Shavuot and Waiting
Waiting… Shavuot… Pentecost… What do these things have in common? What is Shavuot? Shavuot is the culmination of the “Feast of Weeks” that happens after Passover. Most believers know this as Pentecost. It really was a Jewish celebration called Shavu’ot. Exodus 34:22 “Observe the festival of Shavu‘ot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year. The Israelites celebrated Passover, than began to count 7 weeks plus
I ordered that the doors be shut...
SHABBAT! It is another Friday and I am thankful to have a clean house, dinner with my family, challah bread with reminders of ALL He has done and, and, and … so much to be thankful for! Choosing another verse for Shabbat, I found one hidden in the book of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 13:19 So when the gates of Yerushalayim began to grow dark before Shabbat, I ordered that the doors be shut; and I ordered that they not be reopened until after Shabbat. I put some of my servants in charge
Every year Jesus celebrated...
This week we are busy preparing for Passover. Friday night we celebrate this family dinner together. Today I want to look at yet another verse and reason why we choose to celebrate this holiday. Luke 2:41 Every year Yeshua’s parents went to Yerushalayim for the festival of Pesach. (CJB) We often think that this celebration is just a Jewish feast and we don’t need to celebrate it. However, we also say that we want to be like Jesus and do what Jesus did. I guess we need to ask
Purim!
Within what is called the “Hebrew Roots” Movement there are many differing opinions on the two “non-Levitical” feasts. These are Purim and Chanukah. Both were not “commanded by God” in the Torah, so it becomes a question for people about whether or not they are “man-made traditions like Christmas and Easter. As I have processed and considered what these festivals mean, I have chosen to celebrate them and I hope I can explain in this article why I have made this choice. These
