Who Was Jesus?
As we meditate on the events of Good Friday, we often wonder Who was this man? Coming from a Western cultural background, our mind fills with images from our childhood of what Jesus might have looked like and how He behaved, often forgetting that He was of humble Middle Eastern background, a young Hebrew man deeply steeped by His own choosing in the teachings, traditions, and worldview of his heritage. What we call the “Last Supper” was really a Passover Seder in which the bread of life was the Aphikoman and the cup was a cup of Redemption and Acceptance at the culmination of the...
Read MorePassover 2014
Tonight on April 14 at sundown begins the 2014 Passover week, heralded by a full moon which this year will be darkened into a “blood moon” by an unusual eclipse (see previous post). Observant believers will be celebrating a ceremonial meal called a Seder following an age-old format outlined in a book of order called a Haggadah or “text” which contains biblical narrative about the exodus of the Hebrew people from their captivity in Egypt under God’s miraculous leadership through Moses. Click here to read more about the Seder and its significance for today. And if...
Read MoreChrist, Our Passover
Please read the attached article written by David Kubal, president of Intercessors for America, entitled The Heavens are Speaking, and prayerfully meditate on your relationship with Jesus, The Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5.7). Give thanks to the Lamb of God who gave His live for our sins (John 1.29). As time moves rapidly toward its conclusion, consider the prophetic implications of the 2014 Passover date, “knowing the time… for our salvation is nearer than when we first believed” (Roman 13.11). Intercede with us for families, neighborhoods, communities, and the entire...
Read MorePraying for Jerusalem
DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM The International Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, instituted with the endorsement of hundreds of Christian leaders from around the world, representing tens of millions of Christians, will be held annually on the first Sunday of every October, until the coming of Messiah. Our call is for sustained, fervent, informed global intercession for the plans and purposes of God for Jerusalem and all her people. This global grassroots prayer initiative coincides with the season of Yom Kippur, and for the first time in Church history, makes an effort at...
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