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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The Memorial of Trumpets (New Year)
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...
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Real Estate
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,...
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The Treasure I Found
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...
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