For several days before Pesach (Passover), Jewish people throughout the world cleanse their homes of all leaven in anticipation of celebrating Sedar. No matter what the circumstances, wherever a Jewish family still has a roof over its head and a box of matzoth, there mother and children gather around the table where father directs the […]
There are delicate differences and suggestive shades of beauty in the various names given to the subject of our present study–thus, The Feast of Weeks, Chag Shavuot, stresses the lessons which we learn in our times of waiting (Ex. 34:22; Deut. 16:10, 16; 2 Chron. 8:13). “The Firstfruits of thy labors” reminds us that no […]
This Feast of Firstfruits was never kept, nor could it be kept, in the wilderness or in Egypt. It could not be held anywhere else than in the Promised Land for the very simple reason that this sheaf that was to be offered was to be the first of the harvest of the land to […]
We notice that the first four feasts come close together at the beginning of the year. Then come almost four months of reaping until the last sheaf was cut, though there was still good grain left standing in the corners of the fields. In creation, God made the world in six days and rested on […]
The road north from Grand Rapids to Sault Ste. Marie, like many Christians’ lives, begins well and ends well. In the middle, however, it gets sidetracked. A beautiful superhighway heads north through rolling countryside and you make good headway. Then, about 50 miles along the road, the government abruptly ran out of money, or the […]
Arun is a recent convert from Hinduism. He tried other gods and religions prior to his conversion. When confronted with the questions of life, all these religions and their gods failed him. In desperation, he contemplated suicide, but before he had opportunity to carry out his plans, he met a witness for Christ on a […]
William Kelly (1821-1906) was born into an Episcopalian family from Ulster, Northern Ireland. As a young boy he was left fatherless. This misfortune did not rob him of his buoyant sense of humor, but did spur him to diligence in all areas of life. A hard worker and a vigorous student, he graduated at the […]
“In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple” (Isaiah 6:1). What a vision it was that Isaiah saw! What an honor to see the Lord in this way. It is no wonder that after seeing Him like […]
I have known the Lord for many years and say that what counts for me is not only what Jesus Christ meant to me years ago, but what He means to me today. I hope He means more to me today than when I bowed the knee to Him. I was not brought up in […]