Affection Four days earlier, they had chosen their very best male lamb in its first year, in obedience to Moses’ command. They had brought it into their house, an unusual practice for farmers in a time before the advent of pets. They cared for it, pitied it, petted it. An emotional bond was formed. An affection for it grew in their hearts. Not only was this male lamb the strongest,… Read More »Passover Lamb – Affection and Effect
The History of Easter is an interesting subject to consider. Where did we come from? Where have we gone? Where are we going… Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping. And when they… Read More »History of Easter
Easter Sunday, 2020, how many must long to be seated in their pews with others on that special day, but not be able to do so? We are all in quarantine to prevent this plague from spreading further than it already has. Stay home, we’ve been told, to save lives. Memories The memories many of us have of past Easter Sundays, sitting in our family pew, looking at our decorative… Read More »Easter Sunday – Empty Pews
Yahshua, our Passover Lamb has risen from the dead, proving that his sacrifice for our sins had been accepted by God, able to deliver us from eternal death. The Israelites of old were always to remember what had happened to them in Egypt, when they were huddled inside their houses, with the blood of their best lamb painted on their doorposts, waiting for the Death Angel to pass over them.… Read More »Passover Lamb – In the House
The worried young father holds the precious basin while his son strains to reach to the highest point of the doorway… The homemade brush made from a prescribed kind of bush… The blood of a lamb which had been killed just before sundown, and his blood gathered into the basin, to be used as directed over the doorway… All the questions of “Why?” from his sweet children are going unanswered.… Read More »Passover at Home
Easter is a time when sincere Christians meditate on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In our discussions, many seem to consider that the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life, ending with His dying on the cross, is what produced forgiveness for the sins of mankind. The whole consideration goes no further than His physical suffering on the cross. You may have imagined what it would have been like… Read More »Easter: The Rest of the Story
It was a hot, sunny day as Andrew walked along the dusty road toward Jerusalem for the Passover. A few steps ahead of him walked his father, head gray with age yet still very strong. It seemed a bit strange to Andrew that it was only he and his father making the journey this year, for in years past, all his brothers and sisters had accompanied them. But they were… Read More »Andrew’s Lamb – a Passover Story