To understand God you must NOT ask the question ‘Why’. Instead, we must understand the pattern and the principles and models of how God operates and they are laid out in the Torah (Old Testament). Unfortunately, you will not find them in the NT.  In fact, our understanding of the scripture must be based on this Pattern, Principles and Models. And our understanding of God is based on this very Pattern, Principles and Models. The one who understands this will understand how God thinks and how He operates.

God sees things differently than us but operates in the same Pattern, Principles and Models throughout history and the universe. Forget the WHYs and look for the WHICHs, in other words, “Which pattern will fit what I’m looking for?” is what we need to ask ourselves.

Notice some of the patterns recorded in the scripture applying God’s pattern, principles and model.

With Creation: Unclean -> Common -> Holy
In the Garden: Earth -> Eden -> The Tree in the middle
With the soil: Rocky ground -> Hard Ground -> Fertile ground
With Israel: Gentile -> Israel -> God
With All the Animals: Wild Animal -> Domesticated Animal -> Sacrificial Animals
With the Sacrifice Animal: The head of the animal -> Underneath the entrails, the fat that originally covered the entrails -> The innermost parts of the animal, its entrails
All animals are allowed with Gentiles -> Clean animals are allowed in the Camp of Israel -> Clean animal that meets all the requirements are used for atonement sacrifice, to be HOLY.
At Sinai: Bottom of the mountain -> Mountain was its slope -> Summit of Mount Sinai
In the Tabernacle: The outer courtyard -> the Holy Place -> the Most Holy Place
With the Priests: All Israelites -> Priests from Levites -> High Priests from Aaron
At personal growth: Un-submissive to God’s will -> Submissive to God’s Will -> Fit for Service to GOD, to be HOLY