The bigger picture
Hello again
On this day in history, 20 September 1840, William Henry Fox Talbot announced a revolutionary process – how to make and fix images onto paper through the action of light and chemistry. He was later credited as the British inventor of photography.1
Today most photographs are taken using digital technology and with the proliferation of mobile phones complete with inbuilt cameras, almost anyone can take very high quality images at the touch of a button. Yet even the best photo of you is only a poor copy of the whole person in front of the lens.
Our great God, in his infinite wisdom, always seems to have a better way of doing things. Years ago, the author of Hebrews wrote these remarkable words: “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being” (Heb. 1:3 NIV). In our current mortal state, we humans cannot see the Father, but instead he sent his Son – not a poor copy of the original, but an ‘exact representation of his being’. The Greek word is charakter meaning, just like the English word character, ‘the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of a person.’2
When we look at Jesus, as Philip did, we see the Father. When we study the life of Jesus in the Gospels and read the words he spoke, we have direct access into the very mind and nature of God.
As our American cousins might say, “awesome”! We literally have no excuse for not seeing the bigger picture.
Kind regards,
Peter
About the Writer:
Peter Mill is a Minister and Regional Co-Pastor for Scotland, Ireland and the North of England.
1Source: V&A https://tinyurl.com/tw2cecnr
2 Source: Dictionary.com