Ben-ammi

Every covenant is given something you can see — a rainbow, a circumcision, a sabbath, a cup — so the oath can be remembered.

One word that carries the whole promise — a line of descent that narrows, verse by verse, to one Person.

The weight of God made visible — כָּבוֹד, literally heaviness — filling a tabernacle, a temple, and finally a body.

God's first spoken word and his own self-description — light before the sun, and a Light no darkness can put out.

The garden God planted eastward — a sanctuary with a river, two trees, and a job description, lost by one command broken.

Grace is God's unearned favor. The Hebrew word for it is *chen* — a gift given because the giver is gracious, not because the receiver has earned it — and it is *chen* that the…