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"children of the kingdom," "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
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Watching for Yeshua Ha-Mashiach
Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) suffered for us in the month of Nissan.
So, too, may we reckon all time beginning at the point of our redemption from sin and death.
Nissan is truly a new beginning for Jew and Gentile.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 Timothy 2:5-6 KJV
Children of the Palms !!!
Matthew 21-23; John 12:1-8
BURIAL ANOINTING
When Matthew, Mark and Luke recorded their gospels, Lazarus was probably still living, and was in threat of being killed to remove the proof of Christ's miracle in his behalf. This is likely why John, whose gospel was written much later, was the only one to record the miracle of Lazarus being raised from the dead. (Farrar, p. 511, quoted in McConkie, p. 334).
"Then took Mary
a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and
anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment." (John 12:3)
and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment." (John 12:3)
According to Harper-Collins, the
Roman pound was about 12 ounces or 340 grams.
The perfumed ointment mentioned was imported from the Himalayas.
The perfumed ointment mentioned was imported from the Himalayas.
"To anoint the head of a guest with ordinary oil was to do him honor; to anoint his feet also was to show unusual and signal regard; but the anointing of head and feet with spikenard, and in such abundance, was an act of reverential homage rarely rendered even to kings" (Talmadge, p. 512).
"The sense may be that this anointing of Jesus foreshadows his impending death. Jewish burial customs included anointing the body with perfumed oil (Harper-Collins, p. 2037). Judas Iscariot complained about this "wastefulness." I couldn't get any kind of consensus from all the sources I looked at as to how much money the oil really would cost today, or how it compared with the 30 pieces of silver for which Judas sold Jesus, but it is obvious that it was fairly expensive. It was evidence that Mary recognized the great worth of Jesus and honored him, and he appreciated it as such. Judas was the perfect example of a hypocrite, he who sold Jesus for the price of an injured slave (Harper-Collins).
NOTE ON THE
TRIUMPHAL ENTRY
Jesus came riding into Jerusalem on
a donkey. This was appropriate for a Hebrew king coming
in peace. A Hebrew king coming for battle would have
ridden a horse. In the Roman culture, a king would only
have come riding a horse. Since Jesus rode on a donkey,
he presented himself as the King of the Jews, yet posed
no threat to the Romans. "He came riding on an ass, in token of peace, acclaimed by the Hosanna shouts of multitudes; not on a caparisoned steed with the panoply of combat and the accompaniment of bugle blasts and fanfare of trumpets. That the joyous occasion was in no sense suggestive of physical hostility or of seditious disturbance is sufficiently demonstrated by the indulgent unconcern with which it was viewed by the Roman officials, who were usually prompt to send their legionaries swooping down from the fortress of Antonia at the first evidence of an outbreak; and they were particularly vigilant in suppressing all Messianic pretenders, for false Messiahs had arisen already, and much blood had been shed in the forcible dispelling of their delusive claims...The ass has been designated in literature as 'the ancient symbol of Jewish royalty,' and one riding upon an ass as the type of peaceful progress" (Talmadge, p. 516-517).
"And the multitudes that went before and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest...and the children of the kingdom [cried] in the temple...saying, Hosanna to the Son of David..." (Matt. 21:9, 15).
"'Hosannah' is a Greek form of the Hebrew expression for 'Save us now,' or 'Save, we pray,' which occurs in the original of Psalm 118:25. It occurs nowhere in the English Bible except in [the verses noted above]" (Talmadge, p. 523). In the Jewish tradition, it was a cry meant only for Jehovah, the great God of the Old Testament.
THE CURSING OF
THE FIG TREE
"Now in the morning as he returned
into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree
in the way, he came to it, and found nothing theron, but
leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee
henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree
withered away" (Matt. 21:18-19).
Why did the God
of Creation destroy a helpless little fig tree?
To teach through an unforgettable live-action parable.
The fig tree is deciduous, or in other words, has leaves
that fall off in the winter. In the spring, the fruit
appears before the leaves. Also, there is generally a
little fruit left from the previous season that is still
edible. It was not time yet for either fruit or leaves,
but this tree had leaves--an advertisement that it was
bearing fruit. Although the other trees had no figs, they
had no leaves either. This fig tree was cursed, not
simply for being fruitless, but for being a hypocrite.To teach through an unforgettable live-action parable.
"The leafy, fruitless tree was a symbol of Judaism, which loudly proclaimed itself as the only true religion of the age, and condescendingly invited all the world to come and partake of its rich ripe fruit; when in truth it was but an unnatural growth of leaves, with no fruit of the season, not even an edible bulb held over from earlier years, for such as it had of former fruitage was dried to worthlessness and made repulsive in its worm-eaten decay...The fig tree was a favorite [symbol among the rabbis for] the Jewish race" (Talmadge, p. 527).
In addition, the cursing of the fig tree showed that Christ had power to destroy, as well as power to heal and save. In a few days, as Christ suffered and died, those who saw the cursing of the fig tree would know that Christ could have destroyed the entire Roman legion and the Jewish leaders had he desired. He went to his death, not helplessly, but willingly, exercising self-control as he suffered without retaliating.
He also used this miracle to
demonstrate the power of faith to his disciples (verses
21-22).
Rather than simply show off his great power, he made it available to all who would develop their faith.
Rather than simply show off his great power, he made it available to all who would develop their faith.
QUESTIONS FROM
THE DELEGATIONS
As you go over the various trick questions that were
asked of Christ, fill in the first four columns of the
table below. Save the last column ("Ask Yourself") for
the end of the discussion. Or you can cut and paste the
chart into a Word document, and then stretch the borders
of the chart to make it fit the page better, and give it
as a handout. You could leave the last column blank, and
have class members fill in the questions to ask
themselves.
One by one, delegations from four
powerful groups asked Jesus a premeditated question,
hoping to convict him by trickery.
The Chief Priests (Matt. 21:23-27)
"By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?"
Who were the chief priests? The leaders of the church,
those who, of all, should be hailing Christ as king, if
they hadn't been leading the church for their own
aggrandizement instead. (Imagine Boyd K. Packer not
recognizing Christ!)The Chief Priests (Matt. 21:23-27)
"By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?"
Three years of miracles and teachings could answer their question and tell them Christ's authority. It was obvious they were not seeking the real answer. So Christ returned their answer with a question that absolutely stymied their attempts to trick him. By asking what John the Baptist's authority was, they were completely flummoxed. Everyone knew that John the Baptist had the appropriate authority from God. He was fully "in the system" with the scribes and Pharisees. His father had been a priest. He held the priesthood. To say that John the Baptist had no authority from God would be to say that they also had no authority from God. Yet, to say that John the Baptist did have authority from God would be to admit that they had not believed one of known authority. Therefore, they could not answer without convicting themselves one way or the other.
The church leadership was not
schooled to ever say, "I don't know." Obviously, they
were completely
desperate or they would not have given such a humiliating answer.
Jesus was a genius.
Herodians (Matt. 22:15-22)
"Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?"
Who were the Herodians? They were the upper class, the
well-to-do, those concerned with upholding the power of
the Herod family in order to maintain their own privileged
positions. The Herods got their power from the Romans, so
supporting the Herods meant supporting the Romans. To the
lower class and the practicing Jews, however, the paying
of tribute to the Romans was the most offensive of the
requirements placed upon them.desperate or they would not have given such a humiliating answer.
Jesus was a genius.
Herodians (Matt. 22:15-22)
"Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not?"
If Christ said it was lawful to pay
taxes, he would be speaking in opposition to Jewish
tradition and law.
If he said it was not lawful to pay taxes, he would be speaking in terms of sedition against the Romans.
His answer again showed his genius: Money has Caesar's image on it--give it to him. Give to God that which has God's image on it.
What has God's image and superscription? The body and soul of man.
The Sadducees (Matt. 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-28)
Who were they? The Sadducees were influenced by Greek
philosophy. They were the liberal Jewish scholars, in
comparison to the conservative Pharisees. They believed
only in the here and now, and not in any afterlife, yet
they did believe in God.If he said it was not lawful to pay taxes, he would be speaking in terms of sedition against the Romans.
His answer again showed his genius: Money has Caesar's image on it--give it to him. Give to God that which has God's image on it.
What has God's image and superscription? The body and soul of man.
The Sadducees (Matt. 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-28)
They tried to produce a complication that would be hard to sort out in the next life, to illustrate their belief that there was no next life, and to present Christ with a situation which would not work there. This same problem was often debated by the rabbis, who said that the first husband got the wife. The six younger brothers had only married her in keeping with Jewish tradition to take care of her, and to carry on the family name and line of the oldest brother. Christ said, "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage" but in the next life, they are ministering angels (Luke 20:32). (See D&C 132:15 where it says, "If a man marry a wife in this world...they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world.")
Christ knew the question had nothing to do with marriage, eternal or otherwise, but with whether there was life after death, and he answered, "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living" (Matt. 22:31-32). All through their history, God had been known as the God of these great patriarchs now dead. They must still be alive somewhere for him to be their God.
The Pharisees
(Matt 22:34-40)
Who were the Pharisees? They were the extremely
conservative Jewish leaders, the "Diet Coke Police" of the
day. In order to preserve their religion when they were
taken into exile, the Pharisees sprang up, itemizing
details of the law that had not previously existed. They
eventually created a situation where there were rules and
details for every act of man, and no one need rely upon
the Spirit for guidance in what to do. They had created
613 divisions and subdivisions of the law. Which of all
these could be the most important, they asked Jesus.The answer had been given to them by Moses, long before the addition of all these rules. "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul" (Deut. 10:12). Jesus merely restated the commandment he had already given them as Jehovah of the Old Testament.
CHRIST'S REBUKE--THE WEDDING OF THE KING'S SON
The bidden guests (bidden = had the invitation well in advance, just as the Jews had their invitation well in advanced through the Old Testament) turned away to their own material pursuits and personal affairs, valuing them above reverence or obedience to the king, showing a complete disdain of the son, the heir to the throne, their next king. The king's job was to protect his subjects, but they didn't care for his protection.
When the "bidden" guests did not come, the king invited the outcasts and underdogs. Because the king knew these guests were all poor and unprepared for a wedding, the doorman would have given them the proper attire to make them worthy of entrance. The man without the wedding garment, therefore, had obviously come in through the back. The Lord's kingdom is available to everyone, but there is only one entrance. The Lord scrutinizes every countenance--the guests are not just a sea of faces to him. There is no hiding in the crowd at the supper of the Lord.
CHRIST'S LAMENT
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that
killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent
unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left
unto you desolate" (Matt. 23:37-38).The chicks huddled under the hen's wing are protected from the view of the hawk. But Jerusalem would not receive that blessing. She insisted on foolishly endangering herself, and despite the shelter available to her through Christ, there was no doubt that she would shortly meet her demise.
APPLICATION
All of these various factions--the
priests, the Herodians, the Saduccees, the
Pharisees--were Jews. We could say they were "members
of the Church." Church membership alone did not save
them; in fact, not behaving in accord with their
membership cursed them as hypocrites, just like the fig
tree. We must be careful we do not make the same
mistakes. We also have been invited to the wedding,
promised shelter under Christ's wing. Let's not disregard the invitation.
Return to the
chart, and discuss what may be found in the fourth
column, "Questions to ask yourself."
Rather than being POWER HUNGRY like the chief priests, let's GIVE OUR WILL OVER TO GOD.
Rather than worrying about WEALTH like the Herodians, let's focus on INTERNALIZING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRIST.
Rather than LIVING ONLY FOR TODAY like the Saduccees, let's KEEP AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
Rather than JUDGING OTHERS ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY DO OR DON'T DO like the Pharisees,
let's just concern ourselves with ALWAYS ACTING IN LOVE.
Rather than having Christ look on us from a distance, lamenting that we will not allow him to help and protect us,
let's be nestled safely like a child in his lap, saying, as did the
"children of the kingdom," "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
New Testament Lesson #20 "Woe unto You...Hypocrites"
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Rather than being POWER HUNGRY like the chief priests, let's GIVE OUR WILL OVER TO GOD.
Rather than worrying about WEALTH like the Herodians, let's focus on INTERNALIZING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRIST.
Rather than LIVING ONLY FOR TODAY like the Saduccees, let's KEEP AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE.
Rather than JUDGING OTHERS ON THE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY DO OR DON'T DO like the Pharisees,
let's just concern ourselves with ALWAYS ACTING IN LOVE.
Rather than having Christ look on us from a distance, lamenting that we will not allow him to help and protect us,
let's be nestled safely like a child in his lap, saying, as did the
"children of the kingdom," "Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord."
New Testament Lesson #20 "Woe unto You...Hypocrites"
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The Triumphal Entry of Jesus Into Jerusalem (Mark 11.1-11)
When Jesus entered Jerusalem during Passover week, His entrance was far from understated. Contrary to earlier days when He withdrew from the people who wanted to make Him their king (see John 6.15), Jesus orchestrated His entry into the city on one of the busiest weeks of the year in such a way that clearly had royal implications. But to fully understand what was taking place during what is commonly referred to as “The Triumphal Entry,” we need to study the various streams of biblical prophecy, messianic expectations, historical undercurrents, and Greco-Roman culture that formed the background for this world changing event. [...]
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Shabbat shalom - Prepare for Pesach (Passover)
A stack of Passover matzah (unleavened bread).
"Seven days you shall eat
unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove
leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened
bread from the first day until the seventh day, that
person shall be cut off from Israel." (Exodus
12:15)
Directly following
Passover is
Chag HaMatzot or the Festival of Unleavened Bread,
when no chametz may be eaten or possessed for a full seven days.
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Chag HaMatzot or the Festival of Unleavened Bread,
when no chametz may be eaten or possessed for a full seven days.
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Passover at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem
Preparing for Passover
is the ultimate in spring cleaning !
In obedience to
the eternal commandment that God gave to the children
of Israel to remove leaven (yeast) from their houses,
every nook and cranny must be emptied, sorted and wiped in
order to make sure that each dwelling place is free of chametz
(leavened products)
before Passover begins
(Exodus 12:15).
(leavened products)
before Passover begins
(Exodus 12:15).
Rabbinical Judaism has taken this single commandment
and transformed it into a system that would weary the
hardiest of women. All dishes, cutlery, pots and pans,
even dishrags used during the feast must be “Kosher for
Passover.”
Because the kitchen is cleared of products that contain leaven or may be
contaminated with it, preparing for Passover is both labor intensive and
expensive. Just prior to Passover, grocery stores in Israel begin to stock
foods that are specially prepared and guaranteed leaven-free. The
Hebrew signs on the shelves above read "Kosher for Passover."
Many women completely clean their kitchen to such a degree that it sparkles like it did when it was new.
Furthermore, in the weeks prior to Passover, Israeli
supermarkets begin to sell products marked with a special
“Kosher for Passover” stamp.
“Kosher for Passover” stamp.
These products, which are guaranteed to be free of
leaven, are eaten in the days before and during the
holiday of Passover.
Matzah
(unleavened bread), however, is first eaten
during the Passover Seder,
which is a special ceremonial meal where the story of
the Exodus from Egypt is recounted.
It is eaten every day throughout the festival.
It is eaten every day throughout the festival.
The Haggadah, the text that sets the order of the recounting of the
deliverance of the Jewish People from Egypt, is read during the Passover
Seder. The pierced, striped bread of affliction in the bottom right corner
is called matzah (unleavened bread).
Why Fuss over a
Little Leaven (Yeast)?
“A little yeast works
through the whole batch of dough.”
(Galatians 5:9)
(Galatians 5:9)
In the Bible, yeast symbolizes sin.
It is also a
powerful metaphor for learning about God and living a
life of holiness.
Yeast is a single-celled fungus that causes dough to
rise by consuming the sugars and excreting carbon dioxide
as a byproduct.
And it doesn’t take much yeast to start the process.
Yeast is so pervasive that if dough is left on the
counter, yeast will attach to the surface of the dough and
then make its way throughout the whole loaf. It’s in the
air.
So, just like yeast
(leaven) eats away at the sugars in the dough,
sin eats away at us and causes us to become separated
from God.
“But your iniquities
have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden
his face from you, so that he will not hear.”
(Isaiah 59:2)
(Isaiah 59:2)
Although it is not known
when yeast began being used to bake bread, the
earliest records of this practice come from ancient Egypt.
earliest records of this practice come from ancient Egypt.
Leaven and the
Sin of Pride
“Your boasting is not
good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through
the whole batch of dough?” (1 Corinthians 5:6)
When it comes to leaven as a metaphor,
Scripture especially narrows in on the sin of arrogance,
boasting, conceit and pride.
In the same way that a little yeast affects the whole
batch of dough, causing it to become puffed up, a little
bit of pride and arrogance in our hearts causes us to
think more highly of ourselves than we ought.
We must deal
with the leaven in our own hearts, knowing that
arrogance is not pleasing to the Lord, and pride often
precedes our own downfall.
“Pride goes before
destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs
16:18)
Titanic Sinking, by Willy Stower
The Titanic:
Lethal Effects of Arrogance and Pride
The sin of arrogance can have deadly
consequences.
For an example of
arrogance, we perhaps need look no further than the
Titanic, which sunk just over a hundred years ago on
April 14, 1912.
The Titanic and her sister ships, the Olympic and the
Britannic, were the biggest ships ever made. At almost
900 feet long from stem to stern, they dwarfed the tallest
skyscrapers of the time.
Since these ships were outfitted to meet the
challenges of the Atlantic, they were supposed to be among
the world’s safest ships.
The experts, in their arrogance, believed the
Titanic to be unsinkable; nevertheless, the ship
essentially snapped like a toothpick after hitting an
iceberg. So many lives were lost.
The traditional Bedikat Chametz (search for leaven) is a ceremony used
to cleanse the home of leaven. These two young boys search for leaven,
using a feather and a spoon to remove it. The chametz (leavened
products) will be burned the next morning in the Bi'ur Chametz ceremony.
Meaningful
Jewish Custom: The Search for Leaven
(Bedikat Chametz)
(Bedikat Chametz)
At
Passover, the Jewish People practice a beautiful
custom called bedikat chametz (search for leaven).
The eve before Passover, the leader of the household,
usually the father, holds a candle and guides his family
around the house.
With the lights extinguished, they search for any
remnant of chametz (leavened
products) by the light of this single candle.
The feather, spoon, candle and prayers for the Bedikat
Chametz ceremony.
The children search every nook and cranny for
crumbs of bread that have been carefully wrapped and
hidden ahead of time by the mother.
Each crumb of bread is found with exclamations of
delight, “Oh! There it is. I found one!”
This meaningful search continues until the very last
crumb of leaven is removed.
Using a feather, these are swept away into a bag to be
burned the next morning.
burned the next morning.
Bi'ur Chametz (burning the leavened products) in Bnei Brak, Israel
On the morning of Erev Pesach (Eve of Passover), which
is Monday morning, there will be a multitude of small
fires burning all over Israel as each family
burns their small pile of chametz.
A special prayer is recited in case any has been
missed.
This special
ceremony (bedikat
chametz) demonstrates how the light of God’s
Word, symbolized by the candle, searches our hearts
for any pride or arrogance that may be lurking, hidden
in the darkness.
The feather symbolizes the work of the Ruach HaKodesh
(Holy Spirit) sweeping the sin away.
The bi'ur chametz fire shows how God destroys this
leaven, for God is a consuming fire!
Bi'ur Chametz: pita bread burning with the dried palm (lulav) and myrtle
(hadass) leftover from Sukkot (six months earlier). To burn the dried palm
and myrtle (holy objects)
from the previous Biblical holiday is considered
an additional mitzvah (blessing).
an additional mitzvah (blessing).
Passover in the
New Testament (New Covenant)
Just as an overgrowth of yeast in the body may become
a systemic infection and must be dealt with before it
causes serious physical problems, the "leaven" or sin
within the Body of Messiah (the Church) must be dealt with
accordingly.
In the Bible, the Apostle Paul makes use of
the imagery of Passover and the cleansing of the chametz
to exhort the Believers in Corinth to get rid of the sin
of malice and wickedness and live the holy life
they are truly capable of living, free from the bondage to
sin.
“Get rid of the old yeast,
so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really
are. For Messiah, our Passover lamb has been
sacrificed.
“Therefore let us keep
the Festival [Passover], not with
the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and
truth.”
(1 Corinthians 5:7–8)
(1 Corinthians 5:7–8)
Crowds gather for Passover at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
The Leaven of
False Teachings
In the New Covenant (New Testament), leaven
(yeast) can also represent false
teachings.
Yeshua warned people to beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees.
By this, Yeshua was not referring to bread, but to
their teachings that did not align with the Word of God (Matthew
16:11–12).
The Apostle Paul
also warns the Gentiles in the Church to beware of the
sin of pride and arrogance, particularly in their
relationship to the Jewish People.
Furthermore, in the Book of Romans, Paul reminds those
who have been supernaturally grafted into the natural
olive tree (Israel) by the mercy and grace of God, not to
boast over the other branches:
“If some of the branches have
been broken off, and you, though a wild olive shoot,
have been grafted in among the others and now share in
the nourishing sap from the olive root, do not consider
yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you
do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the
root supports you.” (Romans 11:17–18)
Woe unto You, Scribes and Pharisees, by James Tissot
One way many Believers boast over their
fellow branches (the Jewish People) is by believing the
false teaching of replacement theology.
This errant doctrine teaches that God has rejected the
Jewish People (nation of Israel) and that the Church is
the "New Israel."
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Scripture is
clear that God will never forsake His people Israel
and will always keep covenant with them.
“For the Lord will not
reject His people; He will never forsake His
inheritance.” (Psalm 94:14)
Passover at the Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem
Passover,
Leaven, and God’s Plan for Israel and the Church
Arrogance and pride can prevent us from
understanding God’s plans and purposes for the Jewish
people, Israel, and the role of the Church.
As Passover approaches, let’s remember that only temporary blindness
has come upon the Jewish People so that salvation would
come to the Gentiles, and after that to the nation of
Israel.
“Did they stumble so as
to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because
of their transgression, salvation has come to the
Gentiles to make Israel envious.” (Romans 11:11)
God can and will lift the veil from the Jewish
People’s eyes to see their Messiah Yeshua, and when the
Jewish people accept Yeshua as their Messiah, it will mean
resurrection and life for the entire world!
“For if their rejection
brought reconciliation to the world, what will their
acceptance be but life from the dead?” (Romans
11:15)
Handmade shmura (guarded) matzah being made from grain that has
been under special supervision from the time it was harvested.
During this time when
Jewish People are cleansing their homes from
leaven, please pray that they will recognize that Yeshua
is indeed the Promised Messiah of Israel.
And may we also search our hearts for the
leaven of sin, making them “Kosher for Passover,”
so that we may walk in humility, with the unleavened bread
of sincerity and truth.
Eternity is at the Doorstep of the
Jewish People in the Holy Land.
"I will cleanse them
from all the sin they have committed against Me and
will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me."
(Jeremiah 33:8)
(Jeremiah 33:8)
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