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The Path of the Lamb

The Path of the Lamb
While we begin to focus our minds toward holy week, our Jewish brothers and sisters prepare for Passover. Historically, part of their preparation included choosing the lamb for sacrifice. God gave specific instructions and history points us to how they were kept. Since Christ is our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7), let us see how He…
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42…43…44…

42…43…44…
There is a Jewish custom of counting the days between Passover (Pesach) and Pentecost (Shavuot). It is derived from the text of Leviticus 23:15-16 and is called the counting of the omer.  We are in that period now.  Lag B’Omer, that we discussed last week, is day 33 of the 49 days counted in anticipation…
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The Cost

The Cost
For hundreds and even thousands of years, God instructed His people to make a sacrifice to "cover over" their sins. These sacrifices occurred every day at 9 AM and 3 PM - and were announced by the sounding of the shofar (ram's horn trumpet). These sacrifices were only to be a reminder to them of…
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Lamb Selection Day

Lamb Selection Day
During the time of Jesus, and for a hundred years before, there was a rebel movement of Jews against the Romans. They became known as Zealots. These rebels studied Torah by day, and murdered Romans and unfaithful Jews by night. They were "helping God" bring about His kingdom by trying to cleanse the land. This movement…
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