Gathered Around the Fire

Chapter 2 – How do we proclaim the LORD's Moedim by the Spirit? When Jesus fulfilled the Spring Feasts in His first coming, He forever transformed them into a New Covenant spiritual reality. Before we can proclaim them in the proper New Covenant way we have to understand some basic biblical principles, they are not complex, and you might already know some of them. Last time we talked about this principle.  “First the natural and afterward the spiritual” 1 Corinthians 15:46 In the Old Covenant, all of the Feasts and the law were expressed entirely in the natural realm. The law was written by the finger of God on Stone tablets . Exodus 31:18 Circumcision was a physical mark in the natural flesh indicating being sanctified unto God. The people of God were natural (biological) descendants of Israel and his 12 sons. The sacrifices required the physical death of animals. ·     God's Presence dwelt in a tent covered by layers of dead animal skins stretched over poles t

Chapter 2  “First the natural and afterward  the S piritual”   1 Corinthians 15:46 Jesus turned the water into wine,  (first the natural, water = natural) the servants poured water into earthen vessels (of the earth or natural) but what they drew out of the mouths of these earthen vessels was wine. (afterward the spiritual or supernatural) .  Wine coming from water is not natural it is supernatural!    We see this transitional principle three times in the first three chapters of the gospel of John.  The Word became Flesh and dwelt among us - John 1 In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.   He was with God in the beginning.   Through Him all things were made; without Him, nothing was made that has been made.  The Word became flesh  (natural) and made His dwelling among us.  We have seen His glory, (supernatural)   the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace  and truth. John 1:14 The Wedding at Cana - John 2 The cu