Pretty straightforward. Im definitely jealous of these guys. Seems like what God wanted and who he was couldn't have been more clear. Now its all ancient history. I know it can be argued that god shows himself daily to us, but certainly not like this.

It's a fine line between worshipping the creation and worshipping the creator. According to verse 25 just touching a stone with tool shifts the focus enough from God to make it defiled. Thinking about Thanksgiving a bit... I think it's good to be thankful for our stuff, but we does this shift the focus from the creator to the things he created? On the flip side maybe it actually refocuses or attention on the fact that the stuff in our life comes from God. Maybe it's just semantics.