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Reconciliation (Part One)
The American political scene has always been divisive, but this election cycle has revealed how divided the nation really is. The two political parties, Democrats and Republicans, have never been more at odds. The people who follow (and …
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Preparing the Bride
As humans we possess a powerful tendency to separate people into clear categories. We label others to define them as belonging in a specific niche in relation to us. This is not intrinsically wrong. In this violent world, categorizing a …
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Standing With God (Part One)
Sociologists often point to the decline of the twin institutions of marriage and the family as the fount of most American cultural ills. The causes of their decline are undoubtedly many, but the following are their five principal …
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Leviticus 16:21-22
(21) Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man. (22) The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
The Bible does not say that a demon is responsible for all sin, an idea that comes from the apocryphal Book of Enoch. Certainly, Satan will bear the penalty for his sins, but they are nowhere in view in Leviticus 16. What is in view are …
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The Sacred Assemblies (Part Two)
by David C. GrabbeIn Part One, we saw that the phrase “sacred assembly,” found in the instructions for both the Last Day of Unleavened Bread and the Eighth Day (Deuteronomy 16:8; Leviticus 23:36), is a translation of atzeret (Strong’s #6116; plural atzerote). The word’s root, atsar, contains the ideas of “closing,” “stopping,” “restraining,” and “retaining,” aiding us in understanding the purpose of the sacred assemblies. These holy days close weeklong festivals in which we refrain from engaging in everyday activities and learn important lessons that God wants us to retain. The atzerote show up in the …
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Previously, we explored symbols like vines, houses, temples, sheep, and a family that the Bible uses to describe the church. These …
For centuries, people have tried to find ways of convincing themselves and others that Christians are not required to observe the Sabbath …
As Amos walked through the nation of Israel, he saw deep problems. As a people, Israel had rejected the truth God had revealed to them, …
Those who watch the signs of the times (Matthew 16:3) see evidence that Jesus Christ's return is near. In Part One, we saw that Jesus …
No matter how old we are, everything we have experienced in life, every right or wrong decision, has contributed to the experiences that …
“And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32) We …
