Christmas – Christian Veneer on a Pagan Festival
“Shall we celebrate Christmas?” This was a question asked by Protestants throughout America’s colonial history. Few realize – and would be shocked to know – that Christmas was not officially celebrated by the Pilgrims, Puritans, Baptists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and other Protestant denominations until the second half of the 19th Century. In fact, the first time […]
The Woman Who Touched Jesus
Have you ever felt like God was far away? Have you ever felt too unworthy to pray or even read your bible? We all know this feeling. We have all sinned and repented, only to commit the same sin over and over again. We begin to wonder how we’ll ever find our way back to […]
Last Great Day
THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord… On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation.” (Leviticus 23: 34, 36) The Last Great Day is the closing assembly following the […]
Feast of Tabernacles
THE MILLENNIAL REIGN OF JESUS CHRIST “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it…” (Leviticus 23: 34-35) The Feast […]
Day of Atonement
OUR HIGH PRIEST AND HIS ATONING SACRIFICE “Also the tenth day of this seventh shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you… to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 23: 27-28) The Day of Atonement was a very important day to Israel. It was the […]
Feast of Trumpets
THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST AND RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD “In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a Sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing trumpets, a holy convocation.” (Leviticus 23: 24) God’s festivals and holy days fall into three holy day seasons. In the spring or first festival season, […]
Pentecost
FIRSTFRUITS OF GOD’S HARVEST “And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a […]
Feast of Unleavened Bread
DELIVERANCE FROM SIN AND A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST “And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation… The seventh day shall be a holy convocation…” (Leviticus 23: 6-8) […]
Passover
REMEMBERING OUR LORD’S DEATH “On the fourteen day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.” (Leviticus 23: 5) It was the evening of the fourteenth of Nisan, and Jesus had just sat down for a final meal with his disciples. (We must remember that a day begins and ends at sunset in the […]
Sabbath Day
REMEMBERING OUR CREATOR AND RESTING IN GOD’S GRACE “Six days shall work be done, but the Seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation.” (Lev. 23: 3) In a world of unbelief and atheism, the Sabbath reminds us that God is our Creator and the Maker of the Heavens and earth. “Thus […]