In this video, Natan Lawrence explains the ministry offices of Ephesians 4:11 with special emphasis on the ministry of the apostle and prophet. He discusses how these, along with the other ministry offices should function in the local assembly and how the modern church has often missed the true intent of these ministries.
Parashat Noach — Genesis 6:9 – 11:32
Haftarah — Numbers 28:9 – 15; Isaiah 66:1 – 24**
Prophets — Joshua 8:1 – 14:15
Writings — Psalm 8:1 – 14:7
Testimony — Matthew 6:16 – 10:26
Most of this week’s blog discussion points will be on these passages. If you have general comments or questions on the weekly Scripture readings not addressed in a blog post, here’s a place for you to post those. Just use the “leave a reply” link below.
The full “Read Through The Scriptures In A Year” schedule, broken down by each day, can be found on the right sidebar under “Helpful Links.” There are 4 sections of scripture to read each day. One each from the Torah, the Prophets, the Writings, and from the Testimony of Yeshua. Each week, the Torah and haftarah readings will follow the traditional one-year reading cycle.
Weekly Blog Scripture Readings for 9/29 through 10/5/13.
** A different Haftarah is read when it is a special sabbath in Jewish tradition. This week’s Shabbat is considered “Shabbat Rosh Chodesh” on the Hillel 2 Calendar.
The Cosmic Battle for the Soul of America and the Emergence of the Underground Church in America
Why is it that there seems to be an all out war by local, state and federal government (all three branches) as well as our educational, major media, most major entertainment outlets and many of our social institutions against the traditional values of this nation that made it what it is? If something is antagonistic to the family, the Christian church, or biblical values, it gets a pass. Laws are passed in favor of it, the courts uphold it, the people are legally mandated to be able to litigate against it, it is celebrated, paraded proudly in our streets, is headlined and lauded by the major media outlets.
Here are a few examples of the anti-biblical agendas that have been foisted upon the American people over the past forty plus years, and many of them in the last several years: Continue reading
Shalom everyone from the intermountain region of Central Oregon, USA where we are celebrating Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) with other like-minded redeemed Israelites who are returning to the Hebraic, pro-Torah roots of the Christian faith.
Below are a few photos I took with my I-Phone that will give you a small taste of what’s been going on here. More will come later.
We’re at a state campground where there’s no cell phone/wi-fi connections. Right now, I’m sitting in a Starbucks in nearby Bend, Oregon getting ready to upload these photos from my I-Phone.
I’m also in the process of trying to upload a teaching that Dr. Joseph Dombek, my assistant shepherd at our Congregation Elim (Portland, Oregon) gave here in La Pine on Sukkot. It’s a basic overview of this biblical feast that I recorded. YouTube is unusually slow at the moment, so I’m not sure if I’ll get Dr. Joe’s great teaching uploaded before we leave this Starbucks’ wi-fi hot spot.
Now here are the photos.
Let Sukkot NW 2013 at in La Pine, Oregon, USA begin.
The Congregation Elim/Sukkot NW 2013 praise and worship team.
The Sukkah NW 2013 Sukkah.
Worshipping YHVH in the dance at Sukkot NW 2013 in the wilderness of Central Oregon.
Tammy, Abigail and Terry from Texas, praising YHVH with lulavim in hand.
Luzvi praising YHVH with tambourine, Linda with the praise banners, and our Davidic dancers in the background.
John from California with tzitzit tied into his biblical beard.
Brother bill decked out in Hebraic regalia worshipping YHVH at Sukkot NW 2013.
Parashat B’reisheet — Genesis 1:1 – 6:8
Haftarah — Isaiah 42:5 – 43:10
Prophets — Joshua 1:1 – 7:26
Writings — Psalms 1:1 – 7:17
Testimony — Matthew 1:1 – 6:15
Most of this week’s blog discussion points will be on these passages. If you have general comments or questions on the weekly Scripture readings not addressed in a blog post, here’s a place for you to post those. Just use the “leave a reply” link below.
The full “Read Through The Scriptures In A Year” schedule, broken down by each day, can be found on the right sidebar under “Helpful Links.” There are 4 sections of scripture to read each day. One each from the Torah, the Prophets, the Writings, and from the Testimony of Yeshua. Each week, the Torah and haftarah readings will follow the traditional one-year reading cycle.
May you have a joyous Feast of Tabernacles (Chag Sukkot) celebration!
Weekly Blog Scripture Readings for 9/22 through 9/28/13.
Shalom Everyone,
It’s that time of year again — time to head out into the wilderness to celebrate Sukkot (the biblical Feast of Tabernacles). This year, it starts on the evening of Sept. 21 and ends on Shemeni Atzeret on Sept. 29.
My family and I will be loading up our personal gear as well as well as the ministry stuff (sound equipment, etc.) into our vehicles and trailers and heading over the mountains into the intermountain region of Central Oregon. There, we will be joined by others from several states and Canada for eight days of celebration, teachings, fellowship and group activities. You can read all about it on our Sukkot Northwest website at http://sukkotnw.org.
This all means that I won’t be posting anything on this blog for a while. I will I be out of cell service most of the time, but if I find a wi-fi hot spot somewhere, I’ll upload some photos of our event as I did last year.
To learn more about the biblical Feast of Tabernacles, I invite you to read my teaching on the subject at http://www.hoshanarabbah.org/pdfs/sukkot.pdf.
Maybe next year some of you can join us if not in Jerusalem, then here!
Yom Kippur is a day of contradictions and contrasts: Joy and sorrow. Rewards for the righteous and judgments for the wicked rebels. Joy for the righteous when Satan and his demons, death and Babylon are destroyed by the King of kings.
On this day the high priest of ancient Israel went into the holy of holies of the Tabernacle of Moses (and later the temple in Jerusalem). There he sprinkled blood on the mercy seat (Heb. kapporet) and the ground seven times. Atonement was made for the high priest himself, his family as well as for all Israel. On this day the sanctuary, tabernacle, the priesthood and the all Israelites were cleansed. It represented corporate or community cleansing and entering into a deeper and more intimate relationship with YHVH.
The Passover and Day of Atonement are related though different:
It is important to note that the shedding of innocent blood for the remission of sins is a central theme to both the Passover and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) events. The question may rightly be asked, Continue reading