Deuteronomy 16:1ff, Keeping the biblical feasts. How important are YHVH’s feast days (annual set-apart times or moedim) to you? The Israelites and first-century Messianic believers planned their entire year’s schedule around them. That’s how important YHVH’s annual festivals were to … Continue reading
To help you get ready for the biblical feast of Shavuot or Pentecost, I invite you to read my teaching article on the subject. From Mount Sinai to Acts 2; From Faithlessness to Miraculous Empowerment Ya’acov Natan Lawrence Waters in … Continue reading
Exodus 23:14–19, Three times you shall keep a feast. Conventional Jewish wisdom teaches us that during the three biblical pilgrimage festivals of Passover/Unleavened Bread, Pentecost and Tabernacles all the individuals of the nation are to leave their place of individual … Continue reading
Understanding the Second Exodus The concept of the Messianic Age in Hebraic thought involves an understanding of the first and final redemptions, which are two separate events. The first redemption or first exodus occurred when the Israelites obeyed the Word … Continue reading
Luke 2:7, Manger. The Greek word means “feeding trough” and according to the word’s etymology and lexicology as stated in the TWOT, gives no indication for this manger to be anything but a manger. Nevertheless, this manger may have … Continue reading
Have a joyous Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles and Shemini Atzeret/the Eighth Day 2014. My family and I will be celebrating these two biblical festivals for eight days in southern Oregon at our regional Sukkot NW 2014 gathering (see SukkotNW.org). Maybe next … Continue reading
Sukkot is almost here! The Feast begins later this week and each year the Parashah readings begin anew at this time because of the instruction in Deuteronomy 31:10-13. This means our “Read Through The Scriptures in a Year” plan also begins … Continue reading