And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
#exodus 37:6 #vayakhel
"Mercy seat" is a terrible translation of kaporet. It's the lid for the Ark of the Covenant and the word literally means covering or lid, so why not just translate that way?
We still have a lot to learn about living in community as our Creator intended. Our neighbors often don’t think, look, act, or believe in the same way we do, and yet they can still have a testimony of fellowship with the same God we serve. That’s a fact our Father sometimes has to help us figure out by putting us in very unusual circumstances. Mark Randall knows exactly what that means, as he shares with us in this concluding segment of our visit with him.
Another aspect of relationship with our Creator is His desire to make us clean, and help us stay that way. It can be a complicated and difficult process, but it is necessary and worth the effort. That’s what Barry Phillips and David Jones explore in their midrash called, “The Laver,” and what Will Spires shares in his music.
https://bneyyosefna.com/reunio....n-roadmap-2-19-2022-
I just added an option to mail a check on my checkout page. As we look at the world around us, and the ways evil gained a foothold, it may be increasingly important to learn to do things the “old-fashioned” way. This includes learning to grow our own food, educating our own children, using tangible means to communicate and do business, etc. What “old-fashioned” things have you started doing?