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| INSIGHTS FROM SCRIPTURE: Dabar is a Hebrew word meaning: “Spoken utterance,” or “to speak or say.” It is pronounced daw BAW. This word occurs over 1,400 times in the Old Testament. It is most often associated with God speaking either directly and audibly, or through a person, place, or thing. In any case, the word Dabar means God initiating a dialogue. The real issue becomes how God’s creation responds. Anything God chooses to breathe upon and anything God speaks to, changes. It either obeys or resists. If it obeys by receiving God’s Word, it will manifest God’s word. If it resists the Word, it dies. God’s Voice is all powerful! The Tabernacle is known in Hebrew as the Mishkan “Place of Divine dwelling.” It was to be a portable central place of worship for the Hebrews from the time they left ancient Egypt, following the Exodus. It was also used through the time of the Book of Judges when they were engaged in conquering the land of Canaan, up to the time its elements were made part of the final Temple in Jerusalem around the 10th century BC. The Hebrew word points to an important meaning. Mishkan is related to the Hebrew word to “dwell”, “rest”, or “to live in”, referring to the Presence of God. The Hebrew word for a “neighbor” is shakhen from the same root as mishkan. The commandments for its construction are taken from the words in the Book of Exodus when God says to Moses: “They shall make me a sanctuary, and I will dwell among them. You must make the tabernacle and all its furnishings following the plan that I am showing you.” Thus the idea is that God wants this structure built so that it may be a “dwelling”, so to speak, for his presence within the Children of Israel following the Exodus. The word incarnation is derived from the Latin, and means in the flesh. Jesus—the second person in the Trinity—took on two natures: completely God, and completely human. His two natures are separate and distinct yet without fusion or mixture. Continued... |
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