In My Father's House

What does the very first letter of the Torah have to do with the promise Yeshua makes in John 14? In this teaching, Dr. Sanjay Prajapati traces one word — house — from the opening line of Genesis all the way to "In My Father's house are many mansions."We begin with Bereishit, and the surprising fact that the Torah opens not with Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, but with Beit — the letter that spells bayit, "house." From there, the teaching walks through the Garden of Eden as the first house and the first marriage, the courage of Shifrah and Puah and the three "houses" of leadership God built through them, Yeshua clearing the Temple as "a house of prayer," Peter's question about all the disciples had given up to follow, and Rabbi Heshy Kleinman's parable of the mansion that cannot fall — even when we do.As we enter Elul and approach Rosh Hashanah 5787 — the anniversary of Creation and the Day of Judgment — this episode asks the question worth sitting with this season: what house are you building this year, and have you heard the Father still calling, "Where art thou?"Scriptures covered: Genesis 1:1, 2:22-24, 3:8-9 · Exodus 1:15-21 · Matthew 19:27-30, 21:12-14 · John 14:2A Destined4Torah teaching with Dr. Sanjay Prajapati.