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Eighth Day of Assembly
What is Shavuot? – Part 2
This Shavuot is not like the others. Normally we would be gathering together in person to worship in Holy Convocation and that would be followed by an Oneg. This year, 2020, that is not an option that we have. So how are we going to celebrate Shavuot? Shavuot is a special Shabbat day that starts this year, 2020, on Thursday evening, May 28. Many of our people will…
What is Shavuot? – Part 1
Shavuot is almost here! This is the feast that we have been Counting the Omer towards for almost fifty days now. So what is Shavuot? Shavuot is a Hebrew word that means “Weeks” and that name derives from the fact that we have been counting up seven weeks— forty-nine days—from the Feast of First Fruits within the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and then Shavuot is the next day,…
Supernal Truth #1: Scripture is Foundational Revelation
For the follower of Messiah Yeshua, Scripture is the foundation to which we must compare anything we consider interpretation or “words from the L-rd.” Like we said in our earlier posts, in order to have appropriate Biblical context and application, we must begin with Torah and proceed forward – not…
Building the House of Scripture
We must read Scripture from the foundation – from Torah – upward. Let’s think about Scripture as if it were a house. How would we go about building a two-story house? Would a builder start at the first level? The second level? The roof? No! They are going to begin by laying the foundation. Only from there can they build the rest of the house. That is how we must consider…