Maybe you've heard of Passover or Yom Kippur, but did you know that there are seven total feasts prescribed in the Bible? These holy days contain precise prophetic details about the first and second coming of Jesus Christ.
Spend some time digging deeper into the Jewish roots of our Christian faith with this quick overview of the Biblical feasts and their past and future fulfillment.
The Mystery of the Shemitah is an important read in today’s age. The author, Jonathan Cahn, is a Messianic Rabbi in New Jersey who also wrote the book The Harbinger. We have spent many hours listening to his sermons and researching the “mysteries” he reveals in The Harbinger, and we feel Pastor Cahn is a very down-to-earth, biblically grounded, cautious preacher who really does have a message from the Lord for America.
Do you believe that God has blessed America? Most American Christians do, but not many stop and think about what we're supposed to do with all those blessings.
As Christians in a land of plenty, we need to take a long hard look at what our Lord expects of us — and at the extraordinary results that obedience will bring. Once we do, the idea of giving our wealth and our lives for the Kingdom starts to look less like a sacrifice and more like an investment...
The phrase “do not be afraid” is listed 48 times in the New King James version of the Bible. The word fear is listed over 400 times! God knew that we would need guidance and instruction on this topic and He provided it. Out of His love for us, He commands us not to fear, fret, or be anxious, and through His presence, He provides the means of resisting fear.
Sanctification and holiness sound like lofty theological terms, but essentially they mean that we are to be set apart, living to please God. One unknown author said this process is “the Christianizing of the Christian”, and it takes the Holy Spirit changing our heart in order to change our habits.
We have a spiritual epidemic spreading in our nation. It is impacting thousands of churches, leaving them unhealthy and unsuccessful in their Christ‐given mission to reach the world. The cause of the problem? Allowing a worldly mind‐set to filter into an institution called to be set apart and holy.
Favor is a concept that comes up during the Christmas season when reading the biblical story of the birth of Christ. Mary, Jesus’ mother, was one who found favor with God, thus she was chosen to bear God’s one and only Son. There were also many other people in the Bible who, due to their devotion to God, were greatly blessed by Him.
It’s been said that the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Pentateuch, form the theological foundation of the Bible. In the past few months, I’ve been journeying through these books and have learned so much about God’s character and love for mankind, even when we least deserve it. Hopefully this article will be an inspiration for you to rediscover this sometimes neglected part of God’s Word.
What is the will of God for our lives, and how do we make sure that we are living in it? We need to be faithful in using the tools that God has given us, and He will lead us onto a path that brings Him glory.