”In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing … Continue reading The counting of the omer
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OH DEATH WHERE IS YOUR STING
”When this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place: Death has been swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?“1 Corinthians 15:54-55 HCSBPaul was quoting the prophet Hosea ”“I will deliver this people from the … Continue reading OH DEATH WHERE IS YOUR STING
What do you do with Saturday
What do you do with Saturday while you are waiting on Sunday? I know what the Jewish religious leaders and the Roman authorities did: ”The next day, the day after Preparation Day for Passover, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate. They said to him, “Our master, we remember that this imposter … Continue reading What do you do with Saturday
THE CURSED TREE and the crown of thorns
”They crucified two criminals with Him, one on His right and one on His left. So the Scripture was fulfilled that says: And He was counted among outlaws.“Mark 15:27-28 HCSB Oh the irony of Good Friday! The innocent Lamb of God hung between the guilty of the land. The two criminals deserved execution Roman style, … Continue reading THE CURSED TREE and the crown of thorns
THE FAREWELL MEAL
His death is imminent. In fact by the end of this meal the soldiers and his betrayer would be coming for Him. ”Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, … Continue reading THE FAREWELL MEAL
His Certain Place
”And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet.“Luke 21:37 ESV ”When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. Now Judas, who betrayed … Continue reading His Certain Place
AT THE TEMPLE
”And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, and they said to him, “Do you … Continue reading AT THE TEMPLE
”MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER!”
The last Passover lamb, Jesus the Lamb of God, entered Jerusalem as all the pilgrims were choosing and buying their lamb for the Passover celebration a few days later.
HOSANNA
Join me this week as we walk with Jesus through the crowded streets of Jerusalem and journeys toward Golgotha’s Hill.
BY HIS STRIPES
I am going to tell you a story. “It is a tale as old as time.” No it is not Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. It is the Haggadah, the Hebrew word for “telling.” This is the story of a Passover meal. There is an order to this meal, a Seder (order). The night before … Continue reading BY HIS STRIPES