Jesus in the Passover

Happy Saturday, friends! We're leaving the chaos of this world behind for today to focus on the beginning of the feasts of Israel. Monday at sundown marks the beginning of Passover, an 8-day commemoration of God's deliverance of the Jewish people from Egyptian captivity. Passover is the first of seven major feasts of Israel. Embedded …

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Entering the Old City

After a fantastic Shabbat (when Jews shut down all activity), we were ready to enter the Old City, whose walls tower over visitors anxious to experience this wonderful place. Entering always reminds me of the three times a year Jews from all over the land would flock to the Temple for major feasts. Passover (which …

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Praying for Israel as Yom Kippur Approaches

Bible students know there are seven feasts the Lord God ordained and set forth for Israel. Those feasts, which are detailed in Leviticus 23, are shadows of Jesus, the true substance. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things …

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Celebrating Pentecost: God in Us

Jews around the world are wrapping up their celebration of Shavuot...the Feast of Weeks. The reference is to the span of 7 weeks since the Feast of First Fruits. Penta equals 50, thus Pentecost is also referencing those 50 days between the Feast of First Fruits and this special day we know as Pentecost. In …

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