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Appointments With God Discussions Passover

Passover is about the Lamb Who was pierced

Passover is an annual memorial of the LORD’s deliverance of Israel from bondage, but the focus is the lamb and Who the lamb represents: He Who was pierced to give us freedom and a new life in communion with God.

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Apostolic Writings Prophets and Writings Torah

Eddie Chumney — The 12 Tribes of Israel: The Central Theme of the New Testament

Hallel Fellowship hosted guest speaker Eddie Chumney to share Bible teachings on the central role of the 12 tribes of Israel to everything in God’s word, past, present and future.

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Discussions Torah

Who is Malakh YHWH (the Angel of the LORD)?

A common perception of an “angel” is a cute winged chubby baby, something as innocuous as a fairy, or a passive messenger. “The angel of the LORD” — Malakh YHWH in Hebrew — is a quite different figure that shows up throughout the Bible with massive power and authority. Who is he?

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Apostolic Writings Discussions

Acts 9:1-31 — God turns Sha’ul from ‘bulldog’ to preacher

Sha’ul (Saul) encounters the true Messiah, Yeshua, while traveling to Damascus to arrest His followers. Over more than a dozen years, God transforms the “bulldog” of traditional Judaism of the time into one of the most powerful witnesses of Messiah Yeshua in the Roman empire.

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Discussions Torah

Genesis 16 — Hagar and the divine destiny for Ishmael

This chapter is our introduction to Hagar, Sarai’s Egyptian maidservant. We see how Hagar was exalted and then brought down. When Hagar fled and was at her lowest point, we discover God had His eyes on Hagar and had a purpose for her and her unborn son.

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Discussions Purim

Purim: Book of Esther tells a never-old tale of hatred against God’s blessed servants

The “Preacher” in Ecclesiastes said “there is nothing new under the sun.” The hatred against Yehudah, the Jews, has persisted throughout time, and the spirit of Amalek has taken many forms, including Haman, Antiochus IV, etc. Yet the LORD has kept Israel in the form of mostly Yehudah intact. Through Yehudah came the Messiah, the Seed of Eve Who crushed the serpent’s head and the Seed of Abraham Who brought God’s blessing to the world. That preservation of Yehudah above all odds through the eons, in the face of concerted genocidal efforts, is testimony that indeed the LORD is the one at work.

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Discussions Torah

Gen. 16:1 — Sarah is a ‘noble woman’

The name of Abram’s wife is recorded as Sarai. Is this a name or a title? If a title, what does it mean for her and for us as her daughters in faith?