Jun 2, 2023
We serve a God who loves to bless His people. The Bible is full of examples of this going all the way back to Abraham. God so wanted His people blessed that he instructed the High Priest Aaron how to pronounce blessing over them. Known as the Aaronic or Priestly Blessing, these verses are some of the most popular in...
May 26, 2023
The Feast of Weeks (Shavuot in Hebrew) occurs exactly 50 days after the first Sabbath after Passover and is largely associated with the wheat harvest. However, there is a strong rabbinic tradition that this holiday also commemorates the giving of the law which occurred 50 days after the exodus from Egypt. Why did the...
May 19, 2023
This week we begin the book of Numbers—named after two different numberings of the children of Israel contained in its pages. While God is numbering and preparing His children to take possession of their promised land, He also positions them for access to His presence. Each tribe is positioned an equal distance from...
May 12, 2023
The book of Leviticus comes to an end this week with one of the most amazing passages in the entire Bible. It explains the last 2,000 years of history and the miraculous return of the Jewish people to their ancient land that was promised to Abraham. It proves the faithfulness of the God of Israel to remember...
May 5, 2023
God has a calendar, and it is full of appointed times to meet with Him and remember events of the past, while thanking Him for the present and anticipating the fulfillment of all His promises in the future. These appointed times—called “feasts”—are rich in meaning and are as valid today as they were the day He...