Something that doesnt make sense to me about Isaiah 65: why is a newborn compared with a sinner in age (100 years)? This doesnt sit right with me. I have heard the first 40 chapters of Isaiah have a different author than the end chapters. But, John referenced Isaiah 53. Revelation confirms part of Isaiah 65 by saying there will be no sorrow in New Jerusalem, but they contradict each other about whether there will be death or everlasting life. I think the gospels quote Yeshua as saying there will be everlasting life. So, which is correct? I know we discussed this a couple weeks ago, but I didnt find satisfactory resolution to the issue/non-issue. I dont understand the prophets as easily as I do revelation. Can someone explain this to my finite brain, please? Its been nagging at me.
Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
Exodus 25:2 ESV
It was common practice to exchange gifts for marriage: a bride price given to the bride and her family from the groom and a dowry given to the groom by the bride and her family. A bride price without a dowry could make the bride into a concubine, a wife with the added obligations of servitude.
When God brought Israel out of Egypt, he gave them a bride price from Egypt's coffers--it all belongs to him anyway. Here in Exo 25:2, he asks for part of that bride price back from Israel as a dowry. The exchange establishes the foundation for a healthy relationship instead of one of slavery.
Of course, disobedience to the covenant and commandments brings another kind of obligation and slavery. Only Yeshua can resolve that one.
Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
#exodus 25:2
Anything given to God is holy. Don't change your mind or take it back. Remember Achan in Joshua 7. Remember Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. Our contributions to God's Kingdom are God's, not ours. We might benefit from the things that God has enabled us to bring, but that's not why we give. #trumah
https://www.americantorah.com/....2010/02/20/terumah-5
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Shalom,
Camp Ephraim
The #tabernacle (Mishkan) isn't just a model of the Heavenly Tabernacle. It is also a model of God Himself. Its arrangement, materials, and furnishings hint at a complex and mysterious structure within God. Consider just the Ark of the Covenant:
The inner gold ark is inner purity and a right heart.
The middle acacia ark is a heart of flesh instead of stone.
The outer gold ark is outward obedience, which earns crowns in heaven.
We are each made in the image of God, yet we are not complete outside of a family. As the Mishkan is a reflection of God and ourselves, it is also a reflection of a family. What does that say about God himself?
#exodus 25-40
#terumah
https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2008/02/a-model