THE HEAVENS · SKY 2 OF 4 · GENESIS 2, THE SANCTUARY

The last stars of morning

This is the sky of Genesis 2 at sunrise. The stars are fading but not gone. Its first drawn figure is the River of Eden: one spring rising in the garden and parting into four heads. It is traced from Genesis 2:10 through the psalms and the prophets to the throne of Revelation 22. Because verses share words, stars here also stand in other skies; the four skies interlock. Rest on any star and its verse opens. The bright gold stars open their word studies.

KEY WORDS — THE BRIGHT STARS VERSES — THE STARS OF THE FIGURE DIM STARS — THE REST OF THE SKY, STILL FORMING
DRAG THE SKY TO PAN  ·  TAP ANY STAR TO PIN ITS VERSE  ·  TAP AGAIN TO LET GO
WHY A RIVER?

Because Genesis says the water rises in Eden and flows out, and the Bible never forgets it. A river gladdens the city of God. Waters issue from under Ezekiel's temple door, eastward. And at the end, the river of life proceeds from the throne. Wherever the river from the sanctuary goes, things live. (The figure is our own invention. The connections are Scripture's.)

Genesis 2 — the sanctuary  ·  The facing pages  ·  The night sky of Genesis 1