visible from the invisible
faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. Heb 11:1-3 Various meanings Faith as Vision This chapter teaches that faith enables us to see the divine, spiritual reality behind the physical, visible world. God's Kingdom exists and the King rules in the invisible spiritual reality with total wisdom maximum resources and skills. God’s creative word The visible universe was not created from pre-existing matter, but was formed out of nothing (ex nihilo) by God’s word (through the power of His creative/creator word). When we read in the Gospel of John that the Word became flesh (Jn 1:14) —this power took on a visible, physical form in Jesus Christ. The primacy of the invisible The spiritual, that is, the invisible real...