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Apostolic Writings Discussions Pentecost/Shavuot Unleavened Bread

Matthew 16 — Good or bad “yeast”?

Yeast is commonly seen as a symbol for pride, something bad. Why does God command us to not eat leavened bread for seven days after Passover then at Shavuot (Pentecost) command that He be offered two loaves of leavened bread? How is the answer to this paradox found in Yeshua’s cryptic instruction to His disciples to beware of the “yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees”?

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Matthew 2: Magi from Parthia visit the toddler Messiah

It was a shocking event when a sizable delegation of scholars from the empire of Parthia, a competitor with Rome, visited the land of Israel looking for a recently born “King of Yehudah.” It turns out that this was the legacy of the prophet Daniel. Another prophet foretold “Rachel” would be weeping for her children, and that prophecy was fulfilled not only with the killing of newborns and toddlers in Beit Lekhem (Bethlehem) but also the driving out her descendants into the nations with the Assyrian exile.

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Matthew 1: Deep meaning among the names in Yeshua’s ancestry

The long list of names of ancestors of Yeshua can be tedious to read, but it is an important statement about what God was doing by sending the Messiah.

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Prophets and Writings Tabernacles

Sukkot: Why Do We Celebrate a Wedding Feast?

Hallel Fellowship celebrates a “wedding feast” after the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles has ended, i.e. after sunset. What is this all about? How is this connected to Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) and His promises to return?

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Apostolic Writings Appointments With God Chanukah Prophets and Writings Tabernacles

Sukkot: Timing of Yeshua’s and Yochanan’s births

Explore the timing of the births of Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist) and Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) from descriptions in the Apostolic Scriptures and the prophetic messages of the Biblical celebrations of Passover, the Feast of Tabernacles and Chanukah.