Feasts of Israel – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

What Are the Proper Elements to Use in the Lord’s Supper?

Question: My Church has been using Oyster Crackers for unleavened bread, and Grape Juice for the wine. I am very concerned about the Crackers. Are we not supposed to use unleavened Bread? I’m very concerned!!! Answer:

Reframing Passover – Luke 22:7-23

When Jesus wanted to eat Passover with his apostles, he had a disciple who owned a house in Jerusalem prepare it for all of them. That meant acquiring a lamb to slaughter for the meal and the vegetables

Water – John 7:25-52

There is a nice little article by a Messianic Jew, Aaron Eby, on the Feast of Tabernacles, where he mentions, as have many commentators, that a part of the feast was the pouring out of water from the pool

Hated – John 7:1-13

“Sukkot, commonly called the Feast of Tabernacles or in some translations the Festival of Shelters, and known also as the Feast of Ingathering, is a biblical Jewish holiday celebrated on the 15th

The Only Sin Eater – Isaiah 25:1-8

My wife and I read a book by Francine Rivers called The Last Sin Eater. The practice of sin eating involves one person in the community eating food onto which the sins of a deceased person have been

Is It I – Matthew 26:14-25

I get a great kick out of the story of Pastor Michael Hartwig of Valparaiso, Indiana, describing his bout with pride: I started visiting a man in a nursing home who had been instrumental in starting the

The Strange Power of a Meal: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 14:22-25)

What does it mean when you invite someone into your home for a meal? What level of relationship is symbolized? Eating together is a powerful witness to intimacy or at least the desire for intimacy.

Christian Jewish Kosher: Daily Thoughts from Mark (Mark 7:14-23)

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I have some friends who are Jewish, or Gentile converts to Judaism, who worship Jesus as the Messiah. They are Christians and they are Jews (or converts to Christian Judaism). They observe kosher,

Daily Thoughts from Acts: Babel Revisited (Acts 2:5-13)

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Learning Worship and Rest (23:10-19)

Ironically, we need to work at rest, preparing ourselves for it and planning it well. Not trusting God may be a hindrance to our rest.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Consecrated Children (13:1-16)

We recognized that every child belonged to God and we were stewards charged with raising each child in God’s ways. We are each consecrated to Him.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: The Journey (12:21-51)

We are on a journey toward Christlikeness and we are on this journey as a family of believers.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Re-Enacted Power (12:14-20)

God knows how powerfully a re-enacted rite such as this is to forming our understanding of and remembrance of what matters most.

Daily Thoughts from Exodus: Community Salvation and a Meal (12:1-13)

Passover, as God instituted it, was a communal experience, a taste of what salvation is and must be, a family context where those redeemed rejoice together.

Lessons From the Old Testament: The Feasts of Israel (Tabernacles)

Celebrate the Festival of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in your crops from the field. (Exodus 23:16b) So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered

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