If we want to know true grief that leads to repentance, let’s read Psalm 51.
Continue readingIn Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he has to chastise the church to expel an immoral brother. In his followup letter, Paul commends them for their repentance. But more specifically, why they repented. Let’s take a look.
Continue readingIn the past three days of examining yourself, maybe you remembered having an unresolved issue with someone else and need to ask for forgiveness. It’s time to take care of that.
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Jesus said not to judge or else we would be judged. Should we judge others? Not unless you judge yourself first.
Continue readingToday’s verse comes from John’s first letter. It’s time to confess our sins.
Continue readingOne of the most popular verses Christians use when speaking about repentance is 2 Chronicles 7:14. I’m not one to take a single verse and hang on it without knowing the context. It could be saying something else and we would be misleading people. Let’s take a look.
Continue readingThe Days of Teshuvah begin tonight at sundown, so we’ll call this post, Day Zero.
Traditionally, Psalm 27 is read each of the forty days. It’s a short 14 verses, so let’s break that down and see how it’s a call to return to God.
Continue readingThe 40 Days of Teshuvah begin on Monday night at sundown. It’s a time of reflection on our lives as believers. Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Messiah Yeshua is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
Teshuvah is usually described as repentance. It really means to return. You can see in Paul’s words that he isn’t telling us to repent of sins and come to salvation. He’s talking to believers already. Paul is warning us that we should examine ourselves to ensure we haven’t strayed from the ways of the Father. That’s what these forty days of teshuvah are for, to prepare ourselves for His coming. His second coming. Notice that these forty days begin on the first of the sixth month (Elul) and end on the tenth of the seventh month (Tishri), the Day of Atonement. It’s the prophetic time of His return.
Throughout the Scriptures, YHWH and His Prophets continued to call His people to return to His ways. John the Baptist called the people to prepare the way for the Lord. It was a call to return to the ways of YHWH. We prepare the way for the Lord by examining ourselves and aligning with His ways. So, let’s begin.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
– 2 Timothy 3:16,17
“Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Messiah Yeshua for you. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but TEST EVERYTHING; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Messiah Yeshua.”
– 1 Thessalonians 5:16-23
“And there were certain men who were unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on [the appointed] day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to [Moses], ‘We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the LORD’s offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?'” (Numbers 9:6-7)
There’s an often overlooked story in the Bible about a second Passover. There is not much detail to the story other than saying that the second Passover is to be kept with all the ordinances of the first Passover. But what happens if you don’t keep the Passover? Is it a sin?
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Passion Week begins with Palm Sunday, this coming Sunday, April 2nd. But a lot that happened leading up to the Triumphal Entry gets overlooked as though it doesn’t have a connection to the crucifixion. For instance, the raising of Lazarus. Is there a connection? Let’s look.
The Messiah returned to Bethany before going into Jerusalem, but He had been gone from Jerusalem for a while. There are a few things to tell about His return that we’ll lump into this post. We’ll call this “day zero.” Wednesday.
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