Many times in discussions
we hear the words "LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE ". The implication is that
by only looking at a section of a picture you can miss an important aspect by
not looking at the whole.
Conversely by looking at the picture as a whole, and not the fine detail in practice will not provide enough information as a working example, years ago when the television was invented by John Logie Baird. He was born 14 August 1888, and died 14 June 1946 was a Scottish engineer, innovator and inventor of the world's first mechanical television; the first publicly demonstrated colour television system; and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.
In 2002, Baird was ranked number 44 in the BBC's list of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide vote. In 2006, Logie Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame. I can remember pictures being scanned at 420 lines, and then 620. Now we have high resolution mega pixels images where a dot on the screen is 0.29 mm. If we liken the gospel of Jesus Christ to a large picture containing all the detail we need. But only have a small section of the whole. We will never be able to learn, or fully understand the complete gospel or become perfected.
Although all these invention are a great aid to us, we have the greatest blessing by having a living prophet in our midst. Matthew Gill. I have known his father Philip for over 37 years. The book of Jeraneck, which was translated by the Prophet Matthew Gill, is a major part in this overall picture. The canvas or land we are now living on is of special significance. A picture is worth one thousand words. A vision can be worth volumes of books. Now some people might say there is only one picture. But the Lord has albums of books or pictures. As Nephi explains.
And because my words shall hiss forth many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.
Conversely by looking at the picture as a whole, and not the fine detail in practice will not provide enough information as a working example, years ago when the television was invented by John Logie Baird. He was born 14 August 1888, and died 14 June 1946 was a Scottish engineer, innovator and inventor of the world's first mechanical television; the first publicly demonstrated colour television system; and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.
In 2002, Baird was ranked number 44 in the BBC's list of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide vote. In 2006, Logie Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame. I can remember pictures being scanned at 420 lines, and then 620. Now we have high resolution mega pixels images where a dot on the screen is 0.29 mm. If we liken the gospel of Jesus Christ to a large picture containing all the detail we need. But only have a small section of the whole. We will never be able to learn, or fully understand the complete gospel or become perfected.
Although all these invention are a great aid to us, we have the greatest blessing by having a living prophet in our midst. Matthew Gill. I have known his father Philip for over 37 years. The book of Jeraneck, which was translated by the Prophet Matthew Gill, is a major part in this overall picture. The canvas or land we are now living on is of special significance. A picture is worth one thousand words. A vision can be worth volumes of books. Now some people might say there is only one picture. But the Lord has albums of books or pictures. As Nephi explains.
And because my words shall hiss forth many of the Gentiles shall say: A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible, and there cannot be any more Bible.
4 But thus saith the Lord God: O fools, they shall
have a Bible; and it shall proceed forth from the Jews, mine ancient covenant
people. And what thank they the Jews for the Bible which they receive from
them? Yea, what do the Gentiles mean? Do they remember the travails, and the
labours, and the pains of the Jews, and their diligence unto me, in bringing
forth salvation unto the Gentiles?
5 O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine
ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and
have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things
upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.
6 Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got
a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by
the Jews?
7 Know ye not that there are more nations than
one? Know ye not that I, the Lord your God, have created all men, and that I
remember those who are upon the isles of the sea; and that I rule in the
heavens above and in the earth beneath; and I bring forth my word unto the
children of men, yea, even upon all the nations of the earth?
8 Wherefore murmur ye, because that ye shall
receive more of my word? Know ye not that the testimony of two nations is a
witness unto you that I am God, that I remember one nation like unto another?
Wherefore, I speak the same words unto one nation like unto another. And when
the two nations shall run together the testimony of the two nations shall run
together also.
9 And I do this that I may prove unto many that I
am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and that I speak forth my words
according to mine own pleasure. And because that I have spoken one word ye need
not suppose that I cannot speak another; for my work is not yet finished;
neither shall it be until the end of man, neither from that time henceforth and
forever.
10 Wherefore, because that ye have a Bible ye need
not suppose that it contains all my words; neither need ye suppose that I have
not caused more to be written.
11 For I command all men, both in the east and in the
west, and in the north, and in the south, and in the islands of the sea, that
they shall write the words which I speak unto them; for out of the books which
shall be written I will judge the world, every man according to their works,
according to that which is written.
12 For behold, I shall speak unto the Jews and
they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto the Nephites and they shall
write it; and I shall also speak unto the other tribes of the house of Israel,
which I have led away, and they shall write it; and I shall also speak unto all
nations of the earth and they shall write it.
13 And it shall come to pass that the Jews shall
have the words of the Nephites, and the Nephites shall have the words of the
Jews; and the Nephites and the Jews shall have the words of the lost tribes of
Israel; and the lost tribes of Israel shall have the words of the Nephites and
the Jews.
14 And it shall come to pass that my people, which
are of the house of Israel Israel
(Book of Mormon 2 Nephi 29:3 - 14)
I pray we as Latter Day Mormons can look, read,
and ponder these pictures, books, and visions. And continue to increase in our
temporal and spiritual strength.
Elder Peter Barber
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