Birds of a Feather

And they shall make Me a Tabernacle, that I may abide in their midst.  Exodus 25:8  Robert Alter Abide – The Hebrew root describing God’s desire to abide with His people is šākan.  Perhaps you’ll recognize that this is precisely the same root of the word miškān, “Tabernacle.”  Here the author chooses a nice play…

Change of Address

Their inner thought is that their houses are forever and their dwelling places to all generations; they have named their lands after their own names.  Psalm 49:11  NASB Houses/ dwelling places – Okay, so we know that all the habitations here on earth aren’t permanent.  Just like everything else, they will pass away.  The Roman Colosseum was meant to last…