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When God’s People Linger
The seven-day Feast of Booths (“Tabernacles”), the last of the Lord’s Feasts, has an odd feature—an eighth day. Is the Lord telling us something? Inviting us to linger… with Him? This is a “bridge” post between my Divine Appointments series, which explores messages the Jewish calendar holds for today’s followers of Messiah, and a new series […full post]
To Shine Like Silver
This week I’m super tied up getting ready for a trip to Wales, where our first grandson is about to arrive. I’m beside myself with excitement! My talented publishing “sibling,” Patricia Lee, has graciously agreed to take the mic here at Five Stones and a Sling this week. You’re going to love the brilliant […full post]
When God’s Son Shakes Up the Feast
The Pharisees staged a Feast about “God With Us”—and He showed up! Dramatic ways Jesus owned it at the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles). Because He is all that! This is it—the feast that “hooked” me. Learning about the Feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles or Booths) added so much dimension to my understanding of John 7-9, which […full post]
Yeshua and Yom Kippur
If the Feast of Trumpets was big, this is bigger! Not everyone agrees there will be a pre-tribulation Rapture, or that the Feast of Trumpets depicts it. But anyone who takes the Bible seriously has to agree Messiah will come again. Yom Kippur. The Day of Atonement. The day the verdict is delivered. The day to […full post]
Sleeping, Scoffing, or Watching?
The most portentous dates on God’s calendar–right here, right now! What do the Feast of Trumpets and the “Days of Awe” mean to us? God’s calendar currently has us on a run-up to the two High Holidays. The Feast of Trumpets begins this weekend–the evening of Sunday, Sept. 9, according to the Rabbinic calendar. Ten […full post]
