What color is a shadow? No matter what the vibrancy of the colors of the object, its shadow is always a muted gray. It is a mere shadow.

Starting in Exodus 35, God, through Moses, gives specific instructions about how to build the tabernacle. I marvel at the amounts of gold, silver, bronze, and onyx used, but I would have loved to have seen the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. The bold colors would have made a statement to surrounding nations as to the splendor of the one true God for whom the tabernacle was made.

However, brilliant as the tabernacle was in beauty and color, it paled in comparison to heaven - just a shadow. The blue, purple, and scarlet yarn are as a muted gray in comparison to the splendor of heaven.

“They serve as a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’” (Hebrews 8:5)

No matter what the beauty of what we have here on earth, take a moment to think about the brilliance of God’s glory that makes all of those things pale in comparison. The love of a mother for her child only begins to describe God’s love for us. The most harmonious chorus intoning the most moving song pales in comparison to the choir of angels with which we will join someday.

For Makeover Monday, let’s remember that the eternal is much more glorious than the temporary. What we have here on earth is just a shadow.