Acts1:1-11. The Opening Chapter of Acts prepares us for the transition from Christ’s earthly ministry to His continuing work through the Church, empowered by the Holy Spirit. As Jesus ascends back to heaven, the disciples are left with a mission as His witnesses to take the gospel to the ends of the earth.
According to the prophetic timeline laid out in the Jewish feasts, Tabernacles looks ahead to when Israel will be restored in her land and the Messiah will reign from Jerusalem over all the earth. But what will the nations be doing during the kingdom, and how will they relate to Israel then?
Zech 12:9-10. The scriptures, the prophecies and all of human history is moving toward the fulfilment of these appointed end times events. The Day of Atonement specifically foreshadows a time at the end of the age when Israel will turn in repentance and recognise Jesus as her Messiah, ushering in the Kingdom under Christ
Acts 2:1-4. At the feast of Pentecost, we remember the birth of the church and the advent of the Holy Spirit. Now we have been baptised into the body of Christ and the blessings of the New Covenant our ours to enjoy in the power of the Holy Spirit, not under the law, but under […]
Acts 1:3-14. For the 49 days between the Feast of Firstfruits and Pentecost (Shavuot) the Jewish people would practise the “Counting of the Omer”. What did that mean for Jesus and the disciples at that first Pentecost? How can this apply to our lives as Christians today?
