Connect to God for regular updates

The law given via Moses was not God's final word on the subject. Built in to the laws were the idea of moving on (leaving the carrying posts in the ark of the covenant), freshness (lamps always lit and bread always on display) and regular updates (God's promised to meet with the people from between the wings of the cherubim on the cover of the ark.) In other words, God did not say "Here's all you need to know. Now get on with it. That's that. I'm off." He said "Here are the basic rules, but they include instructions on how to meet me for continued guidance."

These days you don't just buy the initial software, but you connect to the web for updates to the latest version. Perhaps a better analogy is a social networking site or a multi-player game where the whole point of the software is to put you in touch with other people. The Bible contains all we need to know to get started, and is sometimes the channel by which we meet God. But what really matters are regular encounters with the Living Word.