Dec 11, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the fourth day of Hanukkah. When Antiochus IV ordered the erection of an idol in the court of the Temple of God followed by pagan sacrifices upon the altar, many in that era and beyond believed it to be a fulfillment of a prophecy from the book of Daniel. ...
Dec 11, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Then you answered and said to me, “We have sinned against the Lord; we will go up and fight, just as the Lord our God commanded us.” And when everyone of you had girded on his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the mountain. (Deuteronomy 1:41) As Moses...
Dec 10, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today is the third day of Hanukkah. As we have already shared, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple after it had been defiled by the Greeks under Antiochus IV, also known as Epiphanes. It was in the year 168 B.C. that the first pagan sacrifice was...
Dec 10, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it. (Deuteronomy 1:39) Certainly, it is natural for parents to be concerned about...
Dec 9, 2023 | All Posts, On This Day |
Today let’s address the issue of whether or not believers in Messiah should keep Hanukkah. Some would say that we shouldn’t because, it’s a Jewish holiday and is not biblically mandated. It is true that is not a holiday that is commanded in Scripture but was...
Dec 9, 2023 | All Posts, Daily Bread: Genesis |
Your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it. (Deuteronomy 1:39) Moses reminded them that, when Israel embraced the spies’...
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