In the Old Testament, God revealed to Moses the colors of blue, purple and scarlet as His colors of choice for articles in the temple and the dress of Aaron (Exodus 28:1-12). He also specified blue as the color for the loops (Exodus 26:4), the color for Aaron’s robe that covered the ephod, and the lace that bound the breastplate (Exodus 28:31,37).
Why the color blue was more pleasing to God than any other color, I do not know. However, I do know that it was His choice to make because it was His temple. I also know that He meant what He said about the pattern for the temple and that Moses built it according to the pattern God showed Him (Hebrews 8:5; cf. Exodus 25:9,40; Acts 7:44).
To please God, Moses had no choice except to build exactly as God specified. God did not specify how the materials were to be dyed nor from what source the dye would come – those would be options for Moses and the artisans. Those options would be expedients by which His commands for the temple construction could be obeyed.
In this revealed pattern, there’s a lesson to be learned about the principle of specifics.
See here.
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
Why the color blue was more pleasing to God than any other color, I do not know. However, I do know that it was His choice to make because it was His temple. I also know that He meant what He said about the pattern for the temple and that Moses built it according to the pattern God showed Him (Hebrews 8:5; cf. Exodus 25:9,40; Acts 7:44).To please God, Moses had no choice except to build exactly as God specified. God did not specify how the materials were to be dyed nor from what source the dye would come – those would be options for Moses and the artisans. Those options would be expedients by which His commands for the temple construction could be obeyed.
In this revealed pattern, there’s a lesson to be learned about the principle of specifics.
See here.
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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