SERMONS & LESSONS
VISIONS
Passover
Fulfilled by Jesus at His crucifixion. Exodus 12:14-20 On the 14th day of Nisan the sacrifice lamb is slain. The blood of atonement upon the door brings salvation as the death angel passes overhead. The epic Exodus that follows sees God's covenant people delivered from the bondage of Egypt. This was the Old Covenant fulfillment of Passover for national salvation. On the 14th day of Nisan, on the eve of Passover, Jesus is crucified. The blood of the promised Sacrifice Lamb is shed. This is the redemption God has provided. It brings salvation to His covenant people, delivering them from the bondage of sin and death. This is [...]
Feast of Tabernacles
Fulfilled by Jesus when He was born and dwelt among us. Deuteronomy 31:10-11, Leviticus 23:33-36 Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, or Feast of Tabernacles, is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals Shalosh regalim on which Hebrews were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. The holiday lasts seven days (eight in the diaspora). The first day is a sabbath-like yom tov when work is forbidden. The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwellings in which the Israelites dwelt during [...]
Feast of Dedication
Festival of Lights Fulfilled by Jesus when the Light entered the World. John 10:22-29 Also known as the Hanukkah, or Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the re-dedication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. This Jewish 'Feast of Dedication' (Hannukah as it is also called) honors the re-dedication of the Jewish temple after it had been defiled by the forces of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. The Festival of Lights proclaims the cleansing of the temple and its altar by Judas Maccabees in the aftermath of the Old Testament incident on which [...]
Fulfill – Definition
Fulfill in Strong's G4137. πληρόω plērŏō, play-rŏ´-o; from 4134; to make replete, i.e. (lit.) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (fig.) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfill, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply.1 Some, including the Hebrew Roots Movement, use the wording "fully preach" to refer to Jesus fulfilling the Mosaic Law. There are a couple issues with that interpretation. The words after the colon in the Strong's definition above are examples of how the word has [...]
Law of Liberty
James 1:25, James 2:12 Law of Liberty - Jesus Christ Gal 5:1, Gal 2:4, Gal 5:13, 1 Cor 8, 1 Cor 10:29, 2 Cor 3:17,
Adding the Mosaic Law to the Sufficiency of Christ
Merriam-Webster's definition of 'Justify' is 1 a : to prove or show to be just, right, or reasonable b (1) : to show to have had a sufficient legal reason (2) : to qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property 2 a archaic : to administer justice to b archaic : ABSOLVE c : to judge, regard, or treat as righteous and worthy of salvation 3 a : to space (as lines of text) so that the lines come out even at the margin b : to make even by justifying 〈justified margins〉 verb intransitive 1 a : to show a [...]