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Hebrews -4- Rest Promised or Pursued?
But the message they heard did not benefit them… Hebrews 4:2a CSB Previously I asked, “Will you enter into God’s perfect rest?” The author of Hebrews traces our Hebrew heritage and history back to Moses and then states, “So we see that they were unable to enter [rest] because of unbelief.” It is significant warning…
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Between Sabbaths – Convocations and Holiness
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. Leviticus 23:2 KJV Holy Holidays We’ve lost something of the holiness of the holidays in the translation. Worldliness seeps steadily into our daily lives and we…
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Another Sabbath: No Rest
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy: Exodus 20:8 Sabbath? So what? We were making plans for Sunday shopping after church, but then we missed church. Some Sundays we hurry out of time-extended gatherings at our church to join the crowds in local restaurants. This week we had no Sabbath and no rest. As…
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That you may have Certainty – 5 – A King of the Jews
King of the Jews And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.” – Luke 23:3 They had remembered hearing the indictment of this gentile governor while hiding their faces from his Roman judgment seat. Although complicit in Jesus’ prosecution, an illegitimate half-jew Herodian sat powerless while Roman troops…
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That you may have Certainty in these Uncertain Times
Certainty? Who has Any Good News? Luke addresses uncertainty in uncertain times with a comforting witness: .. many have undertaken .. a narrative .. from eyewitnesses .. .. it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, .. that you may have certainty concerning the…
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Behold the Light of a New Covenant Rises from an Empty Tomb
The Solid Promise of a Covenant And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you. Genesis 9:9a And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Exodus 24:8 The LORD works miracles for those He…
