS! With regards to the gospel of our salvation, there is absolutely no doubts about the clarity of the message that we all need to hear and respond to. But, there are other parts of the bible that we will never  fully  understand . There will always be several interpretations, by several different persons, on certain passages of scripture. Which passages you might ask? That's easy to answer. Passages that deal with trans-dispensational events, and passages that deal with future events. Since these parts of scripture deal with happenings in the past or the future, there will never be perfect consensus on these, so we don't know exactly how things developed, or will play out. Anyone is welcome to dispute this  (heeding the advice in 2 Tim.2:23 ) , but for me, it is a fact that settles it. Seal the book, shut up the vision Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which...

Gospel Transition vs. Gospel Dispensation Handling Gospel Transition Paul and John the Baptist taught two distinct gospels, both given by God: the gospel of the kingdom and the gospel of the grace of God. John the Baptist taught the good news of a coming Messiah to establish the long-promised kingdom to Israel. Anyone with sin could not enter the kingdom. He water baptized for the remission of sins and the promised priesthood, ( Mark 1:3-4 ). Paul's gospel taught Christ's blood payment for our sins and righteousness without the law.     Jesus, during his earthly ministry, taught the same message as John ( Mark 1:14-15 ). Yet, he added belief in himself as the Messiah. Anyone who did not believe Jesus was the Son of God was unacceptable with God ( John 6:40 ). The disciples of John may not have identified the Messiah. Followers of Jesus were required to.  Transition to Peter's Message  When Jesus died, his foll...

The dispensation of grace has less to do with it starting at a specific moment in time, and more to do with the proclamation of a new salvation message from God. It's not so much linked to the event of Pentecost in Acts 2 , or the conversion of Paul in Acts 9 , or him turning to the Gentiles in Acts 28 , and more to do with receiving a message of God's abundant grace without the need of works and endurance. I'm not declining any reasoning that the message of grace started being proclaimed somewhere in the transitional book of ACTS, but I also hold true the point that grace started in each person individually when they hear, and received the good news that God declares them justified through the absolute and completed cross work of His Son, Jesus Christ. So, for me, grace started with a change in gospel. Consider this, —before the message of grace went out, that is, before the news that God is not saving by a covenant of works, but rather through th...