terumah<\/em> (\u05ea\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b8\u05d4), the name of our Torah portion, means \u201cgift\u201d or \u201ccontribution,\u201d which first of all refers to the decision to give of our hearts to enshrine God\u2019s Presence. We \u201cset the LORD always before us\u201d; we abide in the Vine and remain connected to Him (Psalm 16:8; John 15:5). It two-way partnership: we make a sacred place for God within our heart, we invite his Presence, so to speak, to dwell within us, and then we listen for God\u2019s invitation to abide within his house and live as his beloved child (Rev. 3:20).<\/p>\nKing David wrote, \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d9\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \/ olam chesed yibaneh: “The (eternal) world is built with love” (Psalm 89:2), and so indeed is God\u2019s place within our hearts… We make God lovely and beautiful and wonderful and precious to us; we enshrine him and lift up our souls unto him in adoration and thanks. When we are willing to take part in the building of the sanctuary, God reveals to us \u201cthe pattern,\u201d that is, the inspiration that evidences His presence in our lives. As Yeshua said, \u201cLet your light so shine\u201d (Matt. 5:16).<\/p>\n
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The sages have said that salvation may be likened to rebirth that delivers us from the \u201cnarrow places of Egypt\u201d (i.e., from mitzrayim: -\u05de, “from,” and \u05e6\u05b7\u05e8, “narrow”) into newness of life… The first step of lasting deliverance (\u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4) is to receive the great revelation: \u201cI AM the Lord your God,\u201d which begins our healing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3364,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions\/3364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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The sages have said that salvation may be likened to rebirth that delivers us from the \u201cnarrow places of Egypt\u201d (i.e., from mitzrayim: -\u05de, “from,” and \u05e6\u05b7\u05e8, “narrow”) into newness of life… The first step of lasting deliverance (\u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4) is to receive the great revelation: \u201cI AM the Lord your God,\u201d which begins our healing process (Exod. 20:2). We are set free from our bonds to surface appearances when we are made fully conscious of God\u2019s Presence, since we then understand everything in holy relationship with Ultimate Reality, the Ground and Source of all life (Acts 17:28). As it says in our Scriptures: \u201cWe look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen: For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal\u201d (2 Cor. 4:18). Therefore God says in our Torah, \u201cMake for me a sacred place (\u05de\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05d3\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1) so I can dwell within you\u201d (Exod. 25:8). Each of us is created to be a \u201cmishkan\u201d (mikdash me\u2019at) that is, a dwelling place for God. Making a sanctuary of the heart means choosing to stay connected with reality, attuning the heart to hear the Voice of the Spirit, and consciously walking before the Divine Presence.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/psalm16-8-analysis.gif?resize=561%2C540&ssl=1\")
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