By Nick Dalgety
Mac Powell sings Love is the reason. It goes to the heart of why Yeshua (Jesus) came to earth.
I am a follower of Yeshua (Jesus) and I am glad to call Him my Messiah – this title comes from the Hebrew word Mashiach, meaning the Anointed One. I believe that He is the only one able to reconcile both Jew and Gentile back into relationship with God the Father.
This photo-book is the second in a series of three and focuses on Yeshua, the Son of God, coming to earth some 2,000 years ago, as a baby in a manger in Bethlehem, as prophesied. The name Bethlehem means house of bread in Hebrew. Yeshua fulfilled many of the prophecies of the Messiah during His birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection.
The book highlights images with verses from the Old Testament that are known to be prophetic for Messiah – the Son of Joseph or the Suffering Servant. The Messiah needed to deal with Man’s sin; our personal sin. Then I share a scripture from the New Testament that authenticates Yeshua fulfilling each Old Testament prophecy.
I believe He rose from the dead and has returned to be with His Father. For the last 2,000 years the life giving message of the Gospel or good news, empowered by the Holy Spirit, has been going out to all corners of the earth, including New Zealand!
In the third and final book of the series I highlight His imminent return! The tide is turning. The period of grace is coming to a close – His attention is now turning back to the Chosen People, Israel.
About the Author
Nick Dalgety is a Kiwi born in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. In recent times my wife and I have made Nelson in the top of the South Island home.
My day job involves working with people making a living from land and sea. In my spare time my passion is taking pictures that celebrate what is iconic about Aotearoa New Zealand. Inevitably this involves discovering amazing people, in their special place making and doing what they do best.
When travelling overseas, I often seek out similar experiences. I created Provenance101 to share these experiences.
The Garden of Eden
The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed (GENESIS 2:8). God makes known in the first chapter of Genesis a sweeping account of the creation of the earth, the heavens, plants, animals, birds, fish and ultimately Man. God then turns His attention…
Man To Cultivate
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it (GENESIS 2:15). Right from the start God intended that Man have real purpose in life. Here Man was to cultivate the land and care for the creatures that inhabited the Garden. There is real…
Not Good To Be Alone
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him” (GENESIS 2:18). Relationships. As a Christian I believe in one God yet three Persons in nature, namely Father, Son and Holy Spirit – a truth revealed overtime in the Bible. Therefore relationship…
Man and His Wife Hid
They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden (GENESIS 3:8). Adam and Eve are together for the scripture says they heard the Lord God.…
Enmity Between the Seeds
The Lord God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise Him on the heel” (GENESIS 3:15). Here we witness the greatest calamity of Mankind. Adam and Eve chose to disobey an…