Surprised by His Presence
Let me tell you about an event that turned the whole current of my future course from that day to this. I had heard that Captain W. and a few other Christians met on the first day of the week to...
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Hannah
The Jewish Cultural Center was festooned with twelve colorful banners draped across its facade, depicting the ensigns of the sons of Jacob. It did not take me long to pull my car to the curb. Out in the field beside the...
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The Sabbath
When God had completed the creation, He rested. It was the seventh day, and on account of God having rested, it is called the "day of rest," or the Sabbath. Such was His delight in viewing the completeness of His...
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The Feast of Unleavened Bread
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was inseparably associated with the Passover, the connection between the two being so close that they are sometimes spoken of as if they were the same (Lk. 22:1). The paschal lamb was slain on the fourteenth...
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The Feast of Tabernacles (Booths)
Jeremiah spoke with great clarity when he said: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth....
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The Day of Atonement
The Day of Atonement was Israel's annual cleansing from sin. A full account of all the services of this eventful day will be found in Leviticus 16, given by Jehovah through Moses to Aaron. In Leviticus 23, it is viewed...
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The Passover
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...
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The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
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;...
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The Feast of Firstfruits
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...
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