We’re no longer under the law to keep the Sabbath, but we still need regular rest to be recharged. Before leaving Leviticus 24, notice what is called Lex Talionis, the law of retaliation, where a punishment resembles an offense in kind and degree. We know it as “an eye for an eye” (see v 20). […]
“Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.…these things ought not to be so” (Jas 3:10). When we first look at Leviticus 24, it appears to be a bunch of leftovers. Suddenly the Lord reminds the people to donate “pure oil of pressed olives for the light” (v 2), and to make sure the […]
What a surprise the world is in for! A perfect government—but only in nail-pierced hands. In our last study, we saw that the Feast of Tabernacles looks backward and forward. We thought about the backward look—to their wilderness wanderings. But what about its fulfillment? A moment for review. The Passover was fulfilled when God’s Lamb […]
Camping can be great fun. God wanted His people to spend a week camping every year. But why? The Hebrews call this last of the annual festivals Sukkot (or Succot) meaning “booths.” It is still practiced by many Jewish families today, when they build temporary structures outside, with walls of cloth or wood and roofs […]
The second appearing in Hebrews 9 is not the Rapture, but Christ’s second appearing to Israel. We spent five lessons on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16. But let’s think about its future fulfillment. “Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, […]
Read More… from June 22, 2022 — The Day Of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
The long, sweltering days of Israel’s alienation from her God will soon give place to her rebirth! The next event on God’s calendar is inviting His Son to bring His Bride home. Often called the Rapture (based on the Latin word for the Greek harpazo, “caught up,” 1 Thess 4:17), it will also herald the […]
Read More… from June 21, 2022 — New Year’s Day: The Feast Of Trumpets
How much we owe God’s Spirit! Our life, gifts, unity, peace, guidance, instruction, comfort… Through the prophet Joel, God promised His people that some day, “I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh” (Joel 2:28). And on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, that’s exactly what happened! In fact, as Peter preached to […]
Read More… from June 20, 2022 — When Pentecost Was Fully Come
For almost two months the people labored in the fields; then it was time to celebrate again! With the spring festivals over—Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Firstfruits—the people would return to their farms to bring in the winter field crops. One week would turn into two, and then three, and then…. You see why it was […]
Read More… from June 17, 2022 — Pentecost (The Festival Of Weeks)