Confidence has a negative connotation and almost seems like a taboo word to say out loud (or even write). Why is this? Is it because confidence is associated with pride? When we put our confidence in our flesh, it is most definitely pride. However, when we put our confidence in God, it…
“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 2:4–5. Unity is a remarkable model of…
“You are to celebrate the Lord’s festival for seven days… so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.” Leviticus 23:41- 43. The Feast Of Tabernacles (Sukkot) The Feast of Tabernacles was a joyous weeklong…
“Because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins.” Leviticus 16:30, NIV. The Day of Atonement was the most solemn and sacred day in Israel. On this day, the high priest would cleanse himself…
“The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts.” Leviticus 23:23-24, NIV. The Feast of Trumpets today is commonly celebrated as Rosh Hashanah. It is a time for personal…
“From the day after the Sabbath… Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.” Leviticus 23:15-16. The Feast of Weeks, Shavuot in Hebrew, and later known as Pentecost in the Greek language, is 50 days…
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you and reap its harvest, you are to bring the first sheaf of your harvest to the priest.” Leviticus 23:10 (CSB) A Little Feast INTRODUCTION I want to give a little introduction of the first…
“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:8 The seven feasts can be organized into three sections of time. At the beginning of the year, it was the…
Leviticus 23:2 states, “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.” This week, our devotions will cover the seven feasts the Jews were to celebrate throughout the year. These…