Yesterday, when I mentioned there were two different kinds of Sabbaths, I’m sure some of you were like “whaaaaaaat?!?!?!“ Yet, it’s true. In Scripture, there are two different KINDS of Sabbaths… …and if you’re going to be able to properly understand certain portions of Scripture, you’re going to have to learn to distinguish between the […]

In my last post I established the following important point. Out of the three springtime feasts of PESACH (Passover), MATZAH (Unleavened Bread) and BIKKURIM (Firstfruits), only MATZAH was a pilgrimage feast. When I say “pilgrimage feast”, I mean that one was required to journey all the way up to the central sanctuary (either the Tabernacle […]

“You are to roast it and eat it in the place Adonai your God will choose; in the morning you will return and go to your tents. For six days you are to eat matzah; on the seventh day there is to be a festive assembly for Adonai your God; do not do any kind of work.”-Deuteronomy […]

There is another important difference between the first Passover observance that took place in Egypt and the ones that occurred afterwards. I’m talking about the element of agriculture that was later added. The theme of the very first Passover was all about Israel’s exodus from Egypt, BUT… …once Israel settled in the Promised Land, things […]

“You may not sacrifice the Pesach offering in just any of the towns that Adonai your God is giving you; but at the place where Adonai your God will choose to have his name live — there is where you are to sacrifice the Pesach offering, in the evening, when the sun sets, at the […]