It would never be my intention to 'meddle' with political ideas of those who are so inclined to have theses thoughts (Deut. 2), or consciences of you reader, but my work is to pursue truth which when discovered will belong to a realm entirely removed from things of earth, leaving reader with Word as sole director for his or her actions. Nevertheless it is mostly true that we may learn from things around us.

The government because of threat of terrorist attacks has provided, among other things refuges for protection of people, this in form of new laws like Patriot Act and various other security changes at airports, courthouses and even schools. It is this fact that provides theme of this study. God also has foreseen and provided refuges, and He has set forth Himself in Word in this capacity.

I would normally have felt compelled to present you with a structural analysis and other commentary, but as this article is intended to minister to 'present necessity', I will in this case approach our subject more directly. The refuge is, so to speak, intended for immediate use, not to be examined in pieces.

Deut. 33:27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].

This takes us to beginning of all consolation, comfort and protection. Moses must have had a reason for using adjective 'eternal' here. He could have said, as in Psalms, 'God is our refuge', or 'The God of Jacob is our refuge', but he obviously intends to direct our attention, not only to God, but to some type associated with God's character that is of particular importance when connecting need for a shelter, and providing it. The Word 'eternal' represents at least four different ideas in Scriptures, and we will acquaint ourselves with these wonderful uses in Bible.

I have been studying and teaching Bible for over 30 years and every time I hear words Dispensationalist or Ultra-Dispensationalist or Charismatic or even Cultist those little hairs on back of my neck stand up. Labels are what today’s so called Christian leaders use to discredit doctrine that if they themselves were to discover it in Word of God they would have to not believe it because doing so would ruin their acceptable ministries.

Many years ago I read a book by what is considered one of best Bible researchers who ever lived, C. H. Welch. The book was titled Dispensational Truth. The book is about principle of right division, which can best be described as cutting aright Word of God. “When we use right division to understand purpose of God for mankind, we see two distinct lines of redemptive operation; redemption unto heavens or earth. Already, we can see opposition to traditional thinking.”

Mr. Welch explained that to understand Scriptures correctly we need to use methods of answering these questions: Who is writing? To whom is it written? Why are they writing? When was it written? What are circumstances and context? To simply go ad hoc and assume that everything in Bible pertains to and is written to you goes against everything that God wrote in 2 Timothy 2:15 to "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing Word of truth." The rightly dividing is “Cutting Aright” that Welch refers to in his book.