Not much is widely known about this feast beyond the law given on Mt. Siani and the day of Pentecost when the Spirit was poured out. However, there is actually quite a bit of rich history to this feast as well as future prophetic significance. We are going to study how this feast relates to the covenants, the Holy Spirit, and the New Jerusalem.

Abraham kept the feast when Yah covenanted with him to multiply his seed and give his descendants the land. Isaac, Jacob, and Israel kept the feast until they forgot in Egypt. Yah brought the feast back to Israel on Mt. Siani, and gave them instructions on how to keep the festival yearly in the land of promise. In the book of Acts, the covenant promises were renewed once again by pouring out the Holy Spirit for gathered followers to proclaim the gospel. This all leads up to the day believers are gathered at the resurrection, brought to the land of Zion, and have the law completely written on our hearts.

My take on why this is a salvation issue is specifically for the generation that has to endure the tribulation. No, you do not have to understand every detail or line of scripture regarding Messiah’s second coming, but if you are a part of the tribulation generation and hold to this rapture theology, you’re going to be easily deceived.

I wholeheartedly believe these will be the ones who fall away. They will 1) assume the antichrist is the real Messiah because they were taught they’d only see the true one, or 2) lose hope and faith not understanding why they were Left Behind. Yes, that is a movie reference because it seems as if the church bases their doctrine on a 2008 Kirk Cameron movie. It’s a romantic notion to be taken away, it feels good and hopeful! But, it's a false hope. I have actually heard my old Baptist church preacher use this movie as an illustration for a sermon!

Being completely green in the bible, I didn’t know where to even begin testing any topic, much less look into anything as massive as the topic of the end times, so I settled with what the man behind the podium said to be truth. For a time, I found this answer acceptable even though I had no idea how to make sense of it. As time went on, and my study of the bible continued, this rapture theory began to make less and less sense. I didn’t see it, anywhere! Somehow, the preacher was reading words and then giving them an entirely new definition. So, I decided to settle on, “I don’t know what to believe.” Can you relate?

As time went on, hearing sermons and reading the bible in front of me, I still struggled to see the connection. Believing I was just too ignorant to understand, I remained neutral with my end times beliefs. It wasn't until I opened my heart for the Father to teach me His word- the whole word- that things began to make sense. He allowed me to see what I was reading and have faith that it means what it says.

A major qualification for abiding in the New Covenant is that the day of vengeance must come first. He is going to avenge all of the wrong, wiping out wickedness and lawlessness. He will redeem the dead in the faith and bring about the ransom for their lives. The first resurrection. He is going to set everything right for His Holy Mountain to come down. THEN, the ransomed will come to Zion and partake in the covenant of everlasting joy and peace and healing.

The seven feasts of the bible overlap and work together to paint the entire gospel story. The feasts are a giant object lesson for all of God’s children. They help us understand Him more and grasp a greater appreciation for His Salvation- Yeshua. While we can’t keep them perfectly according to the commands (there is no temple or Levitical priesthood to make the sacrifices) we can do our best to observe them as a memorial and as a sign of our hearts to follow Him.

The good ole church BBQ. Is it biblically okay? Is it a tradition of man? We're going to take a look at the top scriptures used to defend the pork butt so that you can prayerfully find the answers to those questions.

My family has been eating biblically clean for two years this month. It wasn't a natural change to make as we were raising pigs for meat at the time, but it was an easy decision. God had been working on our hearts for a few months prior, giving my husband and I understanding of His word in contrast to the doctrines we'd always been taught. I now look at these scriptures I'm about to present and wonder how in the world we ever believed they meant something different.

When we are called out by God, however it may come, we wrestle with a lifetime of emotions, certain mindsets, sin issues…we wrestle with Him about it and have to decide at that point am I going to hang on until He blesses me, until He molds me, or am I going to let go and just ride it out easy-peasy. The blessing comes by hanging on!!