Emphasis Preaching Journal

Foundation, base, cornerstone: structures of the universe. In the ancient world, the universe was viewed as constructed in three stories, simple and easy to comprehend. There was the foundation, the deep under-pilings that supported the entire structure. Upon the foundation (whether pictured as pillars or a turtle or an elephant), was the earth, a table top upon which life teemed. Over the earth was the sky, the heavens, the abode of the divine, from which light and the rains came forth to sustain life on the earth.