On Friday night I went to my local photography club – it was the first chance I have had this year and it is was already the penultimate session before their year ends. As part of their year-end they had a competition to present three images to tell a story.
As I’m sure you’ll all know, there are many different ways of capturing images to tell a story and this is just one way via a sequence of three images – an overview, a midrange one and a close-up. Their brief was:
1.The Overview image. Capture the global aspects of the scene and define the main boundaries; what is in and what is out and their spatial relationships. 2. A Midrange image. Midrange photographs transition the viewer from an “outsider looking in” perspective, to a more involved perspective. And 3 A Close-up image This is a deliberate depiction of the real subject and will be lit to reveal special qualities of the subject and show you something special.
I have tried to apply this to how we should view the Bible and why it matters to us – you may have a different summary – and that is fantastic. Really. So here goes just my interpretation…
1 The overall image The Bible gives us a worldview that answers four huge questions of life: where everything came from, what went wrong, how to fix what went wrong, and what the world will look like when the solution takes hold. So that’s: Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. 2. The midrange image is that God re-established mankind’s true destiny on the cross. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16) And 3 the close-up image is Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again on the third day according to the scriptures:(1 Cor 15:3-4)
God loves you and offers you eternal life through his son Jesus. YOU are the subject of His attention.