VAYAKHEL

VAYAKHEL
MOSHE GATHERS THE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO TELL THEM THAT G-D HAD FORGIVEN THEIR SINS AND THAT THEY COULD RESTORE THEIR FAVORED POSITION BY CREATING A SANCTUARY FOR G-D. IN OTHER WRITINGS I IDENTIFIED THE 3 - TIERED METHOD OF UNDERSTANDING EVERY MAJOR CONCEPT IN TORAH. THE MISHKAN-TEMPLE WAS NO DIFFERENT. THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO LOOK AT THE ROLE OF THE TEMPLE THEN AND NOW.
1) THE TEMPLE IS A PLACE WHERE G-D COMMUNICATES WITH MAN, LETTING ALL MEN KNOW WHAT G-D WANTS NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
2)THE TEMPLE IS A PLACE FOR MEDITATION AND RAISING ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS FOR HIGHER PURPOSE. IN SHORT , IT IS A PLACE FOR PRAYERS AND SACRIFICES WHICH SERVE TO REDEDICATE THE INDIVIDUAL TO HIGHER AND HIGHER GOALS OF GOODNESS.
THE TEMPLE IS A PLACE FOR THE ELEVATION OF THE PERSON.
3)THE TEMPLE IS A PLACE WHERE G-D WISHES TO RESIDE IN.
G-D WANTS TO “LIVE”WITH MANKIND IN HIS ENVIRONS. THIS IS ACHIEVED COMPLETELY , ONLY IN THE TEMPLE. HERE G-D MEETS MAN WHERE MAN IS WORTHY OF CONNECTING WITH G-D.
THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST 2 AND LAST INTERPRETATION IS THAT THE FIRST 2 ARE TEMPORARY.
WHEN MAN HAS LEARNED WHAT G-D WANTS FROM HIM AND WHEN MAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED UP HIS PERSONA
TO LEAD A HIGHER ,MORE MEANINGFUL WAY OF LIFE,THE TEMPLE WOULD NO LONGER BE NECESSARY.
AS A PLACE THAT G-D DESIRES -HERE THERE IS NO LIMIT UPON G-D OR G-D’S DESIRE. THE TEMPLE WILL LAST FOREVER AND WE WILL DWELL IN G-D’S HOUSE FOREVER!