Asking for a father’s permission to marry his daughter is viewed as comically anachronistic today. Likewise, these instructions for a father’s ability to annul a daughter’s vow seem a relic of yesteryear. Yet God teaches through object lessons, and what’s being communicated here is far more important than a surface impression.
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/070414%20Joshua%2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:59 — 13.3MB)Subscribe: RSSIn Joshua 10, Israel’s army marches all night to defend Gibeon against five Amorite kings. During the battle, God performs a stunning miracle by stopping the sun and moon, giving Israel a decisive victory. Joshua leads a comprehensive conquest of several Canaanite cities, systematically […]
Learn how to see Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) in the qorbanot (offerings, sacrifices) presented in the Tabernacle on the moedim (appointed times, festivals) of Yom Teruah (Day of Blowing Trumpets), Yom haKippurim (Day of Atonement) and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
The timing of the exodus, travel to the sea, crossing the sea and travel to Mt. Sinai to receive God’s instructions mirrors Messiah’s deliverance of us from slavery to sin, taking us to baptism and then leading us toward His instructions.
https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/file/070407%20Date%20of%20Wave%20Sheaf%20Offering.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:34 — 12.9MB)Subscribe: RSSFeast of Unleavened Bread 2007 — Day 5 Speaker: Richard Agee (Note: For an updated and fuller treatment on the question of the timing of the wave sheaf offering, see our primer on Shavuot/Pentecost.) Thought questions Why do Christians celebrate the resurrection of Messiah […]
https://hallel.info/Appointments/070407%20Exploration%20of%20Firstfruits.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (11.8MB)Subscribe: RSSFeast of Unleavened Bread 2007 Speaker: Daniel Agee [contact] = b’khor in Hebrew literally means "bursting forth" and is commonly translated as "firstfruits"
Why is God so obsessed with yeast, or “leaven”? What does leaven have to do with Passover and Pentecost, or Shavuot? What does it have to do with Yeshua of Natzeret?