____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 52—The Annual Feasts This chapter is based on Leviticus 23. There were three annual assemblies of all Israel for worship at the sanctuary. Exodus 23:14–16. Shiloh was for a time… Read More

Passover did not occur in March because there was no ripened barley in time for Passover. Today in Israel the New Moon (Rosh Chodesh) was sighted in Israel. This means the day… Read More

There are currently four possible dates for Passover (fourteenth day of the first month) which begins the spring Feasts of the LORD. Sundown March 24 – Sundown March 25 Sundown March 25… Read More

13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was… Read More

I grew up being taught that the Moral Law (the Ten Commandments) were everlasting, but the “Ceremonial Laws” (including the Feasts of the LORD) were “nailed to the cross.”  This means that… Read More

In the world today it is not uncommon to hear someone say, “I swear to God,” when they are trying to emphasize that they are telling the truth about what they are… Read More

In her article “Sukkot, the Temple, and the Messianic Controversy” found in the website The Torah.com, Dr. Malka Simkovich begins by quoting a prayer said after the meals during Sukkot (Feast of… Read More