Like Romani Gypsies, the Domari people have been known historically as traveling musicians and dancers, with their own language, beliefs, and traditions. Their nomadic origins trace back to India. They have historically faced discrimination and social exclusion across the Middle East, including in Israel.
Back in 1980, the pioneers of our first Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles were inspired by the prophetic passage of Zechariah 14:16, which says that one day all nations will come to Jerusalem to celebrate Succot.
After the people’s sin in the shameful idolatrous episode of the golden calf, Moses broke the first tablets to symbolise the broken covenant. However, God was giving them a second chance. What a picture of the grace of God that we can appropriate.
Shavuot is the second of the three major festivals known as the Pilgrim Festivals. Of the seven appointed feasts of the LORD, three were decreed by the LORD as “Solemn Feasts” to which all Israelite men were expected to celebrate in Jerusalem (make pilgrimage).
The year 2025 marks 1700 years since the landmark Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Commemorated by many churches around the world. According to Church historian Philip Schaff, Nicaea was – next to the Apostolic council in Jerusalem in Acts chapter 15 – “the most important and the most illustrious of all the councils of Christendom.”
Given the UN’s record of anti-Israel bias, there is a real risk the conference will seek a unilateral solution to the conflict, including recognition of a Palestinian state. Notably, French President Macron and the British Foreign Secretary recently signalled that they would pursue this avenue at the conference. This would undermine existing international law, including the Oslo Accords and successive UN Security Council resolutions, which established that peace must be negotiated, not imposed.
In 1987, I was serving on the pastoral team of an expatriate church that met in the main auditorium of the YMCA on King David Street in Jerusalem. Just a few days before Christmas, I was meeting with my fellow pastors over breakfast. Suddenly, the restaurant floor manager, a Jewish man called Yossi, came over and asked if he could join us. We duly welcomed him and asked him to take a seat.
Jesus’ crucifixion occurred during Passover, now commemorated on Good Friday. Just as the blood of the lamb saved the Israelites from judgment and led to their deliverance from slavery (Exodus 12), so the blood of Jesus offers salvation, exempting us from God’s judgment and delivering us from the consequences of sin.
Jesus’ crucifixion occurred during Passover, now commemorated on Good Friday. Just as the blood of the lamb saved the Israelites from judgment and led to their deliverance from slavery (Exodus 12), so the blood of Jesus offers salvation, exempting us from God’s judgment and delivering us from the consequences of sin.
The festival of Purim offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the book of Esther and its lessons for us today, especially as we face an alarming rise in antisemitism both in Australia and worldwide.
For many Christians, Abraham is just one of many great men of God in the Bible. However, God’s word gives Abraham unique characteristics that no other person besides Jesus ever attained. It can be said that when Abraham appeared, salvation history began.
For many Christians, Abraham is just one of many great men of God in the Bible. However, God’s word gives Abraham unique characteristics that no other person besides Jesus ever attained. It can be said that when Abraham appeared, salvation history began.
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