David Vancelette

How God Thinks David Vancelette

Making humankind in his image, God has designed us to understand how he thinks. We think in symbols, and so does God. God designed marriage not just to populate the earth. Marriage is a model of his own relation with each individual. God created a metaphor to show us humans the kind of relationship he wants to have with each of us. In a marriage, the husband symbolically represents God, and the wife represents all humanity (Eve, the mother of all the living). The love between man and wife symbolizes God's love toward humankind. Those who persevere in marriage will learn much about God-if they grasp his symbolism.



We live in a world of broken symbols. Hatred, divorce, murder, sexual immorality, environmental disasters, even the cross-all these are broken symbols. All of them give Satan chances to shove symbolism back in God's face. This book seeks to give its reader new vision-to see broken symbols the way God sees them. Once we see how important symbolism is to God, we will draw closer to him than we ever could before and be better prepared to stand against the devices of his enemies.



The theme of spiritual warfare between God and Satan permeates the book. Symbolism is how God thinks. Broken symbolism is how Satan thinks because broken symbolism insults and offends God. We must learn the difference in order to properly carry God's image within us. Doing so can only deepen our passion for him and give us boldness to defend him in the world.