Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil. Song of Solomon 6:7 (Song of the bridegroom about his beloved bride) But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also has come through a… Continue reading The Joyful Feast of Sukkot (Days 15-22 of the Fall Ingathering Feasts)
Adonai, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Adonai. Repeat them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 Again, in the Fall feasts we find ourselves celebrating the future and the past, the already-not-yet, alongside but differently than our neighbors. In… Continue reading The Mystery of the Feast of Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Day 10 of the Fall Feasts)
And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out… Continue reading The Mystery of the Feast of Trumpets (Day 1 of the Fall Feasts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL8Z2B3da_k&list=OLAK5uy_l752S-kbDvKW6JskQjaTwW7Qqsd1QALB4&index=6 All of this was not simply theology to me. As God was teaching me these concepts I knew that it was also a calling to die, I just was not quite sure how it would happen. But it did. For me it was a gradual thing. I do not have time to share the… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 7): A Wrap Up, A Song, & A Testimony
Some of you want to leave a legacy “for God” by doing great things “for Him.” Some want God to help you leave a legacy for yourself. But Yeshua never taught to focus on leaving a legacy at all. This is because He is interested in your love, not your legacy. He made you with… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 6): Your Renown
Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. Matthew 10:38-39, also found in Luke 17:33, John 12:25, Matthew 16:24-25, Mark 8:35-37, Luke 9:24-25 For everyone who exalts himself will… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 5): Dying to Your Reputation
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 4): Dying to Your Relational Support System
For all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had. Luke 21:4 Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!” ’ “But… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 3): Dying to Your Riches
Why use adultery when golf will do? -CS Lewis, Screwtape letters What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Romans 6:1-2 You must die to sin, which is rebellion… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 2): Dying to Your Rebellion
This will be the first of a series of shorter posts in which we break up a longer post into a daily snippet, at the request of some of Beloved's most faithful readers, who understandably, don't want to spend all day reading a long treatise on a topic, even though we may enjoy writing them.… Continue reading Dying to Live (Day 1): The Best and Hardest Thing A Follower of Yeshua Must Do
