The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – The Groom at the Door. “Behold! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to share a meal at that person’s side. If you open the door within your heart, I will come in to you and feast …
The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – A Spiritual Marriage. “As the Scriptures say, ‘A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one, becoming one flesh.’ This is a great mystery, but I am applying it to Christ and the Church.” (Ephesians 5:31-32). MYSTERY: Greek word, mysterion, used …
The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – The Parable of the Wedding Feast. “I delight greatly in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God! For he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, like a bridegroom wearing his garland, like a bride adorned in here jewels!” (Isaiah 61:10). …
The Jewish Wedding – To Know and Be Known. “The Israelites, groaning in their slavery, cried out for help and from the depths of their slavery their cry came up to God. God heard their groaning; God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. God saw the Israelites, and God knew them.” (Exodus 2:25). “Yahweh …
The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – Christ the Bridegroom. You heard me tell you before that I am not the Messiah, but certainly I am the messenger sent ahead of Him. He is the Bridegroom, and the bride belongs to Him. I am the friend of the Bridegroom who stands nearby and listens with great joy to …
The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – The Ceremony on Mt. Sinai “In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. For they had departed from Rephidim, had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the …
The Jewish Wedding and Jesus – Introduction. “The Jewish wedding is a unique illustration of the Messiah’s relationship with His followers.” (Dr. David Stern, Professor of Messianic Judaism, translator of the Complete Jewish Study Bible). According to Dr. Stern, the esteemed writer, professor, and interpreter of the New Testament from the Messianic perspective, he states that there …
Gospel Fishing – Jesus and Jonah. “Jesus answered and said to them, ‘An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign, and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the …
Gospel Fishing – A Fish or A Snake? “You fathers – if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead? Or if they ask for an egg, do you give them a scorpion? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how …
Gospel Fishing – Partners in the Other Boats. “Master,’ Simon replied, ‘we worked hard all last night and didn’t catch a thing. But if you say so, I’ll let the nets down again.’ And that time their nets were so full of fish they began to tear! A shout for help brought partners in the other boat, …
Gospel Fishing – I Feel like A Fish. I feel like a fish in the seaweed of my parents’ gospel which sheltered me from that shark-cruising ocean but which also kept me from seeing the bright strands of the fisherman’s net cleaving me from my ocean into that great draught pulled from the other side of …
Gospel Fishing – The Coin in the Fish. “When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, ‘Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?’ Peter said, ‘Yes, He does.’ And then Peter went into the house. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, ‘What do …