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Pentecost: Sunday, Monday, or Sivan 6?
(Copyright 2008) by Bryan T. Huie (Dennard, Arkansas) Pentecost, also called the Feast of Weeks (Heb. Chag Shavuot), the Feast of Harvest (Heb. Chag haQatzir), and the Day of Firstfruits (Heb. Yom haBikurim) in the Old Testament, is the only Holy Day which wasn’t designated to fall on a particular day of the month. Pentecost, which means “count fifty” in Greek, was to be determined by counting fifty days from the time the wave sheaf was offered during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. That sounds simple enough, but the difficulty that arises is when to start and end the count. Almost […]
How are God the Father and Yeshua One?
(Copyright 2008) by Bryan T. Huie (Dennard, Arkansas) Â To most Jews, including many Messianics, the nature of God is defined in the Shema:Â DEUTERONOMY 6:4 ” Hear [shema’], O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one [echad]! (NKJV)Â Messianics apply this understanding of the oneness of God to a confusing statement by Yeshua recorded in the tenth chapter of John’s Gospel. In response to the Jews’ request to confirm that he was the prophesied Messiah (John 10:24), Yeshua stated:Â JOHN 10:30 “I and the Father are one [hen].” (NASU)Â What did he mean by this declaration? Was Yeshua here applying the Shema […]