Building on the Foundation

  Last time, we began to see how the tabernacle God commissioned the Israelites to build in the wilderness formed a 3D model not only of God’s heavenly tabernacle, but also of His plan for mankind. We examined the altar, the laver, and peered inside the Holy Place, but have not yet examined anything within the Holy Place. Before we move on, I’d like to spend a little more time on the altar, the laver, and entering the Holy Place. You see, God used this tabernacle pattern at Creation, He used it in delivering the Israelites from slavery, and He used it in giving the ten commandments. As King David exclaimed, “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork” (Psa. 19:1). We’ll soon see another facet of God’s creation declaring His glory! Let’s get started. Light, Passover, the Altar, and “I am the LORD ” In Gen. 1, on the first day of Creation, we read, “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and...

It is widely accepted that the universe is governed by a set of what are called “scientific laws.”   These include: the laws of motion, electromagnetism, attraction, thermodynamics, energy, entropy, and so on.  Our understanding of these laws is not concrete, but their existence is. A scientific law does not explain why an action takes place, but only that it does take place.  It also does not describe the result of the action, as that can vary depending on circumstances.   If a man jumps off of the Empire State Building without a parachute, the law of gravity predicts his accelerated motion and velocity upon impact with the ground. The law of energy describes the amount of potential energy that he possesses as he stands on the edge, and the amount of energy imparted to the concrete below when his adventure concludes. This leaves our imagination to describe his exaggerated surface area and the trauma caused to the onlookers.  If the man believes that gravity doe...