Counting the Omer
- Day 21
Threshold Covenant
- Ex 12:21-23 - Dip in the blood that was on the threshold
- Basin - He: “Saf” means threshold
- Threshold
- Entrance to dwelling
- Step “over” it
- Stepping on it was dishonorable
- Guests entitled to protection, provision of the household
- If no blood substitute salt
- Stepping over it meant you accepted the covenant offered
- Striking the lintel and door posts
- Groom carries Bride over threshold
- Throwing rice at the wedding was an offering for the marriage
- Mezuza - De 6:4-9; 11:13-21
The Greater Threshold-Crossover Covenant
- Passover by the angel of death
- God crossed over to enter the covenant with us
- He stood in the door to keep executioner from entering
- Satan will not cross over and accept a covenant of Jesus sacrifice - He 2:14-15
- God / Jesus was the door by which we enter - Jn 10:9
- We have crossed over from natural to covenant people
- Ps 103:1-5, 11-12
The Salt Covenant
- Salt is important to life
- A symbol for covenant relationships, honor, friendship, loyalty, hospitality, marriage fidelity and commitment
- Used in blessings and curses - 2 Ki 2:19-22
- Salt covenant was equal to blood covenant
- Sacrificial offerings include salt as a symbol of life - Le 2:13, Ez 43:24
- The land was salted - De 29:22-25; Le 26; Jud 9:45; Ez 47:11
- “Betraying the salt” - loyalty, friendship
- We are the salt of the earth - 1 Pe 2:9
- Don’t loose our effectiveness - 1 Jn 2:15-17
https://www.chabad.org/holidays/sefirah/omer-calendar_cdo/jewish/Omer-Calendar.htm