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looked. Greek. ekdechomai. See Heb_10:13.
a = the.
foundations = the foundations. Greek. themelios. Rev_21:14-20. See App-146.
builder. Greek. technites = Architect or Designer. See Act_19:24. From the same root we have tekton, rendered "carpenter", Mat_13:55. Mar_6:3, meaning builder or constructor. The word used in contempt of our Lord's earthly occupation (as being apart from Rabbinical connexion and teaching) is profoundly significant. Does it not suggest the reason why He elected for the period of His Incarnation to become a carpenter, rather than, e.g., a shepherd, as the Antitype of David? He, the great Architect, Designer, and Fabricator of "all things visible", including "the city which hath the foundations"! He, the Preparer, Arranger, and Constitutor of the ages or dispensations (aions, Heb_11:3 and Heb_1:2), condescended to follow during "the days of His flesh"a trade involving the planning, calculation, and manual skill of a craftsman!
maker. Greek. demiourgos. Only here. A word used by the Gnostics; and by Plato and Xenophon for the Creator of the world.