The Feast of Firstfruits

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so …

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Seeing Jesus in the Passover

Friends, I am excited about today!  Sunset tonight marks the beginning of the Jewish Passover Feast.  As Christians, we celebrated the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ several weeks ago...and what a celebration that always is!  Today, we'll examine Yeshua (Jesus) in the Pesach (Passover) together. Throughout the centuries Jews have celebrated Passover, while Christians celebrate …

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A Closer Look at Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits

For Christians, we have just celebrated the most important day of the year: Resurrection Sunday.  Christ is risen, and if that were not true, Christianity would crumble.  We base our celebration on the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s death, burial and resurrection, which is succinctly wrapped up in this passage: For I delivered to you as of first …

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Jesus: The Fulfillment of Every Jewish Feast!

Rejoice, dear friends, rejoice!  Jesus Christ, the King of Glory, fulfills the meaning of every Jewish feast!  While the Old Testament laid out the ceremonies the Jews were to celebrate, brilliant pictures of the Messiah were woven mysteriously into the fabric of those feasts.  But God declared through the prophet Amos that He does nothing …

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