P3: Prayer - Passion - Purpose

David is one of the most iconic figures in all of scripture.  A young shepherd who becomes the greatest king Israel would ever know. A man of confidence…in himself yes…but even more in the God in whom he placed his trust. David exudes confidence because he knows God is with him. He is not seeking glory or fame…he does not desire to be king…yet it finds him nonetheless. What is it about this man that God would choose Him to be king,...

I love Sukkot because it speaks of hope, and celebrates a time we should all look forward to. A time of peace and joy as Jesus dwells among His people once more and rules over all the earth in person. What a great day that will be. In fact, in ancient Israel, Sukkot was such a joyful feast that everyone looked forward to…so they simply referred to it as “The Feast”.  It symbolized a renewed relationship with God…that the sins of th...

The 6th feast or festival of the Lord is known as Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur means Day of Atonement, and among the Jewish people, it is the holiest day of the year. Everything leads up to this moment. This is the big day when they make atonement for their sins according to the Law of God as written in the Old Testament. Pre-Christ, this was how God instructed them to make atonement for their sins as a nation/ people. Let's dig in ...

Leviticus 23:23-25…The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’” The book of numbers and Nehemiah refer to it in a similar way. They are told to celebrate this sabbath day with the sounding of the trumpets…but it is a day of rest in which t...

The 4th feast is called Shavu’ot or festival of weeks (7 weeks to be exact). Christians have come to know it as Pentecost. The day the Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers. The day the Church was born essentially. But its origins, biblically speaking, go back to the Exodus, and more specifically the time when the Torah was given on Mount Sinai following the Exodus. Shavu’ot is directly linked to Passover and the Feast of Fir...

 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest.  He is to wave the sheaf before the Lord so it will be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.  On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the Lord a lamb a year ol...

For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”  -Exodus 12:19-20

Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so tha...

“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike downevery firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.   - Exodus 12:12-13

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Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. -Revelation 22:1-2

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Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.  I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband...Revelation 21:1-2

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11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. Revelation 20:11-12

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We are at a point now where the 1,000 year period of the Millennial Kingdom has come to an end. The kingdom itself still exists, with Jesus on the throne, and will continue until the time of the Great White Throne Judgement of God (where all of the dead/ unbelievers are judged before God). The devil is now set loose to tempt and deceive the gentile nations of the world once more. His mission and purpose is to deceive the majority o...

I am excited to cover this final battle, the war to end all wars so to speak, and the 7 years that follow. Yes, if you are not familiar, you might be surprised or unaware that there is another 7 year period after the 1,000 year reign of Christ. When people get an abbreviated or cliff notes version of the end times, this extra 7 year period is often left out… but more on that in the next episode. We will pick up today back in Revela...

Ezekiel goes on to tell us that believers will be able to see Jesus in the Temple when they come to worship and that will be during 2 Feasts or Festivals, each Sabbath day, and New Moon. Those are the times when we will be allowed to come before Him and see His glory and worship before Him. Under Mosaic Law there were 7 feasts each year…all of which where a reference to various aspects of Jesus’ ministry of redemption. But only the...

Today we jump into the details of Temple, the order of operations, worship/ sacrificial system, and Kingdom law. This temple will be the center of life for the Kingdom. From worship to governance, it will all be centered on the temple in Jerusalem which sits on the Mountain of the Lord (which is above all other mountains). When it comes to the Kingdom temple layout/ description... there is only one place in scripture to find it…and...

Today we will take a look at the people or should I say the nature and behavior of the people in the Millennial Kingdom. There are some interesting questions regarding this aspect of the kingdom. Some of these questions will be answered and some are left a mystery. We know that there will be 2 groups that receive resurrected or glorified bodies…the Old Testament saints and the Church Saints. There will also be 2 groups that will st...

Did Mary (Jesus’ mother) have any idea of the depth and breadth of what Jesus said to her when He said, “I make all things new again”. Did she realize how far that statement extended. The earth is in shambles upon His return and in preparation for the Kingdom, He made things new again in several ways. One of those ways is the redesign of the landscape and especially Israel’s borders. Have you ever noticed the borders of the land Go...

As we begin to look at the details of the Millennial Kingdom, you will notice that in Revelation 20:6-7 there is only mention of before and after. The entire 1,000 years lies between those 2 verses. However, we can find details on the Kingdom in the Old Testament and the New Testament. They are spread out from Genesis to Malachi, and in the New Testament it is mentioned 160 times (125 in the gospels alone). The truth is the Bible s...

We pick up with the Revelation chapter 20, as well as some of the prophets, as we finish out the 75 day interval period leading up to the Millennial Kingdom. Last time, we discussed how the interval period was broken into 2 blocks of time. First is a 30 period and the other is a 45 day period. Previously, we covered the 30 day and began the 45 day period. In the last episode we ended with showing you the first group to receive resu...