Playlist: Eight, Significance of (topic)
The Eighth Day (2019)
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeEight carries the sense of abundance or overabundance, and as seven plus one it signals something over and above perfection, as well as a new beginning, since the eighth day starts a new week. The Eighth Day of the Feast of Tabernacles is distinct from the seven before it: rejoicing and dwelling in booths are commanded only for …
Lessons From the Eighth Day
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeBiblically, eight comes from a Hebrew root meaning abundance or overabundance, even complete satisfaction. Seven represents perfection, so eight is seven plus something more, and because the eighth day is also the first day of a new week, it carries the sense of new beginning, regeneration, and renewal. The pattern of seven days …
The Eighth Day
Sermonette by James BeaubelleThe seventh Millennium will be a time of rest, when the suffering we experience today will be gone, enabling preparation for the Great White Throne Judgment.
Abraham (Part Eight)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe number eight carries a veiled spiritual overtone tied directly to circumcision. God commanded that every male child among Abraham's descendants be circumcised when eight days old. This timing points to the seven days in which God created or refashioned the earth, marking the period of the physical and the carnal, the day of …
An Abundant Spiritual Offering
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe number eight signifies a new start with abundance abundance following a period of time (a week, seven years, or a millennium) of preparatory activity.
Kings and Priests
Sermonette by James BeaubelleThe Eighth Day is a dramatic, pivotal moment in God's divine plan of salvation, symbolizing new beginnings and the final phase of God's redemptive work.
The High Priest's Blessing
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeRooted in Old Testament tradition and fulfilled in the New Testament, priestly blessing serves as a fundamental expression of divine grace, protection, and relationship. Leviticus 9 depicts Aaron's initial priestly act of raising his hands to bless Israel on the eighth day of consecration, establishing a pattern of priestly …
Standing on the Sea of Glass
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsSolomon's temple contained eight classes of furniture in contrast to the seven listed for the tabernacle, the added item being the bronze sea. This eighth element carries symbolic weight into the discussion of the Sea of Glass before God's throne. The number eight derives from a Hebrew root meaning to superabound, denoting one …
The Incomparable Great God!
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod exists in a transcendent category entirely His own, defined by four non-transmittable attributes: omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience, and immutability.
The Light of the World
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeChrist's teachings on the Eighth Day revolved around light and darkness, and twice on that Holy Day He proclaimed that He is the Light of the World.
Of Death
Sermon by James BeaubelleWhile some view death as a transition or displacement of cosmic energy, scripture affirms that death is real, appointed to all, and occurs under God's authority.
Numbers Don't Lie
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mike FordThere are responsible and irresponsible uses of numbers. Only God's numerical patterns are reliable, while all humanly-devised uses of numbers are bogus.
Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part Nine)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe cosmology of ancient Greece, saturated with astrology and Gnostic dualism, filtered into the doctrines of the early church, creating corrupt doctrines.
A Time to Build Up
Sermonette by Christian D. HunterThe building of Solomons' Temple began in the month of Ziv. Ziv occurs in the springtime when the sun is in the sky for longer, enabling working in the light.
When Is the Year of Release (Shemitah)?
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe anchor point of both the Shemitah and Jubilee is the Day of Atonement. Deuteronomy should be read at the Feast just after the year of release begins.
Why 153?
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeThe first sign in the book of John corrected the physical need for wine; the eighth sign of 153 fish corrected a spiritual need on the part of God's people.