I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. Isaiah 46:10, niv

Texture adds beauty and character to form by increasing the detail in its design. Similarly, after His covenant with Abraham, God gives texture to its form by narrowing the seed of the woman to the family of Jacob (Genesis 25:23; 28:3-4)—called Israel—and increasing them greatly during their four hundred years of slavery in Egypt, as foretold to Abraham in Genesis 15:13. The Lord then calls Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt to possess the land of promise, and God judges the seed of the serpent with mighty acts of power, as He foretold (Genesis 15:14; Exodus 3:20). After the Exodus God renews and expands the Abrahamic covenant with Israel, graciously dwelling among them and giving them His law, so that they may be blessed by keeping it. But their sinful nature makes this impossible, revealing their need for a Savior, who is the true Seed (Galatians 3:10-25) that God promised in the Garden.

Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, or what is the place of My rest? Has My hand not made all these things? Acts 7:49-50

The element of texture is similar to that of form in that it requires the same quality of directional light to reveal its character, but it deals with an object’s surface structure rather than its overall contour. This enables us to visually discern whether something feels smooth, like these surf-worn pebbles on a Pacific Northwest beach, or rough, like these striated rocks on the rugged coast of Maine.

Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides. Psalm 119:90