Today’s Random Psalm: Psalm 122

From the Book of Psalms

Yahuah said to my Master,
“Sit at My right hand,
Until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”

Yahuah shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies.

Your people shall be volunteers
In the day of Your power;
In the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning,
You have the dew of Your youth.

Yahuah has sworn
And will not relent,
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”

Yahuah is at Your right hand;
He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.

He shall judge among the nations,
He shall fill the places with dead bodies,
He shall execute the heads of many countries.

He shall drink of the brook by the wayside;
Therefore He shall lift up the head.

Bonus

Deuteronomy 16:1–17

Observe the month of Aviv, and keep the Passover to Yahuah your Elohim, for in the month of Aviv Yahuah your Elohim brought you out of Egypt by night.

You shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahuah your Elohim, from the flock and the herd, in the place where Yahuah chooses to put His name.

You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste.

You shall remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

You shall keep the Feast of Weeks to Yahuah your Elohim with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give as Yahuah your Elohim blesses you.

You shall rejoice before Yahuah your Elohim, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite within your gates, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place where Yahuah your Elohim choose

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Summary of Parashah Terumah

Exodus 25:1–27:19

Terumah stands as a turning point in the narrative of redemption. After deliverance from Egypt, the giving of the Torah, and covenant ratification, the focus shifts from liberation to habitation. Freedom is not the end; it is preparation for presence. Yahuah declares His intention: “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.” This statement reframes the entire wilderness journey. The exodus was not merely about escape from oppression but about establishing a dwelling place for Elohim among His people.

The offering (terumah) is voluntary. This is the first critical theological layer. Divine dwelling is built from willing hearts. The materials listed — gold, silver, bronze, fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, acacia wood, spices, oil, onyx stones — reflect both beauty and costliness. Former slaves now possess wealth taken from Egypt, and that wealth is redirected toward sacred purpose. Redemption reassigns resources.

The Ark is described first, not the altar. Presence precedes sacrifice in this construction order. The Ark is a wooden chest overlaid with gold, containing the testimony. It is crowned with a mercy seat, overshadowed by cherubim. This imagery evokes Eden — guardians of sacred space and communion between heaven and earth. The Ark becomes the focal point of divine communication. Yahuah promises to meet and speak from above the mercy seat.

The Table of the Bread of the Presence follows. Twelve loaves represent the tribes continually before Yahuah. Provision is constant, not occasional. Then comes the Menorah — hammered from a single piece of gold. Its almond blossom design recalls watchfulness (the almond tree being first to bloom). Light in the sanctuary symbolizes revelation and guidance.

The Mishkan’s structure is layered with coverings — fine linen with cherubim, goat hair, ram skins, and durable outer layers. Holiness is veiled yet accessible through appointed means. The frames, sockets, and bars create stability. Though portable, the sanctuary is not flimsy. Divine presence travels with covenant people.

The altar of burnt offering anchors the courtyard. Sacrifice establishes approach. Bronze, associated with judgment and endurance, contrasts with the gold of the inner sanctuary. Movement inward symbolizes increasing holiness.

Terumah teaches ordered worship. Every dimension is specified. Creativity operates within obedience. The Mishkan becomes a mobile Sinai — a continuing encounter.

Prophetically, Terumah anticipates greater dwelling realities. The Temple era reflects expansion, the incarnation reflects embodiment, and the final restoration envisions unhindered presence. Yet the core remains unchanged: Yahuah desires to dwell among a sanctified people.

Theologically, the parashah reveals that sacred space is constructed through generosity, obedience, beauty, and reverence. It demonstrates that divine nearness is not abstract mysticism but covenantal relationship anchored in tangible practice.

Terumah ultimately asks a question that echoes through generations: Will the redeemed people build a dwelling for the Redeemer? The answer is found not merely in architecture, but in hearts that give freely so that presence may abide among them.