Dana Owens

God granted the priesthood to Aaron and his sons with the ritual of atonement. This was the removal of all their sins and transgressions, meaning there is no sin that is unremovable, according to the Bible

The story about the serpent and the woman is about our struggle to rise above our physically-oriented perception of reality and our desire to make things our own.

As the original material from the man for the creation of the woman was a rib, which protects his heart, the creation of the woman symbolized God granting humanity what they desire the most in their hearts: a certain sense of ownership of their life…

Humans serve the grand design of the Creator by simply living a full life as it is given to them, because their existence itself supports the interconnectedness and interdependence of spiritual reality and physical reality.