This evening at sundown marks the official beginning of the Jewish high holidays for the fall, beginning with the Feast of Trumpets. Throughout their history the Jewish people have commemorated 7 major feasts each year: Passover (Pesach) Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzot) Feast of First Fruits (Yom HaBikkurim) Pentecost (Shavuot) Feast of Trumpets (Rosh …
Category: Judaism
The Empty Tomb: Jesus is Not There!
A trip to Israel would just not be complete without a visit to the Garden Tomb, so I stopped by for some quality time last week before leaving the land! Though dispute exists over the actual location of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, most evangelicals celebrate this as the place of that miraculous event where …
Visiting the Western Wall
Last week in Israel I visited the Western Wall. I always find it one of the most bittersweet places to visit. Sweet, because I always get a taste of the profound yearning and reverence the Jewish people have for the God of Israel. Bitter, because, while so close, most seem so far from grasping the …
Blessings and Curses
“See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you …
