Have you ever wondered why the Bible is so filled with blueprints for temples and cities and nations? The entire book is obsessed with structural engineering. When coupled with genealogical records it’s like half the book! A cubit this, or a handbreadth that. Soandso begat suchandsuch. This many thousand cattle and that many hundred shekels of something. Why? Was the Lord killing time? Ensuring you couldn’t memorize the whole book? Did civil engineers get a crack after King James’ scholars? Or is there, perhaps, a critical truth we overlook?
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