Title: The Laver and Purification

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Before we are reborn, our outer self is a liability and a cause of problems. Afterwards it is an asset because it functions as a filter for purifying our spirit. This explains why we find so much junk in it sometimes!

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References:
Exodus 30:17-21; 38:8
James 1:19-24
Exodus 40:6-8, 11-12, 30-32
Job 9:29-31; 15:14-16
Psalms 51:1-3, 7, 9-10, 17
Isaiah 1:16-18
Jeremiah 2:20-22
Ezekiel 36:24-26, 29, 31
Malachi 3:1-3
Mark 7:1-8, 14-23
2 Corinthians 7:1
Ephesians 5:25-27, 32
2 Timothy 2:20-22
James 4:7-8

Title: The First Day of the First Month

Topic: Salvation

Summary: The Bible speaks of new beginnings in connection with the first day of the first month. No matter how far off course our lives in this world may get, there is always an opportunity to repent and start again. (Note the striking invisibility of the reader at minutes 2 and 4 ;-). She reappears at minute 16.)

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References:
Genesis 8:4, 12-14; 9:13
Exodus 40:1-2, 34
2 Chronicles 29:3, 10, 17, 35
Ezra 7:6
Ezekiel 45:18-20
Philippians 3:12, 15
Psalms 39:4-5; 90