Shavuot or Feast of Weeks — called Pentecost by Christians — occurs 50 days after Firstfruits. At that time, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to descend upon believers, marking the new covenant of grace and ...
As most all scholars agree, Emanuel, a name for Jesus, which means “God with us,” was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. Anti-Semitism actually contributed to changing the holidays, named in the ...
Feast of Tabernacles, a biblical feast led by Dr. Barry and Lana Portnoy, Messianic Jews: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Oct. 23; Wekiva Assembly, 1675 Dixon Road, Longwood; featuring worship leader Paul Wilbur ...
IN BIBLICAL times, the disciples did not live on bread and wine alone. Not when they could eat ripe melons, fresh cucumbers and tangy goat cheese, along with other staples that are still in our ...
How biblical guides to feasting teach us to fear God. When I walked up to my church’s outdoor Easter service, my first thought was a joyful one: “I have missed this so much.” But my second thought was ...
Today is the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the commemoration of Mary being “taken up body and soul to the glory of heaven” (“Munificentissimus Deus,” No. 40). In the Gospel reading from Luke, we ...