I am a Adult LEGO Builder, and have all 3 books from “Rev” Smith (he confesses right up front that the “Rev” is a nickname assigned to him by his friends). I encourage anyone who works with LEGO oriented kids to use these books in church school classes. They are excellent. What is best however, is that teens like the books because they are edgy and do not shy away from the stuff that is NOT mentioned in church school. Doing this with LEGO dioramas is simply all the more cool.

These are a good lesson in the dangers of over-literalism. Even people who say they read the Bible as-is don’t realize how many layers of interpretation and tradition they’re actually viewing it through. By stripping off the interpretation and doing ultra-literal picture representations, Rev Smith does a major service. If you say every word has to be 100% scientifically, historically, literally true, this is the Bible you get.
Of course, these set-ups can also help perpetuate the myth that all Christians and/or Jews take this narrow view of the Bible. In reality, most don’t (even the ones who may claim they do).

Thanks Rabbi — you made my day. This is extremely funny, even though it might offend people who always take things literally. Sometimes I need to step back from scripture and take a little humor from it.

There were and always have been 12 tribes and they are mentioned in the Bible in the book of Revelation. There are twelve thousand for each tribe. So its is not just Jews. Its like saying all Americans are New Yorkers is not true but all New Yorkers are Americans. All tribes were part of the Tribes of Israel but only Jews were decedents of Judah. After Solomon, his son Rehoboam caused the first Tax revolt in History and the prophesied break up of Israel it was time and again recorded that the three Southern Tribes were at war with the 10 Northern tribes known as Israel.
Judah was the leading tribe of the Southern 3 tribed nation that became known as Judea. 120 years prior to Judah going into Captivity to Babylon, Nineveh conquered the Northern ten tribes the leading tribe being Ephraim. This is in the Bible. When Nineveh Collapsed the tribes whop had been placed near the Black sea fled to the Caucuses. Some continued towards China some drifted towards Europe and some crashed into the Roman Empire who fought them. they were known as the Cimbri. If we look at Great Britain one of our counties is called Cumbria. In the Hebrew often the vowels were not pronounced.
On the Behestun Rock they were called the Kumri by the Assyrians as they were known as the people of Omri, one of the Norther 10 Tribes kings. Omri was known by the Assyrians as Kumri.
No this is not all about the Jews and Even Yahshua/Jesus makes this clear when he told the disciples to go to the Dispersion of the 10 tribes. The Roman Historians knew where they were. The Khumri or Cimbri suddenly appeared in History after the collapse of the Northern 10 Tribed Israel. Right until the time of the Romans the Jews were known as Judea. Under Emperor Phocus they were expelled from Judea and as a direct affront to the Jews its name changed to Palestine after the name of the Philistines who the tribes expelled.
As for the earth being made of gold. That is another mistake. The New Jerusalem that comes down will be but not the whole planet. There will be seas, Farming ordinary people a different sky and land masses. The seas will be rolled back The mountain ranges that stop the rain and cause deserts will be lowered. Lots more will happen including the nature of wild animals will change so children will be able to sit with lions and bears.