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Bible Picture Pathways

Nature Picture Pathways 

 Nature is God's first book.  Nature was around for about 2500 years before the existence of the first scriptures.  Hence we can find the same truths that are found in the Bible, displayed in nature. 

The Hidden Meaning of Colors 

So in the three primary colors, you have the 3 members of the Godhead. You also have the 3 elements essential for salvation - God's Law, His Blood, His Love! 

If you combine any 2 of these 3 colors, you get one more color.

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 "And now abideth faith, hope, charity (love), these three; but the greatest of these is charity." 1Cor. 13:13

 Here is pictured the Godhead - FAITH & HOPE = Holy Spirit

                                                              CHARITY & FAITH = Son (Jesus Christ)

                                                              HOPE & CHARITY = Father

So why is "Charity" greater than the others? Because it is representing the Gift of the Father and Son!

       "...the Spirit of truth,...he shall not speak of  himself;...He shall glorify me (Jesus)..."  John 16:13,14

       "...for I (Jesus) proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me." John 8:42

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Another Lesson 

The Splinter

"It is one of Satan's most successful devices, to lead men to the commission of little sins, to blind the mind to the danger of little indulgences, little digressions from the plainly stated requirements of God. Many who would shrink with horror from some great transgression, are led to look upon sin in little matters as of trifling consequence. But those little sins eat out the life of godliness in the soul. The feet which enter upon a path diverging from the right way are tending toward the broad road that ends in death. When once a retrograde movement begins, no one can tell where it may end."   RH, November 8, 1887

When you get a splinter and you remove it, you are, without knowing it, seeing a spiritual lesson that God has "hidden" for you to find. 

Just as the splinter (a foreign object)has penetrated one of the members of the body - so sin (a foreign object) has penetrated members of the church (body of Christ)

Just as a splinter, as long as it is in the skin, causes pain, so sin, as long as it is present in the members - causes pain.

When you remove the splinter - it leaves a hole which must be filled with an antiseptic (cleanser)or it will get infected.

"When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first..."

                                                                     Matthew 12:43-45

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The Story of Salvation in the 4 Seasons

All around us, God has written His Word - His plans for us. From the smallest insect to the mightiest mountain, each portrays a part of God's wonderful plan for His children!

If you look at the four season's colors - It tells our story. 

Then comes the fall. It parallels with the fall of man. Just as fall brings death to the plants and leaves, so sin brought death to planet earth. But God was not going to forsake His people.

In the fall, the leaves turn red (the Blood of Jesus) and yellow (Love of God - as manifested in the Holy Spirit). The leaves then turn brown (the color of man) and fall (come) to the earth, where they decompose and become the nutrients that give life to the plants in the spring. Likewise, we are to spread the truth as it is in Jesus, and scatter it like the leaves of autumn, and one day it will stimulate new life in Christ for someone.

 As fall turns into winter, everything is dead and barren, the cold winds of affliction blow.  But God  offers/sends white (purity) snow to cover the dead earth.  The true Christians appear as the evergreen who has hope even in affliction and collects the snow (the righteousness of Christ).

Then spring arrives with its green color (Hope for mankind), and buds and blossoms start coming out. The signs of summer (Christ's return) are all around us.  Many experience the new birth in Christ.

Summer is a return to Paradise and the earth made new!

  " This earth is the place of preparation for heaven. The time spent here is the Christian's winter. Here the chilly winds of affliction blow upon us, and the waves of trouble roll against us. But in the near future, when Christ comes, sorrow and sighing will be forever ended. Then will be the Christian's summer. All trials will be over, and there will be no more sickness or death. "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things have passed away."--Manuscript 28, 1886

 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.  Matt. 24:32,33

In summer, as we look upon the trees of the distant forest, all clothed with a beautiful mantle of green, we may not be able to distinguish between the evergreens and the other trees. But as winter approaches, and the frost king encloses them in his icy embrace, stripping the other trees of their beautiful foliage, the evergreens are readily discerned. Thus it will be with all who are walking in humility, distrustful of self, but clinging tremblingly to the hand of Christ. While those who are self-confident, and trust in their own perfection of character, lose their false robe of righteousness when subjected to the storms of trial, the truly righteous, who sincerely love and fear God, wear the robe of Christ's righteousness in prosperity and adversity alike.  {Faith I Live By 119} 

Plain statements must be made. Unvarnished truth must be spoken in leaflets and pamphlets, and these must be scattered like the leaves of autumn.--Lt 31, 1897.  {Publishing Ministry 324}