Sacred+Geometry


 * Sacred geometry** is the geometry used in the planning and construction of [|religious structures] such as [|churches], [|temples] , [|mosques] , religious [|monuments] , [|altars] , [|tabernacles] ; as well as for sacred spaces such as [|temenoi] , [|sacred groves] , [|village greens] and [|holy wells] , and the creation of [|religious art] . In sacred geometry, symbolic and [|sacred meanings] are ascribed to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric [|proportions].

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 * __COMMENT: GEOMETRY IN THE BIBLE__**

I think the concept of sacred geometry is very interesting. All throughout the Holy Bible, God specifies precise measurements for numerous things. Here are some examples:

1) The Construction of Noah's Ark in Exodus 6:15-16 ("This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks."

//Replica of Noah's Ark by Dutch Creationist Johan Huiber//

2) The Construction of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness in Exodus 25-27, including: -__The Ark of the Covenant__ (Exodus 25:10, "Have them make an ark of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.") -__The Table of Showbread__ (Exodus 25:23, "Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.") -__Lampstand__ (Exodus 25:31-32, "Make a lampstand of pure gold. Hammer out its base and shaft, and make its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them. Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.") -__The Altar of Burnt Offerings__ (Exodus 27:1, “Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.") -__The Courtyard__ (Exodus 27:9, "Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,,,")

//A model of the Tabernacle by an unknown artist//

3) The Description of New Jerusalem in Revelation 21:15-17 ("The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia in length, and as wide and high as it is long. The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits thick.")

//Artist rendering of New Jerusalem (unknown artist)//

These are only a few examples of the precise measurements God has specified of us in the Bible and these measurements, because they are given by God, are perfect and sacred.