The #sabbath is as near to God's presence in time as the Tabernacle was in space.
#chiasmus #biblepatterns

https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2017/02/a-giant

The 7 branches of the Menorah correspond to the 7 spirits of God described in Isaiah 11.

There are 22 almond blossoms distributed over the 7 branches and 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet. 22/7 = Pi.

Almond branches and blossoms are a symbol of the sons of Aaron, the Cohanim, and they have five petals each, perhaps symbolizing #torah or Covenant.

#exodus 25:31-40 #terumah

Not a new comic, but one relevant to the conversations I am seeing this morning. I did this about a year ago.

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Now that we have covered the variations of the Names, let's talk about titles. People that have come to the understanding that God actually has a Name and it isn't 'God' or 'LORD', sometimes go on this tangent of you can never use those titles again. They are pagan, or they are insulting, or they are names of false gods. You name it, and pretty much there is a theory about it and why you shouldn't be using them.

If you have been around for any period of time on my comics, you know I still use God quite frequently. I see no issue with it, mainly because in the opening sentence to my Bible, that is what He refers to Himself as. He is introducing us to Him as "God". You might say "Oh, but that is English, and the word in Hebrew is אלהימ (Elohim)". And you would be correct, but as a native English speaker, when I speak to other native English speakers I am going to use English. If I go up to someone who has no Hebrew vocabulary and I start spouting Hebrew words, they aren't going to know what I am talking about. As I've already pointed out in previous comics in this section, God also refers to Himself as Lord, or אדני (Adonai) in Hebrew.

I do want to cover a couple of the common objections you might hear on these titles. While not directly stating it, I've covered the "disrespectful" line of thought. If it was disrespectful to call God 'God', then He wouldn't have introduced Himself as such in the opening to His Book. Or have Himself referred to as 'God' almost 2,000 other times. Or 'Lord' almost 400 times.

There is a line of thought that 'God' originated from the Hebrew 'Gad' (according to Strong's pronounced 'gawd'), which is a false god of fortune (Isaiah 65:11). The etymology of the word 'god' in English shows that it comes from the Old High Germanic 'got', which has no evidence of being borrowed. *IF* it was borrowed from Hebrew, it would be closer to the word גת, which is used in 1 Samuel 5:8 and means winepress. What is interesting about this theory is it seems to ignore the fact that גד (Gad) is used 71 other times in Scripture, referring to either the son of Jacob, the tribe of Gad, or a prophet in David's time.

I'll leave you with this to consider. Abraham was considered a friend of God (Isaiah 41:8), and to God's face, he called Him 'Lord' (אדני) several times while pleading for Sodom and Gomorrah.

https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/584

"Look at the design of the Temple and be ashamed of your sins." What does this mean? The Tabernacle is an image of God as well as of the ideal man. How much more must the original in Heaven be an image of God and how Man was originally created to be?

The mystical meaning of the Tabernacle materials, etc, was probably common knowledge at one time. At the very least, it was better known than today. See Ezekiel 43:10-11

https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2010/02/set-apa

https://vimeo.com/912225916?share=copy

I've covered a lot of other Laws that show up before the Law was given to Moses, but I didn't show the Sabbath. It was part of Creation Week. One of the things that God did in the Beginning.

When we read later on and the commands are given about the Sabbath, they even mention Creation Week as a reference to this day. It is the 4th commandment of the 10. There is a lot of importance around it.

A lot of folks will quickly point out that there is no mention of anyone keeping the Sabbath after this account in Genesis until it is given in Exodus. But, do we need that? Other things in Creation Week are not mentioned again until later books, does that make them less true? The command to be fruitful and multiply was given to humans and animals. There are no other callouts that the animals actually obeyed and multiplied. We assume they did based on the fact we have so many different animals still with us today.

We even have examples in Genesis of righteous people. What standard are those people being held to that they are called righteous? Specifically Enoch and Noah? Wouldn't resting when God said to rest be one of those things these two did?

Something to think about.

https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/744

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On this date in history, 02/12/1733: James Oglethorpe arrives at the future location of Savannah, Georgia, to establish a new British colony. #otd #tdih #georgiahistory

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Lily Portion for Today: Monday February 12

Mothers, teach your children from a very young age that Faith is the beginning and Love the end, and in YHVH Elohiym both are united. (Prayer: Abba, strengthen my family through Your Spirit so that our faith can withstand all attacks, amein)