The sacrifice of the red heifer is one of the most enigmatic rituals commanded in Torah. The specific instructions aren’t difficult to follow if you read carefully, but the purpose of each instruction is elusive.
Why does the Water of Separation (mai nidah) make a clean person unclean and an unclean person clean? Why does one person need to wash his clothes and body to resolve a state of uncleanness, while another person only needs to wash his clothes?
Here's a hint: Everything points to #yeshua!
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Meet Sequoyah, the Cherokee man that would create a written language for the Cherokee Tribe.
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A few lessons that can be derived from the story of Zelophehad's daughters:
-Sometimes women have better insight when the rules don't directly apply.
-The land and the people are one. God's people are tied permanently, inextricably to Eretz #israel. It is their (our!) possession forever. Exile is like divorce.
-Sons inherit first, then daughters, brothers, and male cousins in that order.
-A man's name is more than the label on his birth certificate. It's his character, his legacy, and his permanent mark on the world.
In #torah, daughters have an inheritance in the land too. They have rights and responsibilities. They can own property, run businesses, serve as witnesses in a court, and even as judges. Don't let ignorant people slander God and his law by claiming women are treated as chattel.
That isn't to say that there is on difference between men and women. All of Scripture shows that God has a very definite patriarchal preference for how his people are to be governed at all levels.
Update:
We are putting the final touches on the Cyprus Island Version of The Didache.
If all goes well, a Free downloadable PDF version will be available in the Fall at www.templecrier.com.
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