Introductory note from Yvon: I created this infographic to go along with the lesson, The Fall of Israel, How Falling is Never Final with Our God. A key part of that lesson is the importance of the proper dating of when God gave the children of Israel His laws and the repeated warnings of the prophets before judgment came. [Read more…]
Infographics
Bible-inspired images, charts, and timelines to illustrate Bible concepts and content. Following is a short video of some of the content in this category. New ones are created to go with teaching topics. Below the video are blog entries with infographics you can download and in some instances additional videos and information that explains them.
Of particular interest to people have been the infographics on the Timeline of the Prophets and Kings, on the Trinity, and the Timeline of the Return of the Babylonian Exile.
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Chart to use for follow up to explain the Five Assurances for the Disciple of Jesus
I was reminded of the importance of follow-up from the example of Jonah, (CLICK HERE to see the lesson on Jonah) who didn’t stay around to do any kind of follow-up after his great revival at Nineveh. I couldn’t help but wonder if history had been different if he had but we know he didn’t and they returned to their violent, evil ways and in less than 50 years later brutally conquered Israel. [Read more…]
How the Holy Spirit works in the Christian’s life, an infographic and explanatory video
Many Christians are confused about how the Holy Spirit works in the life of a Christian and this infographic and short video may help. [Read more…]
Christian salvation, a podcast, video, and infographic with verses to explain it
What does it mean to be a Christian? What is Christian salvation all about?
This infographic and the verses included with it explain the meaning of what Christian salvation is all about. [Read more…]
Infographic–God’s view of Time, essential to our understanding of prophecy and much of the Bible
God is the ultimate author of the Bible, though He inspired human writers to put His message into the form we have it. Because of that, and because it is written from His viewpoint, how He talks about time can sometimes be confusing to us because He is outside of time and sees the past, present, and future simultaneously.
I created this infographic and the short video that goes with it, to help you visualize it (though admittedly, we may never fully understand it).
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Click on the chart to download the pdf.
Why understanding God’s view of time is useful as we read through the Bible
It is important however to attempt to understand it or at least accept it for the prophecy in the Bible to make sense. If God is outside of time it is not hard to imagine that He can speak confidently about future events. He can then inspire the writers of scripture to write about them accurately hundreds, sometimes thousands of years before they happen.
If you don’t understand God’s view of time and accept the reality that He is outside of it and can speak in this way, then you are forced into the anti-supernaturalist explanation that all of prophecy was written after the fact.
When looked at objectively, this view becomes tortured and ultimately rather goofy. Instead of accepting that various prophets, with clear time stamps of their writing and thousands of years of tradition, spoke when the Bible said they did, and that they could correctly foretell the future because the God outside of time spoke through them, those who don’t believe that lump all the prophets into some vague, anonymous group who somehow wrote all these books sometime, somewhere (with no historical verification of any of this) after the Babylonian captivity.
They are still left with over 300 prophecies about Jesus that he specifically fulfilled. [Read more…]
Two illustrations of the Trinity for you to freely download
Under
standing the Trinity is a challenge for everyone, but I hope these illustrations and the videos that go with them help explain them. You can click on the images to download a PDF of the illustration and you have permission to make as many copies as you want. [Read more…]
Chart of Old Testament Prophets and Kings—where they fit in history, plus a book of additional INFOGRAPHICS
One of the most important things to keep in mind when you read through the Old Testament Prophets is that all these stories took place in real lives in actual history.
To understand their messages correctly, you need to understand their historical context, and to help you do that, I created a chart that will help you see what prophets preached when. To download the infographic that helps you see this clearly, click on the image.
If you’d like an entire eBook of Infographics,
That includes downloadable PDFs that cover topics such as the Trinity, God’s View of Time, Christian Salvation, Five Assurances for the Disciple of Jesus, and other topics, click on the image or HERE. The Prophets chart is the first one in the booklet. Downloading this version will also sign you up for the Bible805 Newsletter.
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Here is a video that explains the chart of the prophets:
More about the timeline of the Old Testament Prophets
In the overall history of the prophets in the latter part of our Bible, the nation of Israel was divided into two parts, Israel and Judah, after the reign of Solomon. Both nations deteriorated in their faithfulness to God, though Judah had some periods of revival. Ultimately Israel was conquered by Assyria and went into captivity in 721 BC, never to return as an independent nation. Judah was conquered by Babylon in 586 BC and returned to the land after 70-year captivity.
During all these times, God sent his prophets to challenge and encourage his people. The history of this time is told in the books of Kings and Chronicles, but the preaching of the prophets is scattered, and not in chronological order in the final books of the Old Testament. Unless you read the messages of the prophets in their proper historical setting, outside of a few verses pulled out of context, they make little sense. This chart will help you see overall how they fit correctly into the history of the time.
I organized the chart so that the prophets of Israel are grouped together; as are the prophets
of Judah. The ones who spoke to other nations are clearly marked. Each of the historical periods before, during, and after the captivity of Judah is also clearly marked.
Go to the lessons with the name of the prophet for more detailed teaching on each of them (just enter the prophet’s name into the search box above.)
Following is a PDF of the chart—you can use it however you want.
Click on the chart below to download—you may use it however you wish.
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