"For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain." (Heb. 8:4-5)

Michael Angelo painted his magnificent "Last Judgment" in the Sistine Chapel in 1541, but over the centuries it had accumulated much dirt, grease, and grime. Some painters had gone in and made some repairs and changes, and by the 1900's, no one knew exactly what Angelo's painting was supposed to be. Thus, in 1990, an intense effort was made to restore the painting to its original form. When it was finally restored, artists were amazed that some of the creatures in Angelo's painting were totally different from what they thought they were. The painting had now been brought back to the original, and there was great delight on the part of many when they viewed its splendor.

Let us restore the original faith and practice by building according to the pattern. Moses had to build according to the pattern; otherwise, the things he wrote could not have accurately foreshadowed the New Testament order. If Moses had to thus build according to the pattern, certainly, we must do likewise.