Honoring God: Celebrating the Feasts

Honoring God through the celebrating of the Feasts. We choose to celebrate Passover or the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As a Christian, I think it is important to understand why God created these Feast days and what the significance is for Christians. Leviticus 23 has a break down of each feast (appointed day). Our Passover celebration is based on the fact the Jesus is the Passover lamb (Luke 22:19-20) When we eat the matzo (unleavened bread) we understand the sacrifice which was made for us. Picture the matzo; the holes in the matzo represent the nail holes in His broken Read More

Celebrating the Goodness and Mercy of God in 2020

Celebrating God’s many blessings of 2020. It’s that time of year again. Time to celebrate all that God has done for us this year. 2020 has been a different kind of year. We have so much to be thankful for. God’s goodness never fails. Let’s take some time this season of Biblical feasts and acknowledge the goodness and mercy of God. Be committed to standing strong in your faith (1 Corinthians 16:13). Fall is the season of thanksgiving and time to celebrate Biblical feasts. This year Rosh Hashanah begins Friday, September 18th before sundown and ends after nightfall on Sunday, Read More

Feasts and Festivals: Meet Him There

Celebrating the feasts and festivals of the Lord is not common among Christians. In my house, we celebrate (Pesach) Passover. As a Christian, I think it is important to understand why God created these feasts and festivals and what the significance is for Christians. God specifically gave these instructions to the Jews: “Three times a year you shall celebrate a festival to me” (Exodus 23:14). These three appointments were Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles). In addition to these three, God added four additional times of celebration in Leviticus 23, thereby making a total of seven celebrations. Matzah (Unleavened Read More

Jesus Who?: Our Atoning Sacrifice

This week we are studying Leviticus and Jesus as our Sacrifice, as we continue the series,  Jesus Who?  Last week we studied Genesis and got to know the Jesus of Genesis. He was part of the Trinity, the Godhead and the seed of the woman. In studying Exodus, we were introduced to Jesus, our Passover Lamb.  In the book of Leviticus,  Jesus can be seen in the sacrificial offerings and the priesthood, and the feast days (Find out more about the Feasts of the Lord here).  I will briefly touch on the sacrificial offerings. The book of Exodus ends with where God desires to Read More

Celebrating the Feasts of the Lord

Celebrating the Feasts of the Lord is not common among Christians. In my house, we celebrate Passover or the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As a Christian, I think it is important to understand why God created these Feast days and what the significance is for Christians. Our Passover celebration is based on the fact the Jesus is the Passover lamb. () When we eat the matzo (unleavened bread) we understand the sacrifice which was made for us. Picture the matzo; the holes in the matzo represent the nail holes in His broken body and the stripes in the matzo represent Read More