Gathered Around the Fire

A friend suggested that I offer access here to my Videos on the Moedim or 'appointed times' of the LORD. There are nine video sessions recorded during a small in-person class from the spring of 2016 on the Prophetic Calendar,  During this class, we used a few other resources...  The Feasts of Israel A Prophetic Calendar author Jill Shannon  An Israeli Love Story by Zola Levitt Holy Days vs. Holidays published by the Church of God    Links to the videos of this class  Introduction - Holy Days vs. Holidays  Session 1 - God's Calendar  Session 2 - Passover Session 3 - Unleavened Bread  Session 4 - Wave Sheaf or first fruits of Barley Session 5 - Feast of Weeks - Pentecost  Session 6 - Feast of Trumpets Session 7 - Day of Atonement Session 8 - Sukkot, Tabernacles Password for all sessions: Festival  Disclaimer - These videos are over seven years old, they represent a snapshot of where I was in the spring of 2016. The content is the result of 400+ hours of reading, researching,

Last time we talked about the interesting turn of phrase that revealed the actual spiritual state of Israel in Judges chapter 6 we found the story of the Angel who visited Gideon.  v11 Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress.  Gideon wanted relief from the oppression of the Midianites. He wanted God to judge Midian and deliver Israel.  But God wanted to sanctify Israel... and then take down their enemies. Scripture uses the threshing floor to symbolize the process of purifying God's people but the wine press was used in Scripture to symbolize the wrath of God on the godless nations. So the first step toward deliverance required Gideon to destroy the idols in his own dwelling place. v25 That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in