Creation
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Di world bin dey made thru di «Word». John Good News announce sey dat Word na Jesus ensef (John 1:1-3).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Di start of di story nor bi judgement, but na world wey overflowing love kreate.
«Why God make being wey fit sin? E for nor betta to nor kreate am?»
God kreate di world and man nor bikos of any lack, but bikos of overflowing love. To make man pesin wey fit get relationship with God na love ensef. And even di enterin of sin nor komot from God plan of salvation (Efesians 1:4-5). Di first sin of di Bible nor bi judgement, but na love.
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Di Bible nor start with filosofi argument, but with announcemen: «Wen di world just start, na God…». Di world nor bi shans, but na di work of one personal God.
- God image · na only man dem make like God, to know am and take kare of di world.
- Rest · di seventh day rest show sey evritin komplete and dey for peace (shalom): «and God si sey e good».
- Eden · di world before di breakin, where God and man dey waka togeda.
Di fall
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Di first promise of di Good News, wey kom just afta di fall: «di pikin wey woman born» go mash di snake head. Na Jesus bi dat (Jenesis 3:15; Romans 16:20; Galatians 4:4).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Di moment man sin, na for there God promise salvation.
«To chop just one fruit, dem drive yu komot and yu even get deat? God nor too hard?»
Di drivin komot from Eden bin bi judgement and, at di same time, mercy. If, separate from God and for dat broken state, man bin chop from di tree of life and live forever, e for trap forever for di sofa (Jenesis 3:22). To allow deat na to open one way of komin back; and na for there God promise one Savior (Jenesis 3:15). For di judgement, love bin dey already.
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Bikos dem nor obey, wantin to «bi like God», sin enter di world. Di result nor bi just to break rule, but na di breakin of relationship.
- Broken relationship · with God (to hide), with oda pipol (to put blame), and with neсhure (ton and stress).
- Deat · di warning «yu go die for sure» kon happen.
- Jenesis 3:15 · but for di middle of judgement, di promise of salvation kom first. Skolas dey koll am di «protoevangelium» (di first Good News).
Di patriarchs
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Di promise sey «all di family go get blessing» happen for Jesus, di pikin wey komot from Abraham (Galatians 3:16).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
God find di pesin wey nor deserve am first, koll am by en name and make am channel of blessing.
«Dem pik Abraham bikos of en big faith; di Bible pipol nor all bi moral heroes?»
Abraham too lie and doubt, and Jacob bin bi diceiver. God nor koll «di kwalified», but thru grace E koll di imperfect. Di reason for di pikin nor bi dia eksellens, but na di faithful love of God (Deutronomi 7:7-8).
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God start to solve di problem of all mankind by kolling one man, Abraham. Di senter na di kovenant (di promise): one big kountry, one land, and «blessing for all di family».
- Faith · Abraham bilive di promise wey e nor fit si, and God kount am as raitiousness (Jenesis 15:6).
- Isaac and Jacob · di promise pass go di nest generashon; Jacob (Israel) na fada of di twelve tribes.
- Joseph · en broda dem sell am, but e bikom ruler of Egypt: «God let am bi like dat, make betta tins for happen» (Jenesis 50:20).
Exodus and di wildaness
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Di Passover, where di blood of di lamb save dem from deat, point go Jesus, «awa Passover», wey dem krusify for awa place (1 Korintians 5:7).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
E hear di groan of di slave pipol and E ensef kom down to save dem.
«Di law (di komandments) nor bi eksam or kondition wey yu must pass to dey save?»
God save dem before E give dem di law. Di Ten Komandments start with announcemen of salvation: «Na mi bi di Oga una God wey take una komot from Egypt» (Exodus 20:2). Di law nor bi «obey am to save yorsef», but na guide of love about how to live for doz wey grace don already save (Deutronomi 7:7-9). Always grace first; obedience na di answa.
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Di biggest salvation work for di OT. Israel, wey bin bi slave, get freedom thru God pawa and na dem dey form into en pipol.
- Di Passover · di house wey get di lamb blood for di door dey save from deat; na model for all di sakrifice wey kom afta.
- Di Red Sea · salvation wen di sea open for dead-end korner; «to kross go di oda side» na simbol of new start.
- Di Sinai kovenant · thru di Ten Komandments dem learn how to live as God pipol.
- Di tent of God · di moovin holy place where God dey stay for di middle of di pipol: piksha of «Immanuel».
- 40 years · bikos dem nor obey, one generashon waka about for di wildaness, but God dey with dem with di manna and di pillar of cloud and fire.
Konkwest and judges
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From di line of Rut, David kom, and from di line of David, Jesus kom (Matiu 1). Even for di middle of di disorder, di line of di Messiah dey kontinue.
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Even doh dem betray am again and again, evri time dem kry out E send savior and raise dem up again.
«Di konkwest of Kanaan na merciless killing; di God of di OT na cruel afta all.»
Na tin wey nor dey solve for one sentence and e need kare. But di Bible nor present am as random violens, but as judgement afta senturies of extreme badnes (inkludin to sakrifice pikin), afta plenty patience (Jenesis 15:16; Deutronomi 9:4-5; Levitikus 18:24-25). God nor dey hurry even for judgement, and di pesin wey turn go am E dey receive with joy, even foreigner, like Rahab and Rut (Joshua 6:25; Rut 4:13-17).
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Unda Joshua dem enter di promise land, but as dem settle dem soon forget God. Judges na di repeat of di same patron.
- Di sin round-and-round · sin → presing → kry out → salvation thru one judge → sin again, each time worse.
- Di judges · Gideon, Samson, Debora… temporary saviors, brave but full of fault.
- Rut · one light of faithfulness for dark time; one foreign woman enter di line of David (and Jesus).
Di united kingdom
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Di «throne forever» happen for Jesus, di pikin of David; na why dem dey koll am «Son of David» (Luke 1:32-33; Matiu 1:1).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Even di David wey fall E nor trowey; thru am E promise king forever.
«David bin bi hero without fault; na why dem koll am “di man akordin to God heart”.»
David komit adultery and even killing. «Akordin to God heart» nor mean perfect, but sey e nor hide en sin, e turn from sin deep, and e always kom back to God (Psalm 51). Di love of God nor dey trowey even di pesin wey fall bad.
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Di top-point of Israel, unda three kings.
- Saul · di first king wey di pipol ask for; good start, but dem rejet am bikos e nor obey.
- David · «one man wey dey akordin to God heart». E win Goliat and make Jerusalem en kapital. E komit big sin (Bathsheba), but e turn from sin from en heart (Psalm 51).
- Di kovenant with David (2 Samuel 7) · God promise to stand en dynasty forever: di main root of di Messiah hope.
- Solomon · for di top of wisdom and rishes e build di temple for Jerusalem, but for di end e fall into idol worship.
Di divided kingdom
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For dis time di profets announce more klear di Messiah wey go kom (Isaya 9:6; Isaya 53).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
To di pipol wey turn dia back give am E send profets, dey beg: «Kom back, abeg».
«Di profet na fortune-tella wey dey predict di future; di God of di OT just dey vex.»
Di main tin of di profet nor bi «to gues di future», but na di deep kry of God: «kom back, abeg». Even di warning of judgement nor dey find to distroy, but to make dem kom back so dat dem go live: «I nor dey happy to si doz wey dey sin, dey die» (Ezekiel 33:11).
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For di time of Solomon son di kingdom divide: Israel (nort), ten tribes, kapital Samaria; and Judah (sout), two tribes, kapital Jerusalem.
- Di nort · all en kings serve idol; e fall to Assiria for 722 BC.
- Di sout · di line of David kontinue and good kings like Hezekiah and Josiah dey, but for di whole e dey go down.
- Di profets · Elijah, Amos, Isaya, Jeremaya kry «kom back!». Here di Messiah profesi rish plenty pass (di «sofa servant» of Isaya 53).
Di exile
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For di deep pass of disappointmen, Jeremaya promise one «new kovenant» (Jeremaya 31:31): di same one wey Jesus establish for di last supper.
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Even rish di darkest land of di exile E kom down with dem and promise restoration.
«Di exile prove sey God komplete-ly abandon Israel.»
Di exile nor bi abandonmen, but na disiplin and klining of Fada to en pikin wey E love (Hibru 12:6). God nor go; E dey with Daniel for di middle of di exile and E promise: «I know wetin I plan for una; my plan na to make una prosper… and na to give una di kind future wey una dey hope to get» (Jeremaya 29:11).
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Di warning happen. Di temple burn and dem karry di pipol go Babilon: dem lose land, king and temple, di worst krisis.
- Two falls · Israel (Assiria, 722 BC) and Judah (Babilon, 586 BC).
- Daniel · eksampul of faith even for pagan palace (di lion den); e si di vision of one «kingdom forever» wey go kom.
- One spark of hope · di vision of di dry bones wey kom alive again (Ezekiel 37) and di «new kovenant» of Jeremaya point go di future for di darkness.
Di return from exile
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Malakai, di last buk of di OT, klose by announcin one messenja wey go prepare di way of di Messiah: «I dey send my messenja» (Malakai 3:1).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Even to di pipol wey fail again and again E nor remove di promise, but E raise dem up again.
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Di return start with di order of Cyrus of Persia (538 BC). For three waves dem kom back and rebuild wetin fall.
- Zerubbabel · rebuild di temple (finish for 516 BC).
- Ezra · teach di law (di Word) again and restore di faith.
- Nehemaya · rebuild di Jerusalem walls for 52 days.
- Esther · save di Jews of Persia from being wipe komot: «who know if na for dis time…?».
- One tirst wey kontinue · di temple dey stand, but no king like David dey. Di pipol dey wait for di Messiah.
Di silens
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All dis «settin di stage» na God work so dat Jesus go kom just «wen di rite time rish».
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Even for di 400 years of silens, E dey prepare di way of salvation for hidden way.
«If for 400 years no word bin dey, na nor God don go or e dey rest?»
Di silens nor bi absens. E just nor tok; for all dat time E dey moove empires, langwejes and roads to prepare di stage of salvation. For di kwiet pass moment, God bin dey work with more love pass before (Galatians 4:4).
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From Malakai rish di NT, around 400 years without new Bible word (profets). But, behind di history, God bin dey prepare di way for di Good News to spread.
- Shange of empires · Persia → Greece (Alexander, 333 BC) → Egypt and Siria → Makabee revolt (167 BC) → Rome (63 BC).
- Greek · Alexander konkwest make Greek bikom common langwej; dem translate di OT into Greek (di Septuagint), wey open di way for di Good News to spread kwik.
- Roads and peace of Rome · di roads and di «Roman peace» turn to way for mission.
- Sinagog and groups · di teachin for di sinagog stand strong; Pharisees and Sadducees rise up, and di wait for di Messiah mature.
Di komin of Jesus
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Di pikin wey woman born (sin 2), di blessing of Abraham (3), di Passover lamb (4), di David king forever (6) and di new kovenant (8) all happen for one Jesus: awa true profet, priest and king.
💛Love wey nor dey give up
While wi still bin dey sin, E send en Pikin and give en life.
«Jesus na just one more among di good moral tichas; di cross bin bi tragic defeat.»
Jesus klaim sey E bi God (John 8:58), and di cross nor bi aksiden or defeat, but na love wey dem plan. Dem nor take am by fors, but E give en life by en own will (John 10:18). «E nor get love wey big rish di one wey make pesin die for en friend» (John 15:13).
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Di silens break, di promise One kom. Di four Good News tell di life, deat and resurreshon of Jesus from difren angle.
- Komin-as-man · God bikom man (Immanuel, «God with us»), for di humble place of Betlehem.
- Work · E teach di kingdom of God, heal sik pipol and koll sinnas. «Pesin wey don si mi, don si di Fada.»
- Di cross · E pay for awa place di prize of di sin and deat wey di fall (sin 2) bring. Di true Passover lamb.
- Resurreshon · for di third day E rise and break di pawa of sin, deat and Satan; even for di cross «God disgrace wiked and evil rulers for publik, wen E win dem for di cross» (Kolossians 2:15).
Na why Jesus na awa true profet (E show us di way to God), true priest (with en own body E pay for sin) and true king (E win sin, deat and Satan, and E rule forever).
Di start of di church
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Dis story dey kontinue rish today. Di Bible klose with di promise sey Jesus go kom back and make evritin new (Revelashon 21).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
Dat love wey wi receive, naw E dey send am go pour out thru di whole world.
«Di church na religious club for perfect pipol, or just building.»
Di church nor bi komyuniti of «perfect saints», but na komyuniti of sinnas wey dem forgive. Even di apostle Paul koll ensef «di worse» of di sinnas (1 Timoti 1:15). Di early church too argue and fail (Acts 6:1; 1 Korintians 1:11). Di church nor bi to show off, but na pipol wey dey pass di love wey dem receive (John 13:34-35).
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Afta Jesus go up, di promise Spirit kom for Pentecost and di church born. Di Good News spread for eksplosive way.
- Pentecost · thru di Spirit, di disciples wey bin dey fear turn to bold witnesses.
- Peter · announce di Good News to di Jews for Jerusalem.
- Paul · from persecutor to apostle; e found churches thru di gentile world and rite letas.
- Rish di end · Jerusalem → Judea → Samaria → Rome. Di promise of «all di family» wey God give Abraham happen.
- And us · di story nor finish; e dey waka go di sekond komin of Jesus and di new heaven and eart.
Di restoration (evritin new)
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Di Eden of di first creation na dem finally restore as di «new Jerusalem». God dey with en pipol forever: di kompleteness of Immanuel (Revelashon 21:3; Matiu 1:23).
💛Love wey nor dey give up
For di end E go klean evri tears and make evritin new for love.
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Di Bible nor finish for di church time. En last buk, Revelashon, show Jesus wey kom back and komplete evritin.
- Di sekond komin · di promise king kom back for glory.
- Di last viktory · dem distroy Satan and deat forever, and Christ rule as King of kings (1 Korintians 15:25-26; Revelashon 20:10).
- Judgement and resurreshon · dem make evri injustice korrect and di dead rise again.
- New heaven and eart · sin, deat, tears and pain vanish forever (Revelashon 21:4).
- Di restored Eden · for one «new Jerusalem» wey betta pass di beginning, God dey with en pipol forever: di goal wey di whole Bible dey point go.
Na why today na di time of «already, but not yet»: for Jesus salvation don already komplete, but en fullness dem still dey wait for.