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Are You Being Tested?
The apostle Peter wrote, “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you” (1 Peter 4:12).1 One of our greatest testings is to see how we relate to God’s chosen people, the...
God’s Perspective of End-Time Events
Often when people preach about end-time events, they tend to focus on what satan is doing rather than on what God is doing. Of course, negative things will transpire, but the emphasis of the end-time is about the return of Christ. It is about Yeshua (Jesus) appearing. It is...
The Counting of the Omer
Known as the Counting of the Omer, the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot or Pentecost commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and link it to the celebration of God giving the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai. The word omer means “sheaf,” and an omer was an ancient unit of dry...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Beginning at sunset on April 27th this year, Israel will hold memorial ceremonies throughout the country at schools, military bases, and places of business to recognize the heroes and martyrs of the Holocaust. Known as Yom HaShoah, this solemn national holiday has been...
The Intimacy of Communion
During the Passover meal, Yeshua (Jesus) initiated what we call the Communion. Imagine yourself sitting with Him and His disciples among the flickering oil lamps. Let the experience come alive for you as if you were reclining with them. Open your heart to receive Christ; let...
This Passover Changes the World
Passover is the night of God’s miracles. It is the night of His authority. What happens on this night can only happen by the hand of God and by His sovereignty. I want us to feel a oneness with the Jewish people around the world as we enter in with them at this tremendous...
Reveal God’s Nature and Personality
It is easy to look at world events and feel like we are gritting our teeth and hanging on to a rollercoaster ride. But God is trying to impart something different to us. We are not victims, and we are not without recourse. God is raising up a people who are going to be...
You Are the Ark of God
In the wilderness, the Israelites lived in the presence of God continually. The glory of God rested over the Ark of the Covenant, and it rested over His people. They were identified with the glory of God’s presence that was physically visible to them in a cloud by day and a...
When You Mature Another Will Lead You
If you read about Peter in the Gospels, you realize that he had many motivations for what he was expecting to get out of being a disciple. When the Lord told His disciples that it was necessary for Him to die in Jerusalem, Peter rebuked Him saying, “‘God forbid it, Lord! This...
Christ Canceled the Decree of Death
As a highly trained Jew, Paul understood how the Hebrew Scriptures pointed to Christ. Writing to the Colossians, he used the terminology of Purim from the book of Esther to describe our salvation experience. “When you were dead in your transgressions and the...
End the Threat of Death
The work of the cross and the resurrection of Christ are exactly like the Feast of Purim. In the story of Esther, the Jewish people were to be annihilated. Haman had the king’s signet ring and was completely in charge—that is, until the authority and power of that ring was...
Healings, Miracles, or a Relationship?
When Christ walked on the earth, crowds of people followed Him for the healings they needed or the miracles they wanted to see. They pursued Him for the fish and barley loaves without realizing where the flow of life was coming from (John 6:2-13). That is still true of...
The Root of Unbelief
So often we labor with a feeling of unbelief without understanding where unbelief really comes from. The disciples faced unbelief when Christ told them, “I’m going to suffer many things, be killed, and be raised up on the third day” (see Matthew 16:21). But they were not ready...
Our Response to God’s Word
When God makes His Word come alive in your heart, you must respond. Since we cannot fulfill that Word by our own energies or dead works, God has given us the tremendous outlet of worship. Like an explosion of our hearts back to Him, we can sing, “We believe Your Word!” We can...
Our Oneness – The Measure of His Glory
If you look around the landscape of Christianity today you may wonder, “How will we ever become one?” Our oneness is important because the oneness of the Body of Christ will be a sign of the Lord’s return. In His prayer to the Father, Yeshua (Jesus) said, “The glory which You...
Exchange Your Paradigm for His Truth
A paradigm is a belief or a way of looking at something. It usually includes concepts that you have developed in great detail over the years. If you are driving fast and the car in front of you suddenly stops, your mind instantly responds. You know what is going to happen, so...
The Oath
Everything in the Bible from Abraham up to the return of Christ is about an oath. God promised to bless Abraham, make his name great, and bless all the families of the earth through him (Genesis 12:2-3). Further, “the Lord appeared to Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I will...
Draw Me Into Your Arms
I have a deep cry in my heart that yearns to see a transformation and removal of my adamic nature. I know the ability to change only comes from God through His grace, but there needs to be a human hunger and pursuit of it as well. In reading the Beatitudes, one verse struck me...