Gathered Around the Fire

GOD WILL HAVE HIS DAY IN COURT - the DAY of ATONEMENT The Ten days that fall between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement each year are like the final countdown for a NASA launch...T-10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. However, on the prophetic timeline of the last days these 10 days are the final countdown of grace before Judgement comes.   One of a dozen titles for the Feast of Trumpets is #8. The Day  THE BOOKS ARE OPENED , Heaven's COURT is NOW IN SESSION, and the JUDGE is SEATED (the Day of Justice).  In this second coming, He will come to judge the living and the dead. and rule the nations with a rod of iron. The righteous will be exalted and the wicked will be destroyed.  You may have heard of the Feasts of Israel and see it all as merely a 'Jewish" set of religious protocols.  Those who practice Judaism know that each of these appointed times on the annual calendar also foreshadows a prophetic reality, they are dress rehearsals preparing us for...

YOU TURN PERMITTED – We are now in the annual season of Teshuva, This year Teshuvah began at sundown on August 17 and continues until sundown on September 24, the Day of Atonement.  These forty days, and especially the last ten days, have been compared to the days of Noah, the days just before the rains came.  Teshuva means to return, (a reconciliation produced by repentance)  The 40th day, The Day of Atonement has been compared to the day the LORD closed the door of the ark. The fate of all human life was based on their choice to enter the ark provided by the LORD or their refusal to enter by the appointed time. Yom Kippur has been compared to that day.  Genesis 7:16 And those who entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed the door behind him. For the coming of the Son of Man will be like the days of Noah – Matt 24:37  THE PROPHETIC TIMELINE Scripture states that the days of the (second) coming of the So...

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 o...

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...

Chapter One - Keep it Simple The Hebrew children were slaves in Egypt, and they cried out to the Lord, He heard their cry and sent Moses to lead them out of Egypt. On their way out of Egypt, the Lord spoke to Moses, speak to the people say to them… v2 ‘The LORD’S  appointed times  which you shall proclaim  as holy convocations—My appointed times are these: The weekly seventh Day Sabbath – v3 ‘ For six  days work may be done, but on the seventh day  there is a Sabbath  of complete   rest , a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the LORD  in all your dwellings . When we make appointments in our modern day it usually includes a date ; a month, a day, and a time of day.  We enter all this into our calendar to  'set' the appointed time. It usually includes a location  we might also enter this place into our calendar. It might also ...

Eight Reasons the Church must proclaim the Moedim of the Lord?  1. God says they are His ‘special Set apart times’ of proclamation/celebration. – Leviticus 23:2 2. He instructed His people to proclaim them at their appointed times – Leviticus 23:4 3. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings , throughout your generations . – Leviticus 23:21 4. Each Moed proclaims an aspect of the  New Covenant   redemptive work of Jesus the Christ – The  Sabbath  proclaims Jesus is ‘the  Creator ’ – John 1:3, Genesis 2:2 Passover  proclaims  Jesus is the ‘ Lamb of God ’ – John 1:29, 35 Unleavened Bread   proclaims  Jesus is the ‘ Bread of Heaven ’ – John 6:33,  Psalm 22 First Fruits  proclaims  Jesus is  the victor  over Death, Hell and the grave ‘ Overcomer ’ –  Pentecost  proclaims   Jesus is the  Baptizer  with the  Spirit/fire  – John 1:32 Trumpets   proclaims...

SCRIPTURE ALONE WAS THE CRY OF THE REFORMATION We need to return to saying only what God is saying...  So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that  I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.    John 8:28  Once  the Roman church  left the safe harbor of saying precisely what God said. Protestants may follow the same slippery path unless we guard our thoughts and words. The cry of the protestant movement was Scripture Alone! But we have adopted many traditions of the Roman Church.  I heard a popular new song sung recently - While the lyrics of this song paint a compelling picture and I can agree with some of the sentiments. It is confusing when lyrics contradict Scripture and  can cause confusion. Because people sing the songs perhaps more often than they read the Scriptures firsthand.  Here are the lyrics that caused me some consternation.  Verse...