Gathered Around the Fire

Aviv 1 or Nisan 1 is the first day of the year according to an ancient history expert and Hebrew culturist. who goes by several names,  Jehovah, Yahweh, but most often, referred to as GOD. Jehovah instructed His people (the Hebrews) to make this month the first month of the year. He instructed them that each month was to begin on the New moon. Days, He said, started at the evening and finished their course the following evening.  Based on this instruction, we learn that throughout history, the Hebrews spent the first fourteen days of the year in removing leaven from their homes. They would go from room to room and  they would search and remove any leaven found in their dwellings. They would remove the drawers and turn them upside down, even wiping out the corners. They wanted to clean house, literally, to invite the presence of God in for the wonder of Passover, celebrating their salvation from slavery.  John chapter 2.  Jesus drove out the money chang...

WHO CARES ABOUT PROPHETIC SIGNS?  The Bible is loaded with prophetic signs.  If they were just symbolic parallels, why give them the time of day? But... If they were God's signposts, in order to get us to the right place, at the right time.   If they were meant to keep us in step with Him  Then it seems, it would be of great consequence to observe His signs.  Yesterday, I spoke about the thirteen days of removing leaven from the Hebrew homes instituted by God's command to remove leaven before the eve of Passover.  I mentioned the parallel of Jesus (the Hebrew carpenter turned preacher) choosing these 13 days to be the period of time where He came into the temple and saw the money changers, which He had certainly seen on other occasions throughout His life...So why did He take action today?  Well... On this occasion, two (2)  legal events came together for the first time in history.  Jesus Son of God and Son of man had ...