Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Hebrews 11:10

"for he out-received for the city which hath the foundations, whose artisan and public-worker is Placer."

By trust Abraham was enabled to "out-receive" for a special kind of city.  Typically, most cities are comprised of buildings with foundations.  Rare, indeed, is a city where every building has a true foundation.  In this verse, it is the entire city which has foundations.  And the reason? According to the Etymological New Testament is that this city has a unique "artisan" and "public-worker": God.  

The two part Greek word "public-worker" is thought provoking.  Often, it is stated, even by top flight apologists, that God's presence in the world is "secret" or "invisible."  And, of course, there is a sense in which that is true. But, according to this passage in Hebrews, in an ultra-literal sense, our Placer is also a public-worker.  These divine works are all out in public view...including the promise of a city which truly has foundations.  

May we all be enabled to intensively receive, "out-receive," this dwelling place.

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