Unity

Daniel BotkinSeptember 20138 min readAwaiting author

Originally appearing in Gates of Eden Magazine, Vol. 12 (Jul.-Aug. 2006). The content of this article is based on Daniel Botkin’s address to those assembled for the Messianic Israel Alliance (now Alliance of Redeemed Israel) Conference in Nashville on July, 2006. The theme of the conference was One People, One Promise, One Purpose. הִנֵּ֣ה מַה־טֹּ֭וב וּמַה־נָּעִ֑ים שֶׁ֖בֶת אַחִ֣ים גַּם־יָֽחַד “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to

About the author

Daniel Botkin is a writer, teacher, artist, and musician and speaks at churches, Messianic congregations, and conferences across the nation. He has published the bimonthly Gates of Eden magazine since 1995 (please visit his website to request a copy). He and his wife Teresa live in East Peoria, IL and shepherd Gates of Eden Messianic Congregation. Daniel has a B.S. in Art from Illinois State University and a Doctorate in literature from the Evangelical Reformed Methodist Church. For more information on Dr. Botkin, or to support his ministry, please visit www.GatesOfEden.org.

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