The Bible gives us the information to make models of history, conflict and righteousness. Science uses models to help students learn principles and processes. For instance, a child may use a plastic model car to learn how to paint or to envision the parts of it. Later on, the vehicle student may use diagrams in more detail to increase his knowledge of the mechanical parts of the automobile system and learn how to take it apart and put it back together again. Chemists use charts, tables and models to simplify things as they study very complex and unseen ideas. Similarly, Christians learn traits and principles of righteousness through studying the Scripture. They can derive enlightenment, progress, decrees, charts and models for use of on-going study.

The Hebrews gave us a living example of how to live for God and we can see their success and mistakes through the written information that we have today—the Bible. We can see the difference between the way they and their erring neighbors lived. When the Hebrews did not break the law of their era, they had God's blessing upon themselves. When they broke the law of their time, they were subject to penalty. Eventually, the law was perfected through fulfillment, and this is the era of blessing that Christians experience. This is an era that we have as a model, so to speak, that fulfills the law.

We live in the apostasy, and many of the teachers and preachers are not good examples of faith, purity, love and endurance. We do not have many personal, good examples or role models. The Apostle Paul gave us a great example of how to walk with Jesus among a perverse society, and he recommended himself: "Also the things, which you have learned and received, and heard, and saw in me, do these things; and the God of peace shall be with you" (Philippians 4.9). He gave us a prescription for peace of mind in all things in life.

We can recognize opposing values when studying the Christian way and the way of the world (our non-believing neighbors). For instance, Christians believe that God made the world about six thousand years ago, but unfaithful scientists ignorantly imagine (without realizing earth time equivalence) in cosmic terms of billions of years. Heretics also vary from the Christian model; they put their personal agenda up front and erringly try to work the Scriptures around it. Worldly churches will pick their leaders through college degrees even before fundamental evidence of knowing spiritual principles, God forbid! Sadly, seduced people have been misdirected and followed the neglectful, advice of error for centuries. Nevertheless, as we endure conflict and antagonism as we go, we can always rely on the Bible as being authoritative.

There are many teaching helps, models, charts and examples in various aspects that we can make. I will give a few of them on this page, and if you are more interested, you can do a search on my site for further research.